A former Secret Service agent said Sunday that the Trump administration should be “looking at” scaling back the number of Cabinet officials attending the same events after Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner in Washington. “Do we need to rethink the idea that we'd have a dozen people in the line...
The Justice Department (DOJ) on Sunday pressed the preservation group suing the White House over President Trump's ballroom project to drop the lawsuit in the wake of Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner. In a letter posted to social media by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the DOJ pressed for the...
Reps. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) and Mike Collins (R-Ga.) traded barbs while former college football coach Derek Dooley largely stayed above the fray during Sunday's Georgia Senate GOP primary debate — one day before early voting begins. Carter, Collins and Dooley alongside former Senate candidate John Coyne and retired Brig. Gen. Jonathan McColumn are vying for the Republican nomination to take on Sen. Jon Ossoff...
Attorney General Bill Barr recalled his conversations with President Trump when late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his prison cell during his testimony before a House investigative panel last month, according to a transcript released Tuesday. Barr told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that he had at least two...
The Justice Department quietly removed from its website a study showing far-right extremists were responsible for the bulk of ideologically motivated deaths — a move that comes as the GOP seeks to back claims from President Trump that the “radical left” poses a greater danger than the right wing. The 2024 study, in which several criminal...
Top U.S. tech firms, including Microsoft, Nvidia and Google, have unveiled billions of dollars’ worth of new AI investments in the United Kingdom amid President Trump’s state visit. Microsoft announced Tuesday that it plans to invest $30 billion in AI infrastructure and operations in Britain over the next four years, part of which will go...
When Florida’s 2000 presidential election descended into the now-historic Bush v. Gore legal battle, its name became synonymous with electoral dysfunction. The world was laughing at a count marred by hanging chads, poor ballot design, and delayed results that plunged the nation into political uncertainty. News vans camped outside the courthouse. Late-night hosts reveled in the...
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R), who rose to national prominence for rebuffing President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in his state, unveiled a bid for Georgia governor on Wednesday. In his two-minute launch ad, Raffensperger sought to tout his conservative bona fides, noting how he took on fights with Democrats...
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) rebuffed comments FBI Director Kash Patel made Tuesday during a tense oversight hearing, calling Patel's testimony "a performance." “It was a performance. He was testifying really for an audience of one: President Trump,” Coons said during a Tuesday appearance on CNN’s “AC360.” “During his confirmation hearing months ago, I asked him...
Charlie Kirk’s assassination has reignited worries about judges’ security. A sharp rise in threats against the judiciary has made concern over political violence a constant drumbeat, from state courts to the Supreme Court. But the fatal shooting of the prominent conservative activist has injected a new urgency into the conversation. “I think it is a...
Since the tragic assassination of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk, there has been a disturbing crackdown on free speech that stretches across ideological divides. People can debate whether what is being said about Kirk’s death and his legacy is okay or not okay. But believe it or not, that is mostly beside the point when...
President Trump’s second state visit to the United Kingdom was marked with public ridicule over his past relationship with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, after activists projected pictures of the two men onto Windsor Castle upon his arrival. A series of photos showcased Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Epstein in addition to pictures...
Mexico has announced 50 percent trade tariffs against China. This measure is neither cosmetic nor merely commercial. Rather, it marks an unprecedented shift and grants a commercial and political victory to President Trump's America First policy. The U.S. is not losing allies — it is renewing, regaining and reinforcing its political and economic alliances in...
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump kick off two days of pomp and business with their state visit to the U.K. on Wednesday morning, arriving at Windsor Castle. Prince William and Kate, the princess of Wales, and then King Charles III and Queen Camilla, greeted the Trumps. A state banquet at the castle will...
