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DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 14 STONES AND GLASS STATEHOUSES: Gov. Kathy Hochul has raked in almost $200,000 in campaign contributions from insurance companies as she pushes for a...

Spanberger’s ‘unconstitutional’ push to redefine presidential elections makes voters ‘NULL AND VOID’: critics

Virginia joins the national popular vote compact as Gov. Spanberger signs bill awarding electoral votes to the national popular vote winner.

Trump DOJ fires prosecutors tied to FACE Act cases after report alleges bias and misconduct

The Trump administration fired four DOJ prosecutors tied to FACE Act cases against pro-life activists, alleging the law was weaponized under Biden.

Trump swings for moon with nuclear reactor plans as China, Russia team up in space race

The Trump administration released a memo detailing plans for a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 to advance U.S. space exploration and defense.

ICE lodges detainer for illegal migrant charged with strangling wife and dumping body near Oklahoma highway

An illegal migrant in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, is charged with murder for allegedly strangling his wife. DHS and ICE have lodged a detainer request.

Watch live: Vance gives remarks at TPUSA event in Georgia

Vice President Vance will join Turning Point USA (TPUSA) CEO Erika Kirk in Athens, Georgia, on Tuesday afternoon as part of the organization's tour focused on college campuses across the nation. Kirk, the widow of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has already thrown her support behind Vance for a potential 2028 presidential bid. The...

Trump asks GOP to ‘unify’ ahead of vote on spy powers

President Trump on Tuesday called for Republican unity in renewing the nation’s warrantless spy powers. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authorizes the government to spy on foreigners located abroad, but in doing so it can sweep up information on Americans who are communicating with the surveilled targets. Trump has previously called...

Most Americans opposed to Trump signature on money: Poll

Most Americans are against having President Trump’s signature on paper currency, a move the Treasury Department announced last month. In the The Economist/YouGov poll, 59 percent of respondents said they either “somewhat disapprove” or “strongly disapprove" when it comes to “Donald Trump’s signature being added to all U.S. paper currency.”  Twenty-four percent said they either...

House Democrat: Russia is ‘real winner’ of Strait of Hormuz blockade by US

Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) on Tuesday said Russia is the "real winner" of the U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, where a holdup of oil exports has contributed to increased prices across the globe. Crow questioned the blockade's endgame given that Iran "was already blockading the Straits of Hormuz," he told CNN's Kate Bolduan....

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sold to nonprofit, no longer planning to shut down

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was sold to a nonprofit publishing group on Tuesday and will no longer shut down next month. Block Communications Inc., the Post-Gazette’s parent company, sold the paper to the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism. The institute is financed by hotel magnate and former Maryland state Sen. Stewart W. Bainum Jr. (D). Bainum...

Swalwell out, new poll could alter April 22 California gubernatorial debate lineup

The field for the upcoming Inside California Politics gubernatorial debate is likely to shift following the sudden exit of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who dropped out of the race over the weekend amid allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct. On Monday, Swalwell announced he would also resign from Congress. Because the lawmaker led all candidates, regardless...

GOP senator: Trump’s proposal to impose US tolls on ships in Strait of Hormuz would be ‘crazy’

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Tuesday said it would be “crazy” for the Trump administration to impose tolls on ships carrying oil, natural gas and other commodities through the Strait of Hormuz, something that President Trump recently contemplated. Trump told reporters last week that he would like the United States to impose tolls on ship...

Trump’s mental acuity in question amid pattern of erratic behavior 

Each moment on its own … maybe you brush it off. But together, people are asking: what exactly are we watching?  

Monster typhoon bears down on US-controlled islands

A dangerous typhoon bore down on two U.S. territories in the western Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, bringing strong winds and life-threatening flooding. Typhoon Sinlaku was downgraded from a super typhoon early Wednesday local time as it battered the Northern Mariana Islands, according to the latest advisory from the National Weather Service (NWS) in Guam. ...

Zohran Mamdani, leftists fight Waymo, progress, and the future 

Make no mistake, an anti-tech wave is coming.

Trump extends feud with United Kingdom, Starmer with jab at drilling for North Sea oil

President Trump on Tuesday slammed the United Kingdom, which has frustrated the president by not backing the Iran war, over not drilling for oil in the North Sea.  “Europe is desperate for Energy, and yet the United Kingdom refuses to open North Sea Oil, one of the greatest fields in the World,” Trump wrote on...

A lawsuit against a Black Lives Matter activist could chill all of our speech

McKesson’s case poses high stakes for freedom of speech.

Iran war could plunge more than 30 million into poverty, UN warns

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran could push more than 30 million people around the world into poverty, according to new projections by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The findings, released Tuesday via a 27-page brief, found that as many as 32.5 million people may fall into poverty due to a shock of energy affordability...

Hegseth-linked pastor knocks Trump over AI Jesus image: ‘He has to do better’

A pastor linked to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized President Trump over an artificial intelligence (AI) image appearing to depict him as Jesus Christ, which the president said was an image of himself as a doctor healing people. “I am glad he deleted it, and glad that he rejected the idea of portraying himself as...

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