Sunday, February 15, 2026 U.S. military forces boarded another sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean Sea, the Pentagon said Sunday. Venezuela had faced U.S. sanctions on its oil for several years, relying on a shadow fleet of falsely flagged tankers to smuggle crude…

Sources close to Israeli President Isaac Herzog have sought clarification from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding whether he was connected to or had prior knowledge of recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump, who criticized Herzog for not granting him a pardon. According to the sources, if Netanyahu had any…

By Sandy Fitzgerald on Saturday, February 14, 2026 Sen. Susan Collins of Maine became the 50th Republican to co-sponsor the SAVE America Act on Saturday, leaving just three GOP lawmakers in the chamber to sign on as sponsors. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, one of the legislation’s presenters, stated on…

By Jim Thomas | Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:16 PM EST Representative Nicole Malliotakis of New York said the Department of Homeland Security’s recent funding lapse is “absolutely shameful” and “very irresponsible,” warning that the impasse jeopardizes core security and emergency functions after the agency entered a partial shutdown due…

By Solange Reyner | Saturday, 14 February 2026 06:44 PM EST Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., on Tuesday called Democratic opposition to the SAVE Act “misogynist,” pushing back on claims that the election integrity bill would disenfranchise women and arguing instead that the legislation is necessary to protect against voter fraud….

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has labeled Senator Lindsey Graham’s proposed legislation to end sanctuary cities as “long overdue,” urging swift congressional action to dismantle policies that he claims facilitate illegal immigration. Blagojevich, a Democrat, stated the bill would compel governors—including Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker—to align their states’ immigration enforcement…

By Sandy Fitzgerald | Saturday, February 14, 2026 California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton said his campaign-aligned watchdog group has identified “hundreds of millions of dollars” in taxpayer fraud in the state and estimated a total of $250 billion in fraud across California. Hilton stated that “the worst in the…

Presidential adviser Dick Morris dismissed recent polling data indicating that voters believe former President Joe Biden outperformed President Donald Trump on economic matters, calling the numbers “dubious” and “politically motivated.” Morris suggested respondents may not be answering honestly, particularly Democrats and Independents, who he claimed might do so to gain…