Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffers were told to return to the office five days a week for the first time since COVID, prompting a meltdown that led to subsequent mockery on social media.
CHICAGO (WGN) — Federal authorities opened fire on a woman who was allegedly armed with a gun shortly after their vehicle was rammed and blocked in by a group of cars in Chicago on Saturday afternoon. According to officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the incident unfolded in an area near West 39th...
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein (D) on Friday signed into law new criminal justice legislation in honor of Iryna Zarutska, 23, who was killed while in transit on the Charlotte light rail in August. House Bill 307, also referenced as "Iryna’s Law," was overwhelmingly approved by the Tar Heel State’s Legislature, where Republicans hold the...
Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Steele on Friday called President Trump "so juvenile" over the recent federal indictment against former FBI Director James Comey. "James Comey is no different than any other citizen," he said on MSNBC's "The Weeknight." "He's a private citizen who's being hauled in front of a judicial process for what?...
The Trump administration is reconsidering a permit for mineral mining in the Boundary Waters wilderness area, which could have a significant economic and environmental impact, and should be carefully considered on a case-by-case basis.
Comedian Bill Maher on Friday mocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's recent speech to the nation's top generals and admirals, joking that under President Trump the U.S. has a "manly administration." Hegseth and Trump welcomed roughly 800 of the U.S. military's top officials to Quantico, Va., earlier this week. The Defense chief used the moment to...
Government funding wasn’t the only thing to lapse on Wednesday — the Cybersecurity Information Act of 2015 also expired, leaving a gaping hole in a pillar of U.S. cyber defense. Ironically, as the U.S. marked the first day of National Cybersecurity Month, this failure was already weakening the U.S. cyber posture and eroding 10 years...
House Republican leaders urged unity in their shutdown fight against Democrats on a call with GOP members Saturday morning, with members on the call backing up Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) move to cancel previously-scheduled votes next week as they aim to pressure Senate Democrats into accepting their “clean” seven-week funding bill. There is some wiggle...
President Trump took a victory lap Saturday after Israel and Hamas signaled support for his 20-point peace plan, but he pressed the Palestinian militant group to "move quickly." Hamas partially agreed to the agreement crafted by Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday. "I appreciate that Israel has temporarily stopped the bombing in...
The stalemate over how to reopen the government is being inflamed by something no policy provision can fix: A deep-seeded distrust between the leaders of the parties. The trust gap has a lengthy history and a profusion of roots. But it's resurfacing now over the thorny issue driving the budget impasse: Affordable Care Act subsidies...
Like it or not — like him or not — Donald Trump truly is a “once in a century” personality. But folded within that reality is a potentially huge problem for the Republicans come 2028.
Israeli airstrikes killed six people in Gaza on Friday, hours after Hamas partially agreed to a peace plan and after President Trump called on Israel to stop bombing the territory. One of the airstrikes killed four people in a house in Gaza City, NBC News reported. The other airstrikes killed two people in Khan Younis,...
Democratic candidate for Virginia’s attorney general, Jay Jones, is facing a firestorm after a series of 2022 text messages calling for the then-statehouse speaker to get "two bullets to the head" were leaked this week. “Three people, two bullets,” Jones said in a text to House Delegate Carrie Coyner (R) about former House Speaker Todd...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating the Portland Police Department in Oregon, days after a conservative influencer was arrested amid a federal crime crackdown in the city. Harmeet Dhillon, the DOJ's assistant attorney general for civil rights, "signed, sealed [and] delivered!" a letter to Portland police about the investigation on Friday, according to a...
