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Following news that Iran and Israel have reached a ceasefire less than two days after the United States struck the Muslim country's nuclear enrichment sites, Republican lawmakers came out in droves to congratulate the president on Monday evening.Democrats, meanwhile, appear to be withholding their congratulations, at least initially. "CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be

Attorney General Pam Bondi was questioned Monday during a House budget hearing about Iranian nationals who entered the country illegally during the Biden administration after the Trump administration warned the conflict with Iran raised threat levels in the United States.Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, asked if the attorney general knew how many Iranian nationals in the United States have been convicted of crimes. Bondi said she was unsure, but that more than 1,000 entered the country during the last administration."And I can tell you, we are on high alert, and everyone is looking at that very closely," Bondi said.TRUMP CALLS IRAN

Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton reportedly suffered a devastating Achilles injury during the team’s NBA Finals Game 7 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday.Haliburton tore his Achilles tendon in his slip in the first quarter and will likely miss the entirety of the 2025-26 season, ESPN reported on Monday. The Pacers guard was the third player to suffer the devastating injury, with Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum and Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard also dealing with torn Achilles tendons during the playoffs.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe Pacers announced after Haliburton left the game that he

Operation Midnight Hammer marked the largest B-2 operational strike in history, as the United States aimed to deliver a decisive blow against Iran's nuclear program.The mission started at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, the only operational base for the B-2 stealth bomber."Fox & Friends" co-host Steve Doocy paid a visit to the base on Monday to capture the sense of pride in what the service members there do on the nation's behalf."I'm extremely proud of the men and women here, not just the pilots, but the maintainers, the men and women who refueled these jets," said Republican Rep. Mark

A recent opinion piece in The New York Times said that the key to the Democratic Party succeeding again is having their own version of President Donald Trump. "If the next Democratic nominee wants to build a majority coalition — one that doesn’t rely on Republicans running poor-quality candidates to eke out presidential wins and that doesn’t write off the Senate as a lost cause — the candidate should attack the Democratic Party itself and offer positions that outflank it from both the right and the left," Galen Druke, host of the "GD Politics" podcast, wrote in a Monday guest essay in The

After the U.S. airstrikes crippled Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday night, a travel security expert said it is imperative for Americans to have a plan to escape to safety in the event of an attack on a travel hub. Robert McDonald was a Secret Service agent for more than 20 years and is an expert in executive protection, intelligence and protective travel logistics. During that time, he coordinated security for U.S. and foreign dignitary visits. Now, he is a professor of criminal justice at the University of New Haven. "There are those type of areas where people are coming and going. People are

Former Democratic Party advisor Dan Turrentine said the "unhinged calls for impeachment" in the wake of President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran was "truly " on display on Sunday.The White House launched "Operation: Midnight Hammer" on Saturday and struck three of Iran’s key nuclear facilities. Many Democrats were quick to call the strike "unconstitutional" and suggested that Trump could be impeached over his decision to attack Iran without congressional authority. Turrentine, who worked under Hillary Clinton when she was a New York senator and former Colorado Gov. Jared Polis when he was in the House of Representatives, wrote on X that

The government is expected to wrap up its case against Sean "Diddy" Combs on Monday after more than six weeks of testimony from a number of witnesses.Jury selection for the rapper's sex crimes trial began on May 5, and the prosecution called its last witness to the stand Friday after hearing Diddy's former assistant, alleged "drug mule" Brendan Paul, testify about his time employed by the Bad Boy Records founder.Diddy's legal team, headed by Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, initially indicated they would need upwards of two weeks to plead their case, but told Judge Arun Subramanian last week that