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...
The Chinese government is accusing the U.S. of “blackmail” after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Beijing a threat to the Panama Canal, asserting that Washington along with Panama “will take back” the waterway from Chinese influence. The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said Hegseth had “maliciously attacked China” with his comments and was sabotaging...
The Social Security Administration (SSA) reiterated Tuesday its plans to walk back proposed cuts to its phone services, saying it would be implementing an "anti-fraud check." “Beginning on April 14, #SocialSecurity will perform an anti-fraud check on all claims filed over the telephone and flag claims that have fraud risk indicators,” SSA posted on social...
The House Select Committee on the CCP and Senate Special Committee on Aging are holding a joint hearing Wednesday afternoon looking at potential risks to American investments in China and Beijing's perceived exploitation of retirees. The hearing comes as a trade war between the U.S. and China was sparked by President Trump's reciprocal tariff announcement last...
A new regional balance of power is taking shape, driven not by American diplomacy or intervention, but by the actions of regional players checking one another.
Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams is testifying Wednesday afternoon before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, alleging Facebook cooperated with the Chinese government against U.S. interests. "I saw Meta executives repeatedly undermine U.S. national security and betray American values," Wynn-Williams said in her written testimony, obtained by The Hill. "They did these things insecret to win favor...
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to intervene so the president can fire Democratic appointees at two independent federal agencies. Trump’s dismissals of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Gwynne Wilcox and Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) member Cathy Harris have teed up a new test of presidential power. The administration’s application asks...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Wednesday called on the Trump administration to back a Biden-era rule that would expand access to GLP-1 medications, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, for millions of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. In a New York Times op-ed, Fetterman appealed to President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy...
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) as President Trump’s ambassador to Israel. The upper chamber largely voted along party lines, with 53 in favor and 46 against. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) voted in favor of the nomination. Democrats have largely united to reject Trump’s nominees over his policies seeking to...
The United States imposed new sanctions on Iran on Wednesday, days before the Islamic republic’s scheduled talks with Washington this weekend in Oman. The Treasury Department designated five entities and one individual based in Iran for their support of establishments that oversee and manage Iran’s nuclear program. The groups slapped by the new sanctions, issued...
"Fox & Friends" co-host Steve Doocy remarked that major Republican donors are “terrified” after President Trump implemented sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries, including steep tariffs on China, shaking up international markets. The host made the comment when speaking to Fox News Channel congressional correspondent Chad Pergram, who highlighted the uncertainty among lawmakers as the...
Democratic strategist George Hornedo on Wednesday launched a primary challenge against nine-term Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.) in Indiana’s 7th Congressional District. “For nearly 20 years, we’ve had the same leadership in Washington. That place, those people supposedly representing us, aren’t working for Indianapolis,” Hornedo said in a video announcement on the social platform X. “The...
A Democratic appointee to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) who was fired by President Trump sued his administration Wednesday, claiming her termination was unlawful. Trump fired Jocelyn Samuels and another Democratic commissioner days after taking office as the administration looks to crack down on diversity, equity and inclusion policies. “Defendant Trump’s efforts to hamstring...
One significant guardrail has been the highly respected Office of Legal Counsel. Under Trump and Bondi, the office has been largely dealt out of the game.
The lawyer for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man mistakenly deported in the Trump administration’s roundup of alleged gang members, said he expects his client to be returned in the coming weeks. “I have every expectation that the Supreme Court will rule quickly and will rule in our favor, because when push comes to...
