This week, while Americans grapple with the war in Iran, spiking oil prices, massive corruption in blue states and other genuine problems, the left has topped its agenda with...
The U.S. is temporarily removing sanctions on Russian oil currently stranded at sea, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced late Thursday — the latest move by the Trump administration attempting to stymie soaring energy prices amid the war with Iran. Bessent wrote in a post on the social platform X that the "narrowly tailored" measure "will...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has identified the suspect accused of attacking a synagogue in Michigan on Thursday as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a Lebanese citizen. DHS confirmed Ghazali's identity in a statement to The Hill. "He was born in Lebanon on January 4, 1985," a DHS spokesperson said. "He entered the United States on...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday night announced the formation of a new task force that would conduct a review of U.S. war colleges to ensure they are "effective" and focused on core national security issues. Hegseth said the task force, which will be established by the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, Anthony...
Maryland and Virginia Democrats are pressing local utility DC Water over a recent wastewater spill that leaked into the Potomac River, an incident that has also sparked some political tension in the region. In a Wednesday letter to DC Water CEO David Gadis, the lawmakers said they were reaching out “to express our serious concern...
A new survey found that 1 in 4 Americans have a negative opinion of both major political parties ahead of midterm elections. Poll results from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 1 in 10 Americans feel good about both parties. The feelings follow the longest government shutdown in the country’s history last...
Director of the National Institutes of Health Jay Bhattacharya will serve as interim director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) following the reported exit of Jim O’Neill, a Trump administration official confirmed Wednesday. It was reported last week that O’Neill, who also served as deputy secretary of the Department of Health and...
U2 is releasing a musical tribute to Renee Good, the 37-year-old mother killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis, saying that "the power of the people is so much stronger than the people in power." The song, "American Obituary," is part of a six-track EP, "U2 Days of Ash," released Wednesday by...
An impending lawsuit led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) will challenge the Trump administration's changes to the federal childhood vaccine recommendations, Reuters first reported Tuesday. Bonta told the outlet that his team is "mobilized" to file the suit, which aims to overturn the decisions made by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has backtracked its initial decision last week of refusing to review Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine candidate after holding a high-priority meeting with the company. Last week, the FDA said it refused to file Moderna's application over regulatory issues. The company maintained that the refusal had nothing to do with...
A Democratic-aligned Colorado group is launching an effort to redistrict in the Centennial State after 2026 as the redistricting wars show no signs of letting up. Coloradans for a Level Playing Field filed four different versions for a ballot initiative on Tuesday, which would all largely ask voters to temporarily pass a new House map for the 2028 and 2030 elections, allowing them...
Democratic voters are expressing a less positive view of their party ahead of the midterm elections, according to recent polling data. In a new survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, about 7 in 10 Democratic voters said they have a positive view of the Democratic Party. These numbers are only slightly...
It’s a rich irony that after decades warning about how Democrats would corrupt our country with state-sponsored atheism and moral relativism, Republicans can now lay claim to perhaps the most godless and amoral administration in American history.
Santita Jackson, the daughter of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, on Tuesday remembered her father as a courageous man who would "put his life on the line" for the causes he fought for and believed in. Jesse Jackson died on Tuesday after battling the neurodegenerative disorder progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). He was 84. His daughter...
Former national security adviser John Bolton on Tuesday said President Trump should have set a departure date for Iran's supreme leader a “long time ago” as indirect talks between the Washington and Tehran are set to continue. “I think he should have done that a long time ago and indeed I think the U.S. has...
