Sixty-two percent of Brits say they would feel pride if England won the World Cup, well above the number recorded in France but below Spain in the latest POLITICO...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced the 15 individuals who will make up the new Defense Policy Board, just over a year after the previous panel was cleared out by the Pentagon chief. Robert Lighthizer, who was the U.S. Trade Representative during President Trump’s first term, will be the chair of the board, which was established...
The Senate Ethics Committee has dismissed a complaint against Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) filed by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) accusing the senator of making inappropriate advances toward several women and violating campaign finance rules. The Ethics panel informed Gallego in a letter Friday that its investigations “did not find evidence that your actions violated...
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) punched back at President Trump on Monday after Trump called out Cassidy and other GOP senators for not supporting the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, even though Cassidy has consistently voted for the bill. Cassidy took a shot at Trump’s staff for having “misled” the president after Trump lumped...
House Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said he believes the Pentagon’s policy chief misled him about a plan to reduce by thousands the number of U.S. soldiers in Romania. Rogers accused Elbridge Colby, under secretary of Defense, of not keeping Congress in the loop on force posture changes in Europe after the Alabama...
Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) said Friday that talk about the Democratic Party taking a hard-left turn is “frankly overblown,” comments that came after notable wins by democratic socialists in Democratic primaries. “I mean, there are a lot of other people, like me, who won our elections on Tuesday who don’t take those kinds of positions....
Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered a sharp dissent from the bench on Monday after the court overturned a nearly century-old precedent on presidential firing power, arguing the majority’s decision grants President Trump and future presidents “unbridled authority” that undermines the separation of powers. “Put simply, today the majority reshapes our Government,” Sotomayor wrote in a...
New York City's Racial Equity Plan, released by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, commits the city to using racial classifications to guide over 200 goals across nearly every agency, including setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts for favored racial groups, which is a continuation of the city's longstanding policy of race-based contracting.
President Trump on Monday slammed the Supreme Court ruling allowing states to count mail-in ballots received after Election Day, arguing it is now even more important for Congress to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. The Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots sent by Election Day to be...
Democrats working on a policy blueprint ahead of the 2028 presidential election released their kids online safety proposal Monday, calling for a ban on social media for kids under 16 and stronger privacy protections. The "Kids Over Clicks" proposal is the first to be released by the group, Project 2029, and zeroes in on the...
The Supreme Court will hand down all of its remaining opinions from this term on Tuesday, setting the stage for a blockbuster day with decisions expected on birthright citizenship, transgender athlete bans and campaign finance. Chief Justice John Roberts made the announcement as the court concluded its session Monday. Here’s what the court will hand...
The revolution always eats its own. This is one of the most central and frequently recurring themes in far-left radical organizing. And make no mistake, the far-left is feeling ascendant, as victories for democratic socialists in New York City have empowered the activist wing of the Democratic Party. These activists now feel comfortable showing who they truly are. Their...
President Trump says he plans to begin work on East Potomac Golf Links, one of three public courses in Washington, D.C., this fall despite opposition from local preservationist groups and questions about the project's feasibility. In a lengthy Truth Social post on Sunday afternoon, the president said he had toured the property with Secretary of...
