Republican Matt Van Epps has won the high-profile special election for Tennessee’s 7th congressional district, NBC News projected, holding a seat long considered safely GOP but unusually competitive this year. Despite Donald Trump having carried the deep-red district by 22 points in 2024, Democrats significantly tightened the margin, cutting the Republican lead to 9 points […]
The White House on Monday defended a follow-up US military strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea last September, saying the Navy commander involved acted lawfully, even as the episode triggered bipartisan calls in Washington for investigations and a parallel inquiry in Caracas into the deaths of Venezuelans.White House press secretary Karoline […]
Ending speculations over President Donald Trump’s health that started after he underwent an MRI exam, the White House released the report of the exam which declared 79-year-old Trump to be in “excellent overall health”. Presidential physician Dr Sean Barbabella released a memo describing the October exam as standard and its findings as “perfectly normal.”“As part […]
Representational (AP file photo) Trump administration on Friday ordered US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers to stop making all asylum decisions, following the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, DC. The pause comes after Wednesday’s attack, which officials say was carried out by an Afghan man who received asylum earlier this year. […]
The Indian-origin called the viral speculation “pretty comical” and insisted that the MAGA chief continues to back him. In an interview with Epoch Times, Kash revealed what happened inside the White House when talk of his possible dismissal spread. Patel said the reaction from Trump made it clear there was no truth to the reports.“It […]
Sarah Beckstrom, the young National Guard soldier critically injured in Wednesday’s shooting near the White House, has died, president Donald Trump said on Thursday. Beckstrom had her family by her side when she passed away. Her father, Gary Beckstrom, told New York Times earlier in the day that the wound was fatal and there was […]
US president Donald Trump said on Thursday that Sarah Beckstrom, one of the two National Guard soldiers shot near the White House a day earlier, had died of her injuries. The second soldier, he said, was “fighting for his life”. Trump called Beckstrom a “highly respected, young, magnificent person” and said he learned of her […]
Vice President JD Vance said when he had criticized Joe Biden’s policy of letting Afghan refugees into the US in 2021, he was called a racist. “They shouldn’t have been in our country,” Vance said, reacting to the revelation that Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a refugee from Afghanistan who shot two National Guard members in a terror […]
Security deployed outside White House after the shooting incident. TOI correspondent from Washington: In a brazen daylight ambush that has shaken Washington DC, two National Guard personnel were shot and critically wounded just a few blocks from the White House on Wednesday by an Afghan national who served with the US military and the CIA […]
Authorities have identified the suspect in the Washington DC shooting that critically injured two National Guard members near the White House. Law enforcement sources told CBS News that the accused is Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who entered the United States in 2021. Officials are still verifying all his details, and the motive remains […]
