President Donald Trump encouraged Sydney Gruters, wife of Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters, to run in Florida's 16th Congressional District, pledging to back her if she runs.
Retiring Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino revealed that one of his few regrets is that he did not arrest more illegal aliens, according to an interview with The New York Times.
The hearing on sanctuary city policies, which will be led by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., comes after the death of Sheridan Gorman, who was allegedly killed by an illegal immigrant.
Epstein files released by the Department of Justice show Sen. Ron Wyden's son met the disgraced financier at his Manhattan mansion in 2016 to seek backing for his private investment fund.
Among the classified records taken to Mar-a-Lago by President Trump were documents so sensitive that one had been distributed to just six people, while another set was relevant to his business interests. The disclosure, made to the House Judiciary Committee as part of its investigation into the probes into Trump, offers new details about the...
Former Rep. Jason Altmire (D-Pa.) on Tuesday said he was stranded in Dubai, noting he was in the same position as thousands of Americans unable to evacuate the Middle East amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. “My understanding is our name is on a list somewhere at the State Department, which I‘m very grateful...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and state Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) will testify Wednesday morning before the House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee over the state's welfare fraud scandal. House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) previously called on Walz and Ellison to provide any records, documents and communications regarding the welfare fraud for investigators, and...
Democrat James Talarico prevailed in a Senate Democratic primary in Texas on Tuesday over Rep. Jasmine Crockett, delivering the party a candidate many had seen as the stronger general election choice. On the GOP side, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton are headed to a May runoff after no candidate won...
An Iranian drone strike on Sunday killed six U.S. soldiers at a civilian port in Kuwait, according to The Associated Press. The group relocated from Army base Camp Arifjan to Port Shuaiba, approximately 10 miles away, in hopes of evading the incoming strikes from Tehran. “They were dispersing because they were in fear that the...
President Trump’s attack on Iran has hurled the administration into muddy legal waters, from the commander-in-chief's authority to provoke a war to adherence to international law. The strikes on Iran began early Saturday after Trump for weeks threatened Tehran with attacks, building up U.S. military might across the Middle East amid diplomatic negotiations on the...
The Department of Agriculture has approved waivers for 18 states to restrict what SNAP recipients can purchase at grocery stores, despite the fact that it lacks legal authority to do so, and this could lead to a blank check for executive restructuring of any program with waiver provisions.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine will speak with reporters Wednesday morning, just days after U.S. strikes in Iran over the weekend took out the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Saturday strikes have garnered mixed reactions across the political spectrum and resulted in retaliatory strikes from Iran on...
The only way a U.S. attack on Iran ever made sense was is if its goal was regime change. If the intention is, for example, to compel Iran to do a “deal” then there was no point in attacking. Under the current circumstances, no deal is worth the cost of lifting sanctions that would give...
James Talarico is projected to defeat Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the closely watched Democratic primary for Senate in Texas, according to Decision Desk HQ. The rising star now presents Democrats’ best hope of winning in the red state, where Democrats haven’t won statewide in decades. Controversy surrounding a CBS “Late Show” segment appeared to give...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s policy of personally reviewing expenditures of more than $100,000 has held up more than 1,000 contracts, grants and awards at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), according to a new report from Senate Democrats. The report says that as of Sept. 8, Noem’s policy had delayed approval of or left...
Texas Republicans are bracing for an ugly Senate runoff, while Democrats wait to see the outcome of its contest for the upper chamber, with primary season in full swing. Voters in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas headed to the polls Tuesday to kick start the 2026 midterm cycle. Texas held competitive primaries for Senate, state attorney general and a...
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and gun rights YouTuber Brandon Herrera are projected head into a runoff after allegations of an affair with a former staffer rocked the lawmaker's candidacy, according to Decision Desk HQ. Gonzales and Herrera will head into a May runoff in the GOP contest for the state’s 23rd Congressional District. Military veteran Keith...
