President Trump's call for Sen. Susan Collins (R) to be ousted in November tossed a monkey wrench into the high-stakes Maine Senate race, raising further questions about the GOP's most vulnerable incumbent and whether she will be able to pull off another high-wire act in the blue-leaning state this year.
Frustrations at the White House boiled over on Thursday after Collins and four other Republicans sided with Democrats on a war powers resolution that would block further military action in Venezuela. While Republicans were miffed at the attack on the handful of members, it's Collins they are most concerned with as she potentially holds the key to them retaining the majority next year. |
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The White House on Friday shared a new video that appears to show the perspective of the ICE officer who shot and killed a Minneapolis woman during an altercation over her vehicle earlier this week.
The video, obtained by Alpha News, shows the officer exit his vehicle and approach Renee Nicole Macklin Good's vehicle from the right. As the officer walks around to her driver's side, Macklin Good's window is down and she can be heard saying, "That's alright dude, I'm not mad at you. I'm not mad at you."
As the officer circles the car, another woman appears, saying, "You want to come at us? You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch big boy." |
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The Trump administration says its new dietary guidelines mark a revolution for U.S. food culture, placing an emphasis on whole foods like meats, whole-fat dairy, fruits and vegetables — while cutting down on carbohydrates.
While some aspects have been welcomed by medical and dietary voices, there are plenty of questions and critiques about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "upside-down" food pyramid.
Many long-held recommendations were kept consistent, but there were notable deviations, with experts noting a particular focus on protein. For some observers, the new guidelines speak to industry influence, something Kennedy has long railed against. |
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The Education Department made its first move of the new year to "return education to the states" by issuing a waiver to give more flexible federal dollars to Iowa, with other states hoping to follow suit.
Iowa can now avoid some reporting requirements while receiving $9 million in federal money that it can spend on any educational aspect it chooses. The move, intended to cut red tape, worries critics, as it could hurt English language learners and those who lost dedicated federal dollars, while others are skeptical the Department of Education has the manpower to track how the waivers are used due to agency layoffs under President Trump.
The department has signaled more states will receive such waivers in the future. |
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Major oil firms expressed interest — with reservations — about doing business in Venezuela as President Trump said Friday he's seeking a deal to decide which companies will drill in the Latin American nation.
During a meeting at the White House, Trump said he would try to "cut a deal" to determine which firms get to produce Venezuelan oil. "We're going to be making the decision as to which oil companies are going to go in — that we're going to allow to go in. [We're] going to cut a deal with the companies," he said.
"We'll probably do that today or very shortly thereafter," he added. |
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The Kennedy Center on Friday confirmed the Washington National Opera (WNO) will leave the renowned venue.
"After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to part ways with the WNO due to a financially challenging relationship," a Kennedy Center spokesperson told NewsNation.
"We believe this represents the best path forward for both organizations and enables us to make responsible choices that support the financial stability and long-term future of the Trump Kennedy Center," they added. |
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President Trump and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are escalating a war of words as the Islamic Republic cracks down on mass protests that saw buildings set on fire in cities across the country overnight Friday.
Khamenei claimed Friday that nearly two weeks of protests amounted to rioters and "hirelings" acting on Trump's behalf, in a barrage of social media posts that largely took aim at the U.S. president for his repeated threats to intervene militarily in Iran to protect demonstrators. "The US President who judges arrogantly about the whole world should know that tyrants & arrogant rulers of the world, such as Pharaoh, Nimrod, Mohammad Reza [Pahlavi] & other such rulers saw their downfall when they were at the peak of their hubris. He too will fall," read a Friday post on Khamenei's account on social platform X. |
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House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said he will invite former special counsel Jack Smith to testify publicly about his investigation into President Trump.
A source familiar said the former prosecutor could appear as soon as this month. The move comes after Smith sat for more than seven hours of closed-door testimony with the panel, arguing he had a strong case against the president spurred not out of political animus but of Trump's own actions. |
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The White House said Friday it is reviewing its policies regarding economic data releases after an "inadvertent disclosure" of jobs report data by President Trump.
In a series of Thursday evening posts on Truth Social, the president shared infographics including information from the December jobs report, which was released Friday morning. Presidents are routinely briefed on major economic data reports the night before they are released. But the president and all other White House officials are banned from publicly discussing or sharing sensitive economic data until one hour after it is released, in order to avoid financial market manipulation. |
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OPINION | There are a few things we can count on. Death. Taxes. The sun rising in the east. And partisans going to their predictable corners when something bad happens — like the death of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good in Minneapolis who was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who, one argument goes, was acting in self-defense.
On the left, we get this from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.): "What we saw today is a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted," From Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), another progressive, we got this: "I saw the video. I was disgusted. I was horrified. That ICE agent needs to be arrested, and he needs to be prosecuted. He needs to be put on trial." |
OPINION | For weeks, headlines have focused on threats of military action as protests spread across Iran. But while fiery rhetoric captures attention, a quieter development at sea may prove far more consequential. The recent U.S. capture of a Russian flagged tanker carrying Iranian oil is more than a legal dispute or a sanctions case. It is a precedent, one that could reshape Iran's economic stability more profoundly than any single airstrike.
Iran's vulnerability is not primarily military. It is economic. And its economic lifeline runs through the sea. |
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BY REBECCA SANTANA, TIM SULLIVAN AND GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO |
A Minnesota prosecutor on Friday called on the public to share with investigators any recordings and evidence connected to the fatal shooting of Renee Good as a new video emerged showing the final moments of her encounter with an immigration officer. |
BY JONATHAN BARAN, AARON C. DAVIS AND JARETT LEY |
Footage shows what happened in the moments before and after an ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis. |
BY SHEILA DANG AND JARRETT RENSHAW |
Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens new tab CEO Darren Woods said on Friday the U.S. oil major is ready to evaluate a potential return to Venezuela in what would be a stunning development after its assets in the South American country were nationalized nearly 20 years ago. |
BY SIMON ROMERO AND ANATOLY KURMANAEV |
Delcy RodrÃguez, a guerrilla's daughter, started out as a provocateur. She pivoted to revive a ravaged economy, making her vital to U.S. plans to run Venezuela. |
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