The families of Riley Doggett and Samuel Sterling, both of whom died after being hit by law enforcement vehicles, have filed a series of lawsuits against the officers involved in the incidents. The families, represented by civil rights attorney Ben Crump and attorney Ven Johnson, have named Kent County Sheriff's Deputy Josiah McMains, who struck...
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Friday that President Trump invited him and California’s other Democratic senator, Alex Padilla, on a visit to California amid the wildfires ravaging in Los Angeles — an offer Schiff said he turned down only because the Senate is voting on high-profile Trump nominees. “A number of us invited him to...
President Trump is set to deliver remarks Friday in hurricane-hit western North Carolina, after ripping the Biden administration’s handling of the disaster throughout the final stretch of his campaign. It will be Trump's first trip outside Washington since his inauguration Monday. Trump previously visited western North Carolina in October, shortly after Hurricane Helene shattered much...
A former Secret Service agent said President Trump’s decision to terminate protection for former national security adviser John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will put them at “significant risk.” “So what has been accomplished here is that the president has put ambassador Bolton and Pompeo at significant risk,” John Wackrow said during...
Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, is expected to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Patel held numerous national security roles during the first Trump administration but would be a new face at the FBI. Patel regularly attacks a “deep state” he blames for having “weaponized the government for their own...
The Senate Democrats’ campaign arm announced on Friday that Devan Barber will be serving as the executive director ahead of the 2026 election. Barber has previously served as a senior advisor to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) for the last two election cycles. She’s also served as a political director and research director for...
President Trump suggested Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky bore some responsibility for the war that began almost three years ago with Russia's invasion. “Zelensky — I will say this, he wants to settle now. He's had enough. He shouldn't have allowed this to happen, either,” Trump said during an interview on Fox News’s “Hannity”...
Experts say that reopening the Keystone pipeline after the premier of Alberta, Canada, said she wants to talk to Trump about restarting construction of the oil system.