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...
Members of the autism community are pushing back against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s pledge to find the cause for autism by September, calling the plan harmful. Kennedy announced last week that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will launch a “massive testing and research effort” to find...
Former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Michael Steele raised an eyebrow Friday about the Trump administration's dedication to preventing Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a mistakenly deported man held in El Salvador, from returning to the U.S. Steele, in an essay published by MSNBC, called President Trump's playbook on the matter "an attempt to normalize the extrajudicial...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for an “Eastern truce” with Ukraine, directing the Kremlin’s military to temporarily pause fighting until Sunday night. Putin announced the brief ceasefire on Saturday during a meeting with the chief of the general staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov. The Russian president said, “guided by humanitarian considerations,...
Just three months into his term, Trump and his team have marched into a target-rich environment of waste, fraud and abuse and have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.
Maine has found itself the surprising center of the nation’s debate over — and the Trump administration’s crusade against — transgender athletes in girls’ sports. That position leaves the state, one of the smallest and least populous, vulnerable to weighty financial and social consequences as it takes on President Trump It started with four words...
Democratic political strategist James Carville took a swing at Bill Maher on Saturday, blasting the comedian for falling for President Trump’s “personal charm” during a recent White House visit. Carville, in the latest episode of his “Politics War Room” podcast, railed against the television host, calling him a “supremely naive man.” “I think Bill Maher...
The U.S. and Iran have started their second round of talks in Rome over Tehran's developing nuclear program, according to a U.S. official. The U.S. delegation is led by President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, while Iran’s cohort is headed by the country’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Similar to last week, the discussion is being...
Liberals have for many decades tried to replace the Constitution’s ideas of limited federal and presidential power, checks and balances, and federalism with majoritarian democracy, expanded and centralized government, and strong presidential leadership.
The Supreme Court early Saturday halted the administration’s ability to use the Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport migrants to El Salvador who are being detained in portions of Texas, for now. The emergency order temporarily blocks the deportations until the high court resolves the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) emergency appeal, which was filed hours earlier over concerns...
Democrats trying to find their way back from their 2024 election losses are taking aim at former President Biden for reemerging on the national stage. Biden came back into view this week to deliver his first public postpresidency speech after largely being absent from the political discussion. But some Democrats said they’d prefer the former...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s (D-Md.) trip to El Salvador to visit a mistakenly deported constituent has thrust the mild-mannered lawmaker into a major battle with the Trump administration as it doubles down on its pledge to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia imprisoned abroad. Van Hollen embarked for the Central American nation on Wednesday after saying he...
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is threatening to upend the New York governor’s race as she considers a challenge to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) next year. Stefanik has not confirmed that she's running yet, but the possibility of her jumping in is already unsettling the GOP primary in the Empire State, where Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.)...
Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.) announced that she will travel to El Salvador to demand that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadorian national who was mistakenly deported from the U.S., be released from prison in the country. “A legal U.S. resident has had his due process rights ripped away and is now being held indefinitely in a...
