President Trump reacted to the death of Iran's longtime supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, on Saturday following U.S. and Israeli strikes in the country.

Trump said Khamenei's death marks the greatest chance for freedom in Iran.

"Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead. This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

At a Texas port known for handling record volumes of Texas-produced liquified natural gas, President Donald Trump touted importing Venezuelan oil with a Venezuelan oil tanker in the background.

Trump spoke at the Port of Corpus Christi, a key hub for LNG exports, referring to it as a “national treasure, one of the largest energy export hubs anywhere in the world.”

President Donald Trump has quickly reshaped the world with precision, stealthy surprise and military might, ousting Nicolas Maduro from bed -- and power -- in a night-time raid in Venezuela, pushing an energy-starved Cuba to the brink and hastening regime change in Iran with a deadly strike on the reviled and repressive Supreme Leader Ali Khameini and his top leadership.

The Vanguard Group’s decision to sign an agreement resolving a multistate lawsuit accusing investment firms of colluding to harm the coal industry contains an item that opponents of ESG are very excited about. It could confirm the lawsuit’s accusations — or prove them entirely false. 

Pakistan and Afghanistan are in "open war" after the latest strikes between the two countries, Pakistan's defense minister says.

The two nations traded attacks Thursday, escalating tensions, after border clashes occurred in October, The according to the Associated Press.

U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said Friday that detained fighters were exchanged in Syria.

With the valued assistance of the @ICRC, 25 government fighters and 61 Druze fighters were exchanged yesterday in a smooth and orderly process. Families reunited. A step away from vengeance, and a step toward stability.

The United States was honored to help facilitate this… https://t.co/oBzFpTUpQb

— Ambassador Tom Barrack (@USAMBTurkiye) February 27, 2026

State lawmakers say physician assistants are leaving for Iowa because it takes so long to get licensed in Illinois.

Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation leaders discussed audit findings with members of the Legislative Audit Commission at the Illinois Capitol last week.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that employees in her agency installed surveillance software on her phone and laptop, as well as the devices of other political officials.

Noem told Patrick Bet-David on the “PBD Podcast” on Thursday that Elon Musk and his team helped her discover unauthorized surveillance software embedded on government devices assigned to political appointees, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported.

Fraud investigations in Minnesota are heating up as state Republicans push for stricter oversight and accountability measures.

As part of that effort, they are highlighting the need for a statewide independent Office of the Inspector General.

Candidates vying for the Republican nomination to take on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker lay out how they’d approach energy policy.

At Benedictine University Thursday evening in Lisle, three of the four candidates took part in a forum hosted by 560 WIND. On the issue of energy, DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick said Democrats’ focus on wind and solar is misguided.

Newly released internal memos, obtained through a lawsuit by Just the News and America First Legal, indicate that the federal government played a pivotal role in enabling Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis’ case against Donald Trump. 

Most notably, the Biden White House waived executive privilege for Trump administration officials, allowing them to testify before a Georgia state grand jury—a significant departure from historical legal norms and providing key information for the case. 

Louisiana lawmakers are moving quickly to put guardrails around artificial intelligence, with at least 18 bills filed or pending ahead of the 2026 regular session, beginning a broad push to regulate how the technology is used in criminal conduct, health care, political campaigns, consumer transactions and the workplace.