President Trump pardoned Michele Fiore, a Republican member of the Las Vegas City Council who was convicted for using donations raised for a statue of a fallen police officer on herself instead.
WILL JUDGE DUGAN BECOME THE NEXT HERO OF THE RESISTANCE? The Trump administration’s campaign against sanctuary jurisdictions took a big step forward on Friday when federal agents arrested a county judge in Milwaukee after the judge allegedly helped an illegal immigrant accused of multiple crimes hide from federal immigration officials who had come to detain him. […]
One of the several women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sex trafficking died on Friday at the age of 41. Virginia Giuffre was pronounced dead by suicide at her farm in Western Australia, her publicist confirmed to the Associated Press. “Deeply loving, wise and funny, she was a beacon to other survivors and victims,” publicist...
Former House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) slammed the Democratic Party over its internal fractions, comparing the battle between figureheads to a “civil war.” “The party we are watching today, Democrat, is a civil war. It's the reason why there are no leaders of the party,” McCarthy said during a Friday morning appearance on Fox...
Luigi Mangione pleaded not guily to a federal judge on Friday, denying his involvement in the Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione, a 26 year old Ivy League graduate from Maryland, could be charged with capital punishment if convicted of the violent crime. Attorney General Pam Bondi encouraged the acting U.S. Attorney for...
Utah has become the first state in the nation to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed the legislation with little fanfare on Thursday, and it will take effect May 7. The push to ban fluoride comes as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has...
A federal judge in Washington state on Thursday blocked enforcement of President Trump’s order to bar transgender troops from serving openly in the military, the second to halt the policy from taking effect nationwide. In a 65-page ruling, Judge Benjamin Hale Settle of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington said the Trump...
Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after she failed to disclose frog embryos she brought into the country. Petrova’s attorney is fighting for her release from a Louisiana detention center after Customs and Border Patrol stopped her at Boston Logan International Airport on Feb. 16 when...
President Trump on Friday spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for the first time since Carney was elected earlier in the month amid tensions between the two nations. “It was an extremely productive call, we agree on many things, and will be meeting immediately after Canada’s upcoming Election to work on elements of Politics,...
Noted economist Arthur Laffer warns that President Trump's proposed 25% tariff on foreign-made vehicle imports could lead to a dramatic increase in prices and threaten the U.S. auto industry.
President Trump's decision to fire the two Democratic commissioners at the FTC without cause has raised concerns about the potential for political control of independent agencies, which have served the country well for decades.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to invoke the Alien Enemies Act to carry out swift deportations. The emergency application marks the first time the high court has been asked to get involved in the high-profile case after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order (TRO)...
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said President Trump is "dead serious" about wanting her to dismantle the department and put herself out of a job in the administration. "When he asked me to serve as the secretary of Education I knew exactly what his mandate was, which is to close the Department of Education," McMahon said...
Executing an overarching strategy to diminish the threat of terrorism, curtail Iranian influence and avoid letting China establish its dominance by default would be enormously demanding.
Office of Budget Management (OMB) Director Russell Vought shared his support for workforce reductions at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) while applauding Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his leadership of the agency. “No, it’s fantastic,” Vought said late Thursday when asked about the layoffs on Fox Business's "Kudlow." “I talked with Secretary...
On the menu: A super Tuesday for race-watchers; GOP special election jitters cost Stefanik U.N. gig; Cuomo in command in NYC mayor race; what a Crockett; forget something? The big events on the political calendar for next week are both on Tuesday: a gonzo state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin and a special election in...
