Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is handily leading Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) in a primary race for his seat in the upper chamber, according to a new poll. In the Emerson College Polling poll, 60.4 percent of respondents that are likely to vote in the Democratic primary or have already voted said that they would back...
Freedom Fuel gas stations, which the Trump administration promoted last month, sold fuel that its supplier never paid for, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month. The suit, which attorneys for Mansfield Oil Company filed in U.S. District Court in Eastern Pennsylvania on Aug. 19, alleges that KRSM, a foreign corporation, obtained in excess...
The House is back in session this week after a monthlong August recess, with lawmakers aiming to avert a government shutdown before funding expires Sept. 30 amid the 2026 election season. The biggest item on the agenda will be a Senate-passed stopgap measure, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), that would keep the government...
The Republican National Committee’s (RNC) first-of-its-kind midterm convention has been cloaked in mystery until a few weeks ago. Details are finally emerging about what’s expected to be a two-day pep rally to bolster hype and encourage Republicans to get out the vote in November amid President Trump’s shrinking approval rate. But some Republicans are quietly...
President Trump on Thursday announced a new nominee to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to fill the seat of a previous Democratic commissioner who stepped down at the White House's request. Trump nominated David LaCerte, whose LinkedIn lists him as an official with the White House Office of Personnel Management, to the commission. The FERC...
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has criticized President Trump's proposal to reopen the historic Alcatraz prison, calling it "the stupidest initiative put forth by this administration" and a "frivolous" and "silly" idea.
The fight over how the Trump administration has handled disclosures relating to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is holding up final approval of a bill to codify $9 billion in Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid. Republicans on the House Rules Committee huddled with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and...
The U.S. government sanctioned the head of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, and its five other key leaders and affiliates Thursday, citing involvement in various criminal activities. The Treasury Department said Tren de Aragua is a threat to public safety throughout the Western world and is involved in the illicit drug...
Transgender Puerto Ricans younger than 21 no longer will have access to gender-affirming hormone therapy or surgeries under legislation signed this week by the U.S. territory’s Republican Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón that threatens doctors with criminal penalties. The law approved late Wednesday would punish health care professionals who provide gender-affirming care to minors and young adults...
Most Americans say President Trump’s policies in his second term so far have not improved their lives, according to an AP-NORC survey. In the poll, conducted this past weekend, 49 percent of respondents said Trump’s policies have done more to hurt them, while 22 percent said the policies have not made much of a difference...
Podcaster Theo Von called out Vice President Vance on Wednesday for changing his stance on the release of files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Von first reposted a clip from his October podcast with Vance where the vice president told listeners, “Seriously, we need to release the Epstein list. That is an important thing.”...
Attorney General Pam Bondi sent letters to several California sheriffs on Thursday requesting the names "of all inmates in their county jails who are not citizens of the United States, their crimes of arrest or conviction and their scheduled release dates." Bondi requested the information within 30 days and said the Department of Justice (DOJ)...
Meta investors and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg settled an $8 billion lawsuit with shareholders on Thursday. The investors were seeking $8 billion in damages from Meta in fines and legal costs shelled out by Facebook to resolve users' privacy breaches. Details of the settlement were not immediately available, and a spokesperson for Meta declined to...
The Trump administration is pushing back on a new intelligence assessment that contradicts President Trump's assertions that U.S. airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities have destroyed them, with U.S. officials and Israeli leaders discussing the possibility of additional strikes if Iran does not restart negotiations on a nuclear deal.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Attorney General Pam Bondi visited Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in California on Thursday, just two months after President Trump ordered the reopening of the historic prison near San Francisco. Both Trump administration officials shared photos online from their visit to the offshore prison, which closed more than 60 years ago because...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking a one-day prison sentence, already served, for a Louisville police officer convicted in connection with the raid that resulted in Breonna Taylor's death. Ex-Louisville Metro Police Department Detective Brett Hankison was convicted last year of violating Taylor’s civil rights by blindly firing shots into a window and door...
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Okla.), the Senate Republican deputy whip, on Thursday blocked a request by Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) to demand the Trump administration release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Gallego, a freshman, stood up on the Senate floor to demand that colleagues “show the American people that they deserve the...
