President Trump pardoned Michele Fiore, a Republican member of the Las Vegas City Council who was convicted for using donations raised for a statue of a fallen police officer on herself instead.
WILL JUDGE DUGAN BECOME THE NEXT HERO OF THE RESISTANCE? The Trump administration’s campaign against sanctuary jurisdictions took a big step forward on Friday when federal agents arrested a county judge in Milwaukee after the judge allegedly helped an illegal immigrant accused of multiple crimes hide from federal immigration officials who had come to detain him. […]
One of the several women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sex trafficking died on Friday at the age of 41. Virginia Giuffre was pronounced dead by suicide at her farm in Western Australia, her publicist confirmed to the Associated Press. “Deeply loving, wise and funny, she was a beacon to other survivors and victims,” publicist...
Former House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) slammed the Democratic Party over its internal fractions, comparing the battle between figureheads to a “civil war.” “The party we are watching today, Democrat, is a civil war. It's the reason why there are no leaders of the party,” McCarthy said during a Friday morning appearance on Fox...
Luigi Mangione pleaded not guily to a federal judge on Friday, denying his involvement in the Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione, a 26 year old Ivy League graduate from Maryland, could be charged with capital punishment if convicted of the violent crime. Attorney General Pam Bondi encouraged the acting U.S. Attorney for...
There’s a theme emerging in the Trump administration’s battles in courtrooms across the country contesting an array of executive actions facing litigation. As the saying goes, if you can’t go under or over — go around. As judges issue injunctions blocking particular executive orders or policies, the administration has returned to court with a new...
National security adviser Mike Waltz acknowledged Tuesday evening that messages discussing an attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen that were reportedly leaked in a Signal chat with The Atlantic's editor in chief were "a mistake." “We made a mistake, we’re moving forward, and we’re gonna continue to knock it out of the park for this...
President Trump's actions have united Canadians against him, leading to a significant shift in support for the Liberal Party over the Conservative Party in the polls.
The Trump administration has been focused on trade and military alliances, but has neglected a more 21st century form of theft, such as international online fraud, which has resulted in over $12.5 billion in losses for Americans.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) slammed the Trump administration’s attempt to deport a Columbia University student who participated in pro-Palestinian protests on campus. “You can't exile political dissidents. Not in the United States,” Sanders wrote in a Tuesday post on X. His comments came hours after a federal judge ruled that Yunseo Chung, a 21-year-old lawful...
Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took to the streets on Tuesday for a rare protest against the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has controlled the war-torn strip for nearly two decades. The videos shared on various social media platforms on Tuesday showed protestors marching through the streets of Beit Lahia, a city in...
The Senate on Tuesday night confirmed Marty Makary to be the Food and Drug Administration commissioner. Makary was easily confirmed by a 56-44 vote, picking up three Democrats. Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (Ill.) Maggie Hassan (N.H.) and Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) voted with all Republicans to confirm Makary. A Johns Hopkins surgeon, Makary will take over...
Democrat James Malone has won an open Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a major upset in a district that comfortably voted for President Trump in November, Decision Desk HQ projects. Malone, the mayor of East Petersburg, is projected to defeat Republican Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons to represent Senate District 36 for the remainder of...
Democrat Dan Goughnour has won the open Pennsylvania state House seat left vacated by the death of the most recent officeholder, restoring Democrats’ narrow majority in the body, Decision Desk HQ projects. Goughnour, who is a member of the McKeesport school board and a police officer, will win over Republican Chuck Davis, the president of...
Less than one in five Americans favor the U.S. annexing Canada and semiautonomous island Greenland, according to a new survey released Tuesday. The Yahoo News/YouGov poll found that 17 percent of U.S. adults favor Canada becoming the U.S.’s 51st state, an idea that President Trump has brought up several times since winning the 2024 presidential...
National security adviser Mike Waltz questioned how The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was added to a Signal group chat with national security officials who were communicating about a U.S. airstrike in Yemen targeting Houthi rebels. "I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but of all the people out there, somehow this guy who has lied about the...
