The Department of Justice is engaging in what it calls its largest election monitoring effort in history and, for the first time, will observe precincts in all 50 states.
In Netflix’s House of Cards, Frank Underwood never storms anything. He has no use for tanks or mobs. He arranges things so that, when the moment comes, the rules themselves hand him power. Sworn in as vice president without facing a single voter, he turns to the camera: “One heartbeat away from the presidency and […]
The controversy surrounding Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) raises profoundly troubling questions about political accountability, immigration oversight, and the standards of integrity expected of those entrusted with public office. How did a Somali-born refugee rise from the Minnesota legislature to the halls of Congress while serious questions about her marital history, tax filings, and immigration documentation […]
On Wednesday, Elon Musk’s Starlink was pulled into the center of a controversy after Ukraine’s military faced restricted access to Starshield, the military version of the satellite-based system. Starlink services were cut off for objects that traveled more than 100 mph, impacting the capabilities of Ukraine’s drones, airplanes and helicopters, a source familiar with the...
Four Republican senators have signed on to a letter to the Defense Department’s inspector general expressing “grave concern” over Ukraine’s sudden loss of access to intelligence-sharing and high-speed Starlink data, which it needs to intercept Russian drones, and asked him to investigate whether senior Defense officials played a role. “We urgently request an Inspector General...
Tech mogul Elon Musk poured $158 million into a key super PAC backing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's (R) Senate run as part of his push to keep Republican majorities in Congress. Musk was the single donor to Texas PAC — a political action committee backing Paxton's run — in the third quarter, according to...
A shooter is dead and two people have been hospitalized after reports of an active shooter incident at a Bend, Ore., elementary school, the Bend Police Department said Thursday. Police have confirmed multiple victims, including children. Their conditions are not known at this time. The incident was reported at Silver Rail Elementary School. Bend Police...
President Trump put an abrupt end on Thursday to questions about whether the Pentagon would really livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter, former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. In a Truth Social post, he said the public execution could serve as a deterrent but didn’t want to subject “good and well-meaning”...
CNN anchor Jake Tapper questioned whether Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) should have come forward about any potential issues with her immigration status during the Biden administration rather than face a criminal investigation under President Trump. Federal agents raided Omar's Washington, D.C., home with a court-authorized search warrant Monday as part of a criminal investigation into...
Nine former FBI agents sued the Justice Department on Thursday, alleging they were wrongly fired solely because of their work investigating President Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case. Attorneys for the agents write that their “fate was sealed by virtue of simply having worked on an investigation into Trump’s wrongdoing,” noting Attorney General Todd Blanche...
Texas Democratic Senate Candidate James Talarico said his remark on the campaign trail that "God is nonbinary" was an attempt at "being provocative." Talarico responded to a question during a town hall hosted by CNN and Jubilee Media. He was pressed about the comment by Sarah Gardner, a voter from his hometown of Round Rock,...
In today's issue: ▪ Republican actions vs words ▪ Final pre-election inflation report shows spike ▪ Katie Zacharia under fire ▪ Ukraine cut off from Starlink Top Republican officials are downplaying the polls showing their party trailing Democrats across the midterm board even as the GOP is pulling money from certain key states and districts....
