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March 18, 2026 1:53 PM ET Vice President J.D. Vance said Wednesday that former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Joe Kent’s resignation was a “good thing.” Kent resigned from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence over the conflict in Iran, arguing the country presented no “imminent threat” against the U.S. Vance

March 18, 2026 1:29 PM ET Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois held an election night party that featured a cash bar charging nearly $13 for water and soda and over $20 for wine. The campaign of Krishnamoorthi, who lost the Democratic Illinois Senate primary Tuesday, hosted the celebration at The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago

March 18, 2026 11:14 AM ET President Donald Trump issued a 60-day waiver for the Jones Act shipping law on March 18 in attempt to curtail the increasing fuel prices and supply disruptions caused by Iran’s pressure on the Strait of Hormuz. “President Trump’s decision to issue a 60-day Jones Act waiver is just another

March 18, 2026 10:54 AM ET Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul confronted Markwayne Mullin, the nominee to be the next Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, about his alleged anger issues during a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday. Mullin said on Feb. 14 that he understood why Paul’s neighbor attacked him in November 2017, which caused

March 17, 2026 11:22 PM ET Former social media influencer Kat Abughazaleh fell short to her opponent, Evanston, Ill. Mayor and former state legislator Daniel Biss, in the crowded Democratic primary to represent a deep-blue Chicago area House district. The 26-year-old, who once worked for left-wing group Media Matters for America, won 25.6% of the

March 17, 2026 11:04 PM ET The candidate Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker endorsed for U.S. Senate secured the party’s nomination Tuesday night passing a test of the strength of his influence in his home state. Pritzker endorsed his own Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, 60, in April 2025, quickly flooding the race with his political

March 17, 2026 10:06 PM ET A former Congressman who went to federal prison shortly after leaving the House lost a Democratic primary Tuesday night in the district he had represented for 17 years before resigning. Jesse Jackson Jr., the son of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights leader and former two-time presidential

March 17, 2026 7:20 PM ET The White House sent a letter, obtained by the Daily Caller, to Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins and Alabama Sen. Katie Britt on Tuesday offering five points of concessions to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The DHS has been shutdown since Feb. 14, after lawmakers couldn’t agree

March 17, 2026 5:53 PM ET Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard issued a statement on X hours after the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) resigned over war with Iran. Joe Kent posted on X that he was resigning from his situation effective immediately because he couldn’t support Trump’s conflict with Iran.

March 17, 2026 4:15 PM ET Activist and minister Jesse Jackson passed away in February, but his politics are still haunting his family and the state of Illinois from beyond the grave. Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, who is running in the state’s Democratic Senate primary Tuesday, touted a posthumous “endorsement” from the late civil