Day: March 16, 2025

Hegseth declares ‘peace through strength is back’ while vowing ‘unrelenting’ campaign against Houthi targets

9:52 pm March 16, 2025

The U.S.’s large-scale strike campaign against Houthi targets in Yemen will be “unrelenting” until the Iran-backed proxies pledge to back off U.S. assets, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday. “The minute the Houthis say ‘we’ll stop shooting at your ships, we’ll stop shooting at your drones,’ this campaign will end, but until then, it will […]

Trump, Putin call expected this week, as admin edges closer to Russia-Ukraine ceasefire deal: Witkoff

9:48 pm March 16, 2025

U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff said Sunday that President Donald Trump will likely speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week. In an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Witkoff was asked when a deal to end the war in Ukraine could be anticipated. “The president uses the timeframe weeks, […]

Schumer under fire from Democrats for supporting Republican spending bill, fueling leadership concerns: report

9:23 pm March 16, 2025

A growing number of Democratic politicians, strategists and consultants are signaling anger against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer after he supported the Republican spending bill. “He’s done a great deal of damage to the party,” Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin told Politico after Schumer’s controversial decision to support the Republican spending bill. Levin arranged a call […]

Washington man accused of having enough fentanyl to kill 278,000 people after getting clemency from Dem gov

9:07 pm March 16, 2025

A Washington man arrested on nearly a dozen drug and weapons charges on Thursday had been granted clemency by former Gov. Jay Inslee in 2019. The arrest of Percy Levy, 54, was first reported in the Lynwood Times, a Snohomish County newspaper. The Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force made the arrest after a 16-month investigation. […]

Democrats lash out at Schumer for ‘betrayal’ of siding with Trump

8:55 pm March 16, 2025

Several prominent Democrats have taken aim at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., over his decision to side with Republicans and vote for a continuing resolution to keep the federal government open. “I believe that’s a tremendous mistake,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told CNN’s Jake Tapper Thursday in response to Schumer’s decision. “It is almost […]