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 Supreme Court has handed President Trump a mix of wins and losses when it comes to legal challenges to his exhaustive second-term agenda, with two of the justices holding all the cards. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett are emerging as the key to Trump’s success as a pileup of applications...
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s personal visit to the family of a Texas girl who died of measles appeared to mark a slight shift for the former anti-vaccine activist, who has sought to downplay the seriousness of the outbreak. Public health and infectious disease experts who have sounded alarm over...
Republican lawmakers fear the defiant Chinese response to President Trump’s sweeping tariffs leaves the world’s two largest economies hurtling toward a trade war that could last for months. Republican senators agree with Trump’s claim that China hasn’t dealt fairly with the United States and acknowledge that China needs the U.S. market for its own economic...
The White House is arguing that revenue from President Trump's tariffs on U.S. importers is going to help pay for domestic tax cuts. “This time around, tariffs will help pay for both tax cuts and deficit reduction,” Stephen Miran, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), said Monday, distinguishing the incoming general...
As the White House presses ahead with sweeping tariffs on dozens of nations that could upend the global economy, President Trump's former Commerce secretary sees it as “typical Trump.” “This is probably the most important decision that he will make during his whole next term,” Wilbur Ross, who served as Commerce secretary for the entirety...
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is the target of new ire from President Trump’s most fervent supporters after she bucked his position on a key case earlier this week. Barrett joined — albeit only in part — a dissenting opinion penned by liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday. The case revolves around the highly...
Senate Democrats sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to call on the Trump administration to reverse its recent sweeping tariff actions, while raising alarm over the potential threats posed to small businesses. In the recent letter, led by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), a group of Democrats said the recent tariffs “are putting small...
Acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) commissioner Melanie Krause is resigning after a deal was made to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Several reports confirmed Krause, who was acting head of the agency since February, would be stepping down over the new data-sharing agreement. It was announced Monday that Treasury Secretary...
Sen. Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) said he supports President Trump's efforts to boost coal mining in the U.S., reviving the industry once credited as the country's largest energy source. “Coal is not turning its back on any of the energy forms. Coal just wants a place at the table. And today coal needs a place at...
President Trump told House Republicans on Tuesday that his tariffs will help them ahead of the midterm elections in 2026. “We’re going to win the midterm elections and we’re going to have a tremendous, thundering landslide. I really believe that,” Trump said, speaking at the National Republican Congressional Committee fundraising dinner. “It’s so important that...
Elon Musk’s brother, Kimball Musk, urged President Trump to fire his senior trade advisor Peter Navarro on Tuesday night. “@realDonaldTrump Mr President, if Peter Navarro has lied to you about Ron Vara, what else has he lied to you about?” Kimball Musk said in a post on X. “Put America first and fire him!” The...
The Trump administration said Tuesday it would pull funding from Princeton University over climate-related programs that go “against” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) current program objectives. A release from the Department of Commerce, which houses the NOAA program, highlighted three of the school’s research awards that clash with the administration’s policies. The programs...
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced Tuesday that she was creating a task force to investigate the intelligence community to increase “transparency and accountability.” The Director’s Initiatives Group (DIG) has plans to execute President Trump’s executive order “aimed at rebuilding trust” in the intelligence community, according to a statement from Gabbard. The group will...
