Members of President Donald Trump’s political team asked Ohio Republicans last week not to wage a public pressure campaign against embattled GOP Rep. Max Miller, after they became increasingly...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Sunday that President Trump’s recent criticism put her "life in danger." The president pulled his endorsement of Greene late Friday, the culmination of a back-and-forth online feud. Trump also called the conservative firebrand a “traitor” on his Truth Social platform Saturday, remarks that Greene called “so extremely wrong.” “Those...
The millions of Americans who are recreational marijuana users should not be prohibited from exercising their Second Amendment rights. But people who are convicted of multiple DUIs should lose their guns rights for some number of years.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Sunday defended Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) after the New York Democrat came under fire over the end of the government shutdown. “Chuck has been an effective leader. Remember, when Chuck was Majority Leader during the Biden administration, he produced a string of legislative wins with a bare majority,...
President Trump over the weekend pardoned two individuals charged in connection with the investigation into the 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol. The president issued pardons for Suzanne Ellen Kaye, who served an 18-month sentence for threatening to shoot FBI agents amid an investigation into her involvement in the riots, and Daniel Edwin Wilson, who...
The rift between President Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) escalated over the weekend, as the House eyes a vote this week on the files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The duo traded jabs on social media, with Trump ultimately withdrawing his support for Taylor Greene's 2026 reelection bid. The Georgia...
Pocketbook issues and “affordability” dominated the election contest in New York City, as well as the gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey. The 2026 midterms could well follow the same script, with the same results.
Canada has lost its measles elimination status nearly three decades after it achieved the distinction, under circumstances that closely resemble what’s happened in the U.S. this year. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) notified the Public Health Agency of Canada last week that the country no longer holds a measles elimination status, meaning the region...
Hundreds of thousands of military personnel were set to return to work this week after the government shutdown ended Thursday following a historic 43 days. But furloughed civilian defense employees, who haven’t received a paycheck in weeks despite being ordered back to the office, still have to wait several days for back pay. Paychecks for...
Republicans are at odds over an effort to unwind a controversial provision tucked into the bill to reopen the government that would allow senators to sue for substantial sums if they aren’t notified when federal law enforcement seeks their phone records. The provision has fueled classic tensions between the House and the Senate, prompted an...
A majority of Americans disapprove of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations launched as a part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, according to a new poll. A YouGov survey released Friday found that 53 percent of citizens somewhat or strongly disapprove of ICE and 39 percent approve of the way they are operating....
Former first lady Michelle Obama on Friday said the country is “not ready” to see a woman running the White House. “As we saw in this past election, sadly, we ain’t ready,” Obama told a crowd of women at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. “That’s why I’m like, don’t even look at me about running,...
