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The growing list of controversies threatening Democrat Graham Platner’s Maine Senate bid

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner draws national attention but faces mounting controversies over his personal conduct and social media posts.

Conservatives erupt after Al Green melts down during viral clash: ‘Unhinged lunatic’

Rep. Al Green told DHS Secretary Mullin to shut up during a heated Budget hearing exchange over accusations of racism and peaceful protest signs.

Platner’s anti-corporate crusade hits awkward snag as receipts tell another story

Maine Democrat Graham Platner built an anti-corporate brand while cashing checks from lobbyists tied to Big Pharma, defense and tech, documents show.

I stood up to Zohran Mamdani’s rabid thug — and you can, too

My stalker won’t scare me off the 6 train — or keep me from...

Democrats are still soft on crime

There is perhaps no better example of Democratic Party dysfunction than what one sees when visiting the aisles of an urban retail store.  What you find is merchandise, some of it everyday items such as toothpaste and razor blades, locked away behind plastic cases. This is to prevent retail theft, which has become an epidemic […]

The MAHA movement’s wild week

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story The MAHA movement's wild week The “Make America Healthy Again” movement flexed its muscle this week by successfully pushing a pro-pesticide provision out of the farm bill but lost a chance for higher influence when the Trump administration...

Appeals court blocks mail-order mifepristone, restricting abortion access nationwide

A federal appeals court late Friday blocked the ability of doctors to prescribe the abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth and dispensed through the mail. A three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Louisiana in a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The court issued a temporary nationwide injunction...

Immigrants sue over Trump administration biometric data policy

A group of six immigrants in U.S. detention on Thursday sued the Trump administration over its policy barring detained migrants from completing biometric data processes that cause their immigration applications to be denied. The complaint argues that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) created a system that "requires individuals to submit biometrics as part of...

Trump orders withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Germany amid feud with Merz

President Trump ordered the Pentagon on Friday to withdraw about 5,000 U.S. service members from Germany amid his public feud with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.  The redeployment of troops will bring the number of troops roughly to pre-2022 levels and will affect a brigade combat team and potentially other U.S. forces already in Germany, according...

Major AI firms ink deals for Pentagon’s classified systems

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Major AI firms ink deals for Pentagon’s classified systems Eight of the country’s major artificial intelligence firms have agreed to deploy their AI systems inside the Department of Defense’s (DOD) classified networks as the department seeks to bolster the technology within military operations. © AP Photo/Kevin Wolf OpenAI, Google,...

Yellen calls Trump’s Powell investigation ‘most disturbing’

Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who also served as chair of the Federal Reserve, ripped the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into her successor, Jerome Powell, on Thursday as a “disturbing” attack on the Fed’s independence. “I think what President Trump is doing is unprecedented, and the most recent and most disturbing, in a way,...

Alaska governor vetoes major election reform bill, citing ‘burdens’

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) vetoed a major bipartisan election reform bill Thursday, citing the “operational burdens” that would come with implementing the changes so close to November’s elections. "Taken as a whole, the bill would impose significant operational burdens on the administration of Alaska's elections during an election year in which several statewide contests...

Haberman questions Trump focus on Kimmel: ‘People don’t have to like every single joke’

New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman on Thursday questioned President Trump's critical focus on late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, pushing back on calls to fire the comedian with the opinion that "people don't have to like every single joke." Trump renewed his calls for Kimmel to be removed from the air after the "Jimmy...

Cigna’s exit adds to ObamaCare marketplace upheaval

Cigna is pulling out of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges in 2027, the company said, adding to the turmoil facing the individual marketplace after the loss of enhanced federal subsidies.  Executives announced the decision on Cigna’s earnings call Thursday, a day when the company reported a better-than-expected first quarter, including $1.7 billion in first quarter net income.  Cigna is now the second...

Judge postpones Yemen’s TPS expiration as Supreme Court decision looms 

A federal judge on Friday postponed the Trump administration’s decision to end temporary legal protections for roughly 3,000 Yemeni nationals, which was set to take effect next week.  U.S. District Judge Dale Ho joined a chorus of federal judges who’ve found the administration isn’t following the proper procedures when terminating countries from the temporary protected status (TPS) program, a key prong of President Trump’s...

Newsom says Rogan ‘too chicken’ for podcast invitation

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday accused podcaster Joe Rogan of being “too chicken” to invite him on his show after Rogan described the governor as a “cardboard cutout of a person.” “Joe ‘little guy’ Rogan is too chicken to have me on his failing podcast because he know I’d crush him, so he...

Trump expands sanctions on Cuban government

President Trump signed an executive order Friday expanding sanctions on the Cuban government, as the administration ramps up pressure on Havana to address the island’s humanitarian crisis. The executive order expands the scope of the sanctions to target “agents, officials, or material supporters of the Cuban government,” those who support Cuba’s security apparatus, and those...

Ex-Florida GOP lawmaker convicted of secretly lobbying for Venezuela 

A Miami federal jury on Friday convicted former Florida Rep. David Rivera (R) of conspiracy and other crimes tied to a multimillion-dollar lobbying campaign on behalf of the Venezuelan government.  Rivera and his consultant, Esther Nuhfer, were found guilty of breaking the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) when they secretly lobbied U.S. lawmakers and members...

USA’s top amusement park isn’t Disney, Universal or Dollywood, Tripadvisor shows

An amusement park in Pennsylvania has earned the top spot in Tripadvisor’s “Best of the Best” Travelers’ Choice Awards.

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