A federal appeals court wiped out a $130K judgment won by Democratic consultant Robert Creamer and his businesses against conservative journalist James O'Keefe over a 2016 undercover video sting, ruling that the jury's damages award violated the First Amendment.
Research from the University of Pennsylvania indicates that couples where the woman earns more are significantly more likely to separate, highlighting how shifting economic dynamics and persistent domestic imbalances are contributing to rising divorce rates.
President Trump hit back again on Friday evening at GOP criticism of his administration’s decision to lift certain tariffs on imported ground beef. The president expressed anger over a meeting between conservative podcaster Tucker Carlson and two Republicans that have critiqued this new policy, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and former Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene...
A recent wave of cyberattacks on American water systems is raising alarm at all levels of government, with U.S. authorities reportedly suspecting Iran-linked hackers. The FBI reported Thursday that “malicious cyber actors” targeted water and wastewater utility companies in at least seven states over the prior four days, resulting in a “loss of monitoring and control functionality.” Officials in...
President Trump’s new class of battleships, which are envisioned to anchor the U.S. Navy’s “Golden Fleet,” are expected to cost around $275 billion to build, according to a government report released Wednesday. The first of 15 ships, the USS Defiant, is projected to cost around $23.4 billion to construct, with each subsequent vessel costing about...
A federal judge held the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in contempt following the agency’s delay in complying with an order to release digital copies of communication on the cellphones of more than 800 immigration agents, according to an order unsealed Tuesday. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, an appointee of former President Biden, ordered DHS...
The left of the Democratic Party kept up its strong momentum on Tuesday, even if primary results in Michigan and several other states stopped short of unequivocal triumph. The marquee race in Michigan ended in a narrow victory for Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive public health expert who now becomes the party’s nominee in a Senate race against...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Democrats accuse Wright of lying to Congress Two House Democrats have formally referred Energy Secretary Chris Wright to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for potential prosecution, accusing him of lying to Congress about whether green grants were canceled for partisan reasons. Greg Nash In a letter made public...
President Trump lashed out at Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed during a campaign-style event in Las Vegas on Wednesday. “The polls were wrong again last night when they said it would be a landslide victory for a hater of Jews and a hater of Israel,” Trump said at an event aimed at touting the...
Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) are pressing the Office of the Inspector General in the Department of the Interior to investigate recent issues with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. “We write to request that the Office of Inspector General investigate what employees of the Department of the Interior (DOI) knew—and when they...
Democratic socialist and former Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong (D) walked back on her previous social media post calling to "cancel Thanksgiving," telling Politico's Irie Sentner in an interview Wednesday that the holiday is her "favorite." Hong, a professional chef and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate, added that she "actually loves" Thanksgiving. The former state representative originally...
Democrats are quickly coalescing around Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed following his narrow Tuesday primary win. Several lawmakers who previously backed his competitor Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) said it was time to change course and support the party nominee wholeheartedly. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) who decided against a re-election bid said the “stakes could not...
New Mexico is suing the Justice Department for access to a set of unredacted Jeffrey Epstein records, alleging the agency is withholding documents that could aid the state’s investigation into the disgraced financier’s alleged crimes at a remote ranch outside Santa Fe. The 40-page complaint, which also names acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, accuses DOJ...
'Uncommited' movement co-founder Abbas Alawieh is projected to win a Democratic state Senate primary in Michigan, according to Decision Desk. . The 2nd Senate District, which includes Dearborn, Dearborn Heighs and parts of Allen Park and Detriot, was the epicenter of the 2024 effort among Democrats casting protest "uncommitted" votes against then-President Biden over his...
President Trump will deliver remarks Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas highlighting his administration's economic agenda and promoting the sweeping tax cuts enacted through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which he signed into law last year. The speech comes as Trump seeks to reassure voters on the economy ahead of November's midterms. Affordability remains a...
Leaders of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) on Wednesday called on Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) to resign, as the House Ethics Committee probes abuse allegations levied against him by his ex-wife. DWC Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (N.M.) and Vice Chairs Hillary Scholten (Mich.) and Emilia Sykes (Ohio) called the alleged abuse Miller perpetrated against Emily...
Federation of Humane Organizations of West Virginia President Theresa Bruner is calling on Sen. Jim Justice to support the Greyhound Protection Act in the Senate Agriculture Committee to end state-subsidized greyhound racing.
