Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday said he was “erasing evil” by painting over anti-Charlie Kirk graffiti on a highway in his state. “Some deranged bastard put this graffiti on the 59 freeway in Houston. TXDOT has been notified & I’m sure sure they will remove it expeditiously,” Cruz said in a post on the...
Americans largely agree political violence is never justified, but a new poll shows liberals are more likely than conservatives to say violence can be warranted in order to achieve political goals. In the YouGov survey conducted in the immediate aftermath of the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, 72 percent of Americans said violence...
President Trump on Monday established the Memphis Safe Task Force in order to replicate in the Tennessee city the recent federal law enforcement crackdown in Washington, D.C. “This task force will be a replica of our extraordinary successful efforts here and you’ll see it’s a lot of the same thing,” Trump said about D.C., flanked...
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tapped five new members to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) outside vaccine advisory panel, just days ahead of its next meeting. Kennedy in May fired every member of the panel and handpicked their replacements, most of whom have criticized coronavirus vaccines and...
FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to take heat from the right and the left in back-to-back appearances before Congress amid heightened scrutiny of his performance leading one of the nation’s top investigative agencies. Patel is set to appear before the Senate and House Judiciary committees starting Tuesday, just days after the FBI response to...
Anthropic's CEO voiced concerns Monday about the Trump administration’s approach to export restrictions on advanced AI chips, advocating for stricter controls as the company makes its presence known in Washington. The AI firm’s outspoken chief executive, Dario Amodei, warned that some government officials are “doing the wrong things on chip export controls,” underscoring national security...
President Trump on Monday urged Republicans in Congress to unite in support of a "clean" continuing resolution that would avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. "Congressional Republicans, including Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson, are working on a short term 'CLEAN' extension of Government Funding to stop Cryin’ Chuck Schumer...
California state lawmakers gave their stamp of approval over the weekend to a slate of sweeping energy and climate-related bills, which will now head to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) desk. The package's six bills — some of which passed with bipartisan support in an extended session on Saturday — marked a last-minute victory for Newsom, who...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has called for a "national divorce" to divide the country along partisan lines, citing the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and federal funding disputes in Congress.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the U.S. has a “framework” for a TikTok deal, after President Trump hinted that his administration had reached a deal to keep the app available in the U.S. “We have a framework for a TikTok deal,” Bessent said at a press conference in Madrid. “The two leaders, President...
The South Korean government said on Monday it will investigate whether any human rights violations occurred in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia earlier this month. During the Sept. 4 operation, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees ICE, detained 475 people. As part of an agreement...
CNN anchor Kate Bolduan and Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) got into a heated debate on the network on Monday over President Trump blaming the left for an increased level of political violence and tension in America. Bolduan played for Burchett a clip of Trump speaking to reporters over the weekend and calling "agitators" on the...
