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Colorado’s insurgent wave proves Democrats want fighters

An anti-establishment avalanche blanketed Colorado on Tuesday night. Across the Centennial State, the candidates who cast themselves as fighters against the old-line Democratic establishment soared to victory — the...

DSA’s third major primary win deepens Democrats’ fight over the party’s future

Socialists on the march: The Democratic Socials of America topple another Democratic incumbent, this time in Colorado, and eye national expansion

Trump administration threatens Kansas school district funding over transgender student policy

The Trump administration threatened on Tuesday to withhold federal funding from the Kansas City Public School District over its transgender policies.

Democratic socialists chalk up another win in Colorado

Democratic socialist Melat Kiros beat U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary Tuesday, a stunning victory for the first-time candidate against a nearly 30-year incumbent and another win for the Democratic Socialists of America.

Far-left extends victory streak into Denver: Key takeaways from Colorado’s primaries 

The far-left faction of the Democratic Party landed another major upset on Tuesday after democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeated progressive Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) in the Democratic primary for a Denver-based House seat – a win that’s sure to delight Republicans while worrying House Democratic leadership ahead of November. Kiros, a former attorney who was fired for penning a letter criticizing the idea that...

Former private prison executive David Venturella will become ICE’s acting leader

David Venturella, a former executive at a private prison operator, will serve as the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Trump administration says, after the agency's current leader steps down at the end of the month.

Dominican opposition criticizes deal with U.S. to take third-country deportees

Opposition figures in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday criticized an agreement signed with the United States to have the Caribbean nation receive third-country deportees, saying it lacks transparency and violates national sovereignty.

Senate Republicans block Democrats’ effort to reverse several Trump-era CFPB changes

Senate Republicans blocked an attempt by a group of Democrats to roll back several policy changes made under President Donald Trump to the nation's consumer protection laws, ranging from how medical debts are collected to overdraft fees and consumer protections for members of the military.

Immigration authorities detain former Kansas mayor who voted illegally

The former mayor of a conservative Kansas town was taken into custody by immigration authorities Wednesday after acknowledging last year that he had voted in elections despite not being a U.S. citizen.

Families of two Americans jailed in China call on Trump to ask Xi to release their loved ones

As President Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, the families of two Americans imprisoned in China for more than a decade are urgently appealing to him to raise their cases directly with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their high-stakes summit.

Court rules State Dept. violated constitutional rights of ICC adviser who called Gaza ‘genocide’

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the State Department violated the First Amendment rights of an Italian woman when it designated her a dangerous foreign national for her pro-Palestinian advocacy efforts to the International Criminal Court.

It never ends: GOP moves to fund border, Democrats blast Trump spending

Republicans move to fund border security while Democrats object to added Trump security funds, prolonging DHS funding in Congress.

Vance turns up heat on states with federal cash threat over Medicaid fraud crackdown

VP JD Vance threatens to cut anti-fraud funding to states that don't prosecute Medicaid fraud, singling out California, New York, and Hawaii.

Anti-Populist Censorship Reigns in Europe

If Europe doesn’t ease up, it will have to learn the hard way that repression has its limits.

The War on Billionaires Is Dangerous Nonsense

Consider Mamdani’s ludicrous implication that hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is not pulling his weight in New York City.

Brigitte Macron’s viral slap of French president linked to texts with Iranian actress, book alleges

A new book is offering a dramatically different explanation for one of last year's most widely shared political moments, though the account is already being disputed. French journalist Florian Tardif alleges, based on unnamed sources close to the couple, that Brigitte Macron confronted her husband during a flight to Vietnam in May 2025 after discovering messages on his phone from Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahani.

Republican redistricting race hits speed bump in the South

Republicans were on a partisan redistricting roll following the Supreme Court decision allowing them to redraw racially gerrymandered congressional districts.

Trump stores letter for Vance in Resolute Desk in case of assassination, official says

President Trump has left written instructions for Vice President J.D. Vance inside the Resolute Desk should he ever be killed in office, a senior White House official revealed Wednesday.

U.S. deportations to El Salvador double as Bukele aligns himself with Trump agenda

The number of people deported to El Salvador from the U.S. nearly doubled in the first months of 2026, according to official figures, coming as Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has positioned himself as an ally willing to help the Trump administration accelerate deportations, a central priority.

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