HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — State Treasurer Stacy Garrity says that her agency doesn’t have the authority to pay for the security upgrades done at the private home of sitting Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA). Garrity says that state rules prohibit her from doing so. Garrity said that procurement rules do not permit public funds to be used […]
Imagine if Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), both close partners of President Donald Trump, were suddenly indicted for taking huge bribes from an international drug cartel operating out of Texas. That’s essentially what just happened with the Justice Department indictments issued against the Sinaloa drug cartel on Wednesday. Based out of […]
The Congressional Progressive Caucus on Wednesday unveiled their new agenda ahead of the midterm elections to demonstrate a path for how the Democratic Party can tackle cost of living issues facing millions of Americans. The caucus dubbed their plan the "New Affordability Agenda," a legislative package that would focus on making costs behind common kitchen...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Thursday defended Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D), who has faced criticism for past controversial online posts and a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol, saying that "people should have second chances." Van Hollen addressed Platner in an interview with Punchbowl News when co-host Jake Sherman said, "The dude has...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told NBC News on Saturday that Russian forces took satellite images of a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia three times in the days before Iran attacked the site. During an interview in Doha, Qatar, Zelensky said he was “100 percent” confident that Russia was sharing that intelligence with Iran. On...
The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey will meet in Islamabad on Sunday, as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran hits the 30-day mark. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote Saturday on the social platform X that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan arrived in Islamabad “along with Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia and...
Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President Kennedy and a candidate for a New York congressional seat, on Sunday criticized the influx of billionaire and tech-industry money in his House race as an attempt to “buy an election.” “Look, I’m running against people who are backed by massive billionaires or massive AI companies, and they're...
During his briefing on the Iran war last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested that Americans take a knee and pray to Jesus for the success of U.S. forces in the Middle East. A few days later, he read out a sermon praying that “wicked souls” be “delivered to the eternal damnation” in the fight...
Iran's firing of two missiles toward the joint U.S.-U.K. base in the Indian Ocean is putting Europe on notice that Tehran appears able to levy attacks previously considered beyond its reach. In the March 20 incident, one intermediate-range ballistic missile fell into the water and the other was shot at. Still, while unsuccessful, it attests...
Vice President JD Vance revealed in a new interview that he is “obsessed” with unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, vowing to get to the bottom of the mystery before leaving office. “Trust me, anybody who’s curious about this, I’m more curious than anybody, and I’ve got three years of the very tippy top of the...
FBI Director Kash Patel is pushing for the release of files related to an investigation into Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) interactions with a suspected Chinese spy, according to reports from the New York Times and the Washington Post. FBI agents and other personnel in California have been directed to gather and redact sensitive information from...
A discharge petition for a resolution that would require the Trump administration to extend temporary legal protections for migrants from Haiti earned enough signatures on Friday to force a vote on the House floor. Rep. Marie Gleusenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) was the 218th signature on the petition, which also secured support from four Republicans: Reps. Maria...
The funding fight to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) left a rupture among Republican lawmakers after the House voted against a Senate bill to partially fund the department. The Senate early Friday approved a bill by unanimous consent to fund DHS but not Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Border Patrol....
Vice President JD Vance is the favorite to earn the Republican nomination for president in 2028, according to a new straw poll taken at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday. Vance earned support from about 53 percent of attendees who participated in the presidential preference poll at the annual gathering in Grapevine, Texas,...
Congress and President Trump have made three separate attempts to direct government money toward the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amid a funding lapse that has lasted 43 days with no end in sight. Funding toward DHS ceased after Senate Democrats blocked a bill to keep the department running. They called for sweeping reforms at...
The war on Iran is the first major conflict where the propaganda battle might be won or lost in memes. Pro-Iran accounts have unleashed viral videos in recent days mocking President Trump, casting him as a dupe of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and suggesting U.S. forces could suffer major losses if the conflict continues. The...
