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King of Illinois: Pritzker swings Senate race as he targets Trump

CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker emerged as the kingmaker in deep-blue Illinois after pouring millions of dollars and staking his political reputation to deliver his hand-picked Senate candidate a...

Mamdani distorting St. Patrick’s Day, Irish history just the latest example of his shameful obsession with Israel

In the midst of praise for Ireland and its former far-left president, Mary Robinson,...

Illinois Lt. Gov Juliana Stratton wins Democratic primary for U.S. Senate

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton won Tuesday's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, edging out two sitting members of the U.S. House to advance to a November general election against Republican nominee Don Tracy, former state party chair.

Former Illinois Republican Party chairman Don Tracy wins GOP primary for U.S. Senate seat

The race to replace U.S. Sen Dick Durbin is shaping up in Illinois after Don Tracy won the Republican nomination in Tuesday's primary. The former chairman of the state Republican Party was among the best-known in the six-candidate race.

Senate Democrat: Trump pick ‘not qualified’ to lead National Security Agency

A senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said this week he would block the nomination of President Trump’s pick to lead the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command (Cybercom).  Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in a letter submitted to the Congressional Record on Wednesday said Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd lacks the qualifications to...

Collins, Murkowski undecided on Trump surgeon general choice after contentious hearing

President Trump’s choice to serve as surgeon general has not cobbled together enough votes to win confirmation as a pair of centrist Senate Republicans have yet to give her their support. Casey Means, the nominee for the position, is facing an uphill climb to make it through the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)...

Trump ‘not thrilled’ with Iran talks; says no final decision made on strikes

President Trump told reporters Friday he has not made a final decision on whether he will strike Iran, but he said he was not happy with the way Tehran was negotiating in talks with the U.S. over its nuclear program.  “We haven’t made a final decision [on strikes.] We’re not exactly happy with the way...

Trump floats ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba

President Trump on Friday suggested the U.S. could carry out a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, as the president has used a fuel blockade to increase the pressure on the communist regime in Havana. "The Cuban government is talking with us. They’re in a big deal of trouble, as you know. They have no money, no...

The empty chair in the boardroom: Zelensky skips Trump’s Peace Board meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declined to attend Donald Trump's inaugural Board of Peace meeting, signaling that sovereign survival cannot be bought or sold, and that the U.S. is treating European security as a bilateral matter between Washington and Moscow.

Hundreds of Google, OpenAI employees back Anthropic in Pentagon fight

Hundreds of employees at Google and OpenAI are backing artificial intelligence technology company Anthropic, which faces a Friday evening deadline to give the Pentagon permission to use its AI system as it wishes or face repercussions from the department.  Employees who signed a letter alleged the Pentagon was trying to “get them to agree to...

The Trump administration is disappearing climate change data

The Trump administration has turned out the lights on greenhouse gas emissions data.

Texas to correct errors in Bible-infused curriculum

The Texas State Board of Education voted to approve changes to the Bible-infused curriculum some schools are offering in the state, fixing errors caught by teachers in its first year in circulation. The curriculum, which is optional for schools although those who adopt it receive extra state funding, was found to have more than a thousand errors,...

Mexico’s chaos is disrupting North American free trade

Mexico’s policies in the fiscal space set a dangerous precedent for investment in North America.

FedEx says it will return any refunds it gets from Trump tariffs to customers 

Delivery giant FedEx said it will return to customers any refunds it gets from President Trump’s tariffs after the Supreme Court ruled them unlawful last week.  FedEx is among more than 1,000 companies that have filed lawsuits with the U.S. Court of International Trade to recoup the costs of Trump's tariffs, mostly filed before the...

Senate Democrats demand tariff refunds begin ‘immediately’

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats are demanding refunds for their constituents after the Supreme Court struck down the bulk of President Trump’s tariff agenda last week. Their request came in a Friday letter addressed to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The group of senators referenced Bessent's previous assurance in January that refunds...

Scouting America changing policies to maintain military support, Hegseth says

Scouting America has agreed to change several of its policies to maintain financial backing from the Pentagon, including that membership in the organization will be based solely on “biological sex at birth and not gender identity,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday morning. Hegseth, who has threatened to cut ties with Scouting America over its...

Does RFK Jr. care that babies will needlessly die under his vaccination policies?

Federal employees, Kennedy said, were promoting the “mass poisoning” of the American public. Then, in 2025, measles exploded, with more than 2,200 cases across 45 states.

Pentagon official: Anthropic CEO ‘has a God-complex’

A top Pentagon official accused Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Thursday of having a “God-complex,” as the Defense Department (DOD) and the company face off over the terms of use for its AI models. “It’s a shame that @DarioAmodei is a liar and has a God-complex,” Under Secretary of War Emil Michael wrote in a...

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