San Antonio shut down its abortion travel fund after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuit and new state law banning public funding for out-of-state abortions.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters on Friday that the U.S. may lift some sanctions on Venezuela in order to facilitate oil sales. Bessent also said that nearly $5 billion in Venezuela’s frozen International Monetary Fund (IMF) special drawing rights monetary assets could be used to rebuild its economy. The IMF has not engaged with...
Two individuals were injured Sunday after a person drove a U-Haul truck into a crowd of demonstrators protesting the Iranian regime in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said Sunday that the incident occurred at roughly 3:30 p.m. local time, in the Westwood neighborhood near the Wilshire Federal Building. The LAPD said that...
President Trump said Sunday the U.S. military is considering “strong options” on Iran as the country’s regime cracks down on growing nationwide protests. When asked on Air Force One whether Iran is crossing a red line, the president told reporters “they’re starting to, it looks like.” “There seemed to be some people killed that aren’t...
Whoopi Goldberg on Friday took a page from President Trump's playbook, accusing Trump of suffering from “Obama and Biden Derangement' Syndrome. Trump addressed the nation earlier this week in a late-night speech, touting his accomplishments since returning to the Oval Office and declaring that he inherited a mess, including affordability issues and economic woes, from...
While California Gov. Gavin Newsom has stolen much of the attention in Democratic conversations about the next presidential race, another governor is quietly garnering some buzz among strategists and top Democratic donors: Andy Beshear. The Kentucky governor has been able to win elections in a fiercely red state as a measured, moderate Democrat. He’s not...
The State Department on Friday restricted the visas of two Honduran officials over national security concerns, claiming they tried to impede on a special vote count following the nation's election last month. The Trump administration revoked a visa for Mario Morazán, a magistrate of the Electoral Justice Tribunal. Marlon Ochoa, a member of the Honduras...
President Trump, while speaking to reporters in North Carolina on Friday, boasted about his claim against the federal government requesting a large payout in taxpayer money over legal battles he faced after leaving office in 2021. Turmp submitted two claims against the Justice Department (DOJ) seeking up to $230 million in damages, The New York...
More than five years ago, I wrote in these pages of a growing trend on the left toward compelled speech — the forcing of citizens to repeat approved views and values. It is an all-too-familiar pattern. Once a faction assumes power, it will often first seek to censor opposing views and then compel the endorsement of...
While some states spent vastly more than others on adult beverages, like California, which paid the most in the country at roughly $29 billion, the states where the average adult spent the most on alcohol over the last year may surprise you.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), a lead co-sponsor for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, said Friday that lawmakers were mulling possible impeachment moves after the Justice Department (DOJ) released a tranche of heavily redacted files tied to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Khanna raised questions about the “quality” of the documents released and the...
Maria Farmer, among the accusers of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, rejoiced Friday after the Department of Justice (DOJ) released swaths of files tied to its probe of the disgraced financier. Farmer, who detailed reporting Epstein's crimes to the FBI in 1996, said authorities "hung up" on her mid-sentence at the time. A...
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A trio of House Republicans welcomed an Orthodox Christian delegation that accused Ukraine of religious persecution to Capitol Hill this week. Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) Eli Crane (R-Ariz.) and Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), headlined an advocacy day Tuesday for Orthodox Christian clergy, some with ties to the Russian Orthodox Church, which has said Moscow’s...
