Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) did something very unusual last week. When Polis granted Tina Peters’s clemency petition, allowing her to leave prison years ahead of her scheduled release date, there was no political or personal benefit to the governor. As a Democratic governor in what has become a solidly blue state, Polis’s main constituency consists […]

Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), a 16-year veteran of Capitol Hill, will not seek reelection in November, the Miami Herald reported on Friday morning, becoming the 30th House Democrat from the 119th Congress who won’t be joining the 120th. Wilson is expected to make her formal announcement on Friday at an event in her South Florida district,...

If a student is learning Chinese in a public school, they could be using a curriculum shaped by the Chinese Communist Party. 

President Trump said Friday he is meeting in the White House Situation Room to make a “final determination” on the tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.  In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump reiterated his call for Iran to never obtain a nuclear weapon and...

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo on Thursday denied that his country has agreed to carry out joint anti-drug trafficking strikes with the U.S. military on Guatemalan soil, but he confirmed a collaboration to “intensify” the Central America country’s fight against drug trafficking.  “There is no agreement. There is a request and the request falls within the existing...

A court in Kenya on Friday blocked the government from permitting the U.S. to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to Ebola virus, which is spreading in northeastern Congo. The decision comes amid growing public backlash in the country to an announced U.S. plan, with critics accusing the Kenyan government of trading the country’s...

Illinois city official Sylvia Sims Bolton turned herself in this week after allegedly trying to cast her dead mother's ballot, fueling broader concerns about the safety of mail-in voting.

NYC lawmakers including Reps. Espaillat, Nadler and Goldman visited Newark's Delaney Hall detention center to protest conditions and demand its closure.

Steve Hilton says momentum behind his California governor campaign and Spencer Pratt's LA mayor bid shows voter hunger for political outsiders.

Rep. Boebert called on the DOJ to investigate alleged religious discrimination against a devout Catholic player by the Washington Nationals franchise.