President Trump’s super PAC, MAGA Inc., poured an additional $5 million into the Texas Senate race, according to a new Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing published Saturday. The funds were earmarked for Del Ray Media LLC, a Virginia-based political media company, for TV and digital advertising against the Democratic nominee in this race, state Rep....
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Saturday signed a legislation package aimed at safeguarding the state’s election process against potential interference in the upcoming midterm elections. The Democratic governor, who has repeatedly warned President Trump’s administration would attempt to meddle in these upcoming elections, signed 13 bills in Los Angeles. “Donald Trump won’t stop until...
FBI Director Kash Patel said Saturday the agency used AI to stop half a dozen school shootings and upped its use of the technology by 605 percent since he took the position. Appearing on Fox News’ “Saturday in America,” host Kayleigh McEnany asked Patel about a statement he made in March claiming the FBI had...
The Trump administration began construction on a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting through southwest Texas’s Big Bend region despite local leaders' pushback against the project. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told the Associated Press Friday that installation of 30-foot panels was already underway along this portion southern border. The construction started earlier this...
After President Trump announced this week he was banning Politico, CNN and MS NOW from accessing the White House, the three media outlets reported Saturday their journalists were denied access to the executive premises. White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) President Jacqui Heinrich called on the White House to “immediately” restore access to these journalists and...
A Russian aide said talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and two United States envoys were “highly useful” as the Americans attempt to restart stalled peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Yuri Ushakov, a foreign-policy adviser to Putin, said that U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner “outlined a number of ideas regarding possible avenues...
Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn) offered herself up to replace retiring WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, who recently announced her retirement amid the league's growing popularity and recent controversies. “Hey, @WNBA, I’m a free agent in January,” Rep. Craig wrote on social platform X Friday. Craig lost to Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in the Democratic primary for...
The Trump administration announced it will be ending $45 million in support for Namibia’s HIV response program following two decades of annual payments. The U.S. will provide its final $45 million payment in the 2027 fiscal year as “this support will transition into a technical cooperation model,” according to a Friday joint statement from Namibia’s...
President Trump’s super-PAC MAGA Inc. gave $10 million in support of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's (R) Senate campaign ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings published Saturday. The $10 million payment, given to political media company, Del Ray Media, funded two attack ads against his Democratic opponent James...
President Trump is pushing ahead with his plan to import foreign beef as a way to reduce prices for Americans, despite the backlash from cattle farmers and Republicans whose states would be most be most affected. In an apparent effort to soften the blow, Trump signed executive orders Friday, including one that allows ranchers and...
President Trump will head to the GOP’s convention in Dallas next week — an event aimed at galvanizing Republican voters to get out the vote ahead of the midterm elections this November. The president will headline the two-day convention, and Vice President JD Vance is also expected to address attendees. Ahead of the inaugural event,...
President Trump is set to speak on Night 1 of the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) Midterm Convention in Dallas on Sept. 9. “The Greatest RALLY of them all,” Trump wrote in a Friday Truth Social post. “I’ll be speaking on night one, and hanging around for an earlier closing, and lots of music, on night...
Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) said he has no sympathy for Lindsay Clancy after her murder trial ended in a mistrial, rejecting the defense’s argument that severe mental illness left her not criminally responsible for killing her three children. “I don’t have an ounce of sympathy for Lindsay Clancy,” Gill said Friday on Fox News’s “The...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Wednesday called Israeli settler violence in the West Bank an “act of terror,” condemning their actions. Huckabee said his visit was for the U.S. citizens “who live in Turmusayya and other communities across this region” who are “disturbed by people who have created extraordinary challenges that are unfair...
Max Lederer, the former longtime publisher of the Stars and Stripes, on Saturday said he and the two other staffers fired by the Pentagon last month will “continue on” in their lawsuit after a federal judge denied their emergency request this week. Lederer and the paper’s former editor-in-chief, Erik Slavin, and reporter Lara Korte sued...
As illegal sports betting continues to fuel online abuse against collegiate athletes, there is growing calls for Congress to pass federal legislation establishing a national banned bettors registry and allowing athletes to sue harassers.
Missouri launched an effort at the Supreme Court late Friday to restore its Republican-friendly congressional map, warning that a lower ruling invalidating it has unleashed “unprecedented chaos” on the midterms. “A federal-election-administration disaster is unfolding in Missouri,” Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s (R) office wrote in its emergency application. Missouri’s new congressional map created a...
House Democrats see President Trump's embrace of data centers as a political gift, hoping the radioactive issue will help the party flip control of the chamber in November's midterms. The topic has emerged as a late campaign juggernaut given the sheer proliferation of data centers in a great many communities around the country, which has...
Sean Parnell, the Pentagon spokesman and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s top choice for the next Army secretary, is among at least four candidates being considered for the role, sources familiar with the process told The Hill this week. The field also includes at least two current officials — Marc Anderson, an assistant secretary of the...
