Stranded travelers share firsthand accounts from the Middle East The U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran has stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers amid flight cancellations and airspace closures.

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A person holding a Palestinian flag; text overlay states, "Israel detains Palestinian over flag."

"Israeli forces detained a Palestinian woman in Wadi Ara after a Palestinian flag was found inside her home. The woman was later transferred to house arrest under restrictive conditions" #WestBank #Israel

Markwayne Mullin won over 60% of the vote in his most recent election in Oklahoma. He could be in the US Senate the rest of his life in all likelihood. Why would he give that up for DHS?

Trump can't simply say, "I won!" and stop the war because that would leave Israel vulnerable. Trump has committed you and your children to fighting in the Middle East forever without consulting you or your representatives in Congress. Netanyahu knew what he was doing when he engineered this.

Kurdish dissident groups say they are preparing to join the fight against Iran with US support Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the U.S. has asked Iraqi Kurds to support them, Kurdish officials hav...

apnews.com/article/kurd... dissident groups say they are preparing to join the fight against Iran with US support

Have they forgotten how Trump abandoned them for Putin without a warning his 1st term?

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The face you make when you realize the DHS spent hundreds of millions plastering Kristi Noem’s face over all their ads.

Hegseth says US 'can't stop everything' that Iran fires even as he asserts air dominance Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. is quickly gaining air superiority over Iran but the U.S. can't stop all air attacks.

apnews.com/article/iran... says US 'can't stop everything' that Iran fires even as he asserts air dominance

Here's what R Rep. Brian Mast just said on CNN about Markwayne Mullin: "He's a close friend. We used to work out together. He can't do as many pull-ups as me, but..he's still a strong pick."

Boy, thank you, Brian...for that deep and incredibly thorough analysis. I think we can all feel better now.🙄

Trump says he wants to be involved in picking Iran's next leader as war ripples across the region U.S. President Donald Trump says he should be involved in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader. The U.S. and Israel are hammering the country for a sixth day.

apnews.com/article/iran... says he wants to be involved in picking Iran's next leader as war ripples across the region

“You’re a U.S. senator!”

Bernie stops Noem’s replacement from literally trying to fight someone👇🏽

This should go great

A Warped Incentive Structure for Members of Congress The centrality of online donations, paired with dwindling legislative power, creates pressure for members to create sound bite moments, rather than creating policy.

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Cricket’s revenge.

The number of people killed in five days of US‑Israeli attacks on Iran has topped 1,000, state media says, as the conflict engulfs the region.

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The competition for the dumbest member of the United States Senate has just heated up with the elimination of one its strongest contestants!!

The Long History of Supreme Court Reform Americans have tinkered with the high court since the founding.

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Congress needs to act NOW to rein in Trump’s warmongering.

I fully support @kaine.senate.gov's war powers resolution.

So, even though Trump, in numerous interviews now, has called this a war in Iran, The Senate Republicans want to get cute and say it’s just “a special military operation”. This is literally what Vladimir Putin is doing in Russia to avoid calling what he’s doing in Ukraine as a war.

"It's up to the Iranian people now" is not a mechanism. It's a stupid bumper sticker.

Supreme Court Abuse of the Shadow Docket Under Trump The Court has sided with the administration 80 percent of the time when making “emergency” rulings, often without revealing its reasoning.

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Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kristi Noem.

Kristi Noem is in trouble,

Her scandals just keep on the double,

She shot her dog,

Even her boss is agog,

Now she has more time for her throuple.

Kristi Noem has been fired and replaced by the dumbest US Senator.

Money in Politics Roundup — February 2026 These stories on campaign finance and influence peddling are shaping the midterms.

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I'm hoping that if enough of us vote early then the GOP won't be able to take away any form of early voting.

The white nationalists are turning on Trump.

Moskowitz: "Let me congratulate the former Homeland Security Secretary on her appointment to be the Shield of Americas, which I'm pretty sure the president came up with when he watched the last Avengers movie"

Federal Courts Reject Trump Administration’s Attempts to Obtain Private Voter Information Judges in California, Michigan, and Oregon have ruled that the DOJ cannot force states to turn over voter lists — and two questioned the administration’s motives.

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Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone.

But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

Tell Congress: Demand AG Bondi release ALL of the Epstein files now Contact Congress today!

🚩 House Oversight just voted 24-19 to SUBPOENA AG Pam Bondi over her half-baked Epstein files release.

Key docs still hidden.
Redactions everywhere.
Powerful names protected.

Enough is enough.

Tell Congress: FORCE Bondi to release EVERY unredacted file NOW. No more cover-ups! 🔥