Month: September 2025

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Friday that two teenagers have been arrested and will be charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of a congressional intern earlier this summer.  Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a 21-year-old intern in the office of Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kan.), was fatally shot on June 30…
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Republicans in Congress unveiled legislation Friday that would bolster the Trump administration’s push to rebrand the Department of Defense as the “Department of War” — a moniker the U.S. military apparatus held until an overhaul in the 1940s. President Trump, who had floated the idea in recent weeks, is expected to issue an executive order…
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) vowed on Friday that Democrats “will force votes” on President Trump’s tariffs after a subpar jobs report showed that fewer jobs were added during August than expected.  Schumer said in a statement that Friday’s jobs report, which showed that only 22,000 jobs were added and the unemployment rate rose…
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Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) said Friday she’s “very worried” that the U.S. will not be prepared to handle another pandemic like the COVID-19 outbreak that killed more than a million Americans. “I’m afraid people are going to die,” Dingell told CNN in an interview, a day after Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F.…
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CBS News says it is changing its policy on how it airs interviews with top government officials following complaints from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who accused the network of selectively editing footage of her recent interview. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a statement last month after the conversation aired, blasting CBS saying it “removed…
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The U.S. military is deploying 10 fighter jets to Puerto Rico to help fight the Latin American cartels, coming shortly after two Venezuelan military aircraft flew close to a U.S. Navy ship in the region.  The Department of Defense (DOD) has ordered 10 F-35 fighter planes to be deployed to Puerto Rico to help combat…
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The White House wants to curate an image of fine-looking service members standing behind Trump when he announces his new nickname for the Defense Department.

President Trump on Friday celebrated Rep. Jerry Nadler’s (D-N.Y.) decision to retire from Congress at the end of the term, calling the New York liberal “disgusting.” “Jerry Nadler, one of the most disgusting Congressmen in USA History is, at long last, calling it ‘quits’ – He’s finally leaving Congress,” Trump said in a post on…
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A much-hyped cage match is on track to take place at the White House in June 2026, with fireworks and light shows, fighter weigh-ins at the Lincoln Memorial and fan activities spread across the National Mall. A White House spokesperson confirmed the news to The Hill on Friday, following an initial report from The Wall…
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Andrew Bates, a former senior deputy press secretary for President Biden, slammed the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigating his former boss on Friday in an opening statement he made to the panel. Bates is on Capitol Hill as one of multiple former Biden aides who have gone in person before the panel for…
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I have it on good authority — the kind of sources who are usually right and, more importantly, the kind who still have a pulse — that President Trump is not dead. Yes, I know — stunning. In fact, not only is he very much alive, but if you believe his critics — the ones…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has emerged as the top candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, a new poll found, as Newsom’s popularity has surged amid his ongoing feud with President Trump. The Yahoo/YouGov poll, released Thursday, found that 21 percent of registered Democratic voters and Democratic-leaning voters identified the Golden State leader, who…
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President Trump’s administration is reversing a former President Biden-era plan to require airlines to compensate passengers with cash, meals and other expenses for disruptions caused by U.S. carriers.  The rule, which was first introduced in 2023, would have provided customers between $200 and  $775 in compensation, along with lodging and meals, if the delay took…
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Political pundit Chuck Todd is predicting President Trump could remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) amid pushback his policies are receiving from some in Congress. During an appearance on CNN this week, Todd called Kennedy “easily the most unqualified cabinet sectary,” in Trump’s government. “There…
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A federal court rejected an appeal by the Trump administration Thursday to deny transgender and nonbinary Americans passports reflecting their gender identity, upholding a preliminary injunction against a policy requiring identity documents to reflect a person’s sex “at conception.”  In an order, a three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote that the…
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A pair of Senate Democrats are accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of overseeing a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” against Palestinians, raising urgent alarm as Israel begins its takeover of Gaza City and threatens to annex parts of the West Bank. Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Oreg.) said they came to their…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine amid the war would be considered “legitimate targets” by Moscow.  “Therefore, if some troops appear there, especially now, during military operations, we proceed from the fact that these will be legitimate targets for destruction,” Putin said at an economic forum in…
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President Trump weighed in on the growing partnership between India, Russia and China on Friday, after the three nations’ leaders gathered together at a summit earlier in the week. “Looks like we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “May they have a long and prosperous future together!” The…
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Californians are already knee-deep in the battle over Proposition 50, California’s effort to re-arrange its congressional map. The goal is to counter the Texas plan that likely just handed Republicans five additional U.S. House seats. Although California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) only signed the legislation authorizing the November special election to do this two weeks ago, I…
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Friday delivered a jobs report showing anemic growth in the economy, figures that are likely to spur concerns about the broader economy under President Trump. The U.S. added 22,000 jobs and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent in August, according to the report. Economists expected the U.S.…
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Federal immigration authorities raided a Hyundai electric vehicle (EV) plant in Georgia on Thursday, arresting more than 400 “unlawful aliens” as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.  “Today, @ATFAtlanta joined [Homeland Security Investigations], FBI, [Drug Enforcement Agency], [Immigrations and Customs Enforcement], [Georgia State Patrol] and other agencies in a major immigration enforcement…
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Around 450 workers — including 30 South Korean nationals — were reportedly detained at the South Korean automaker’s Georgia site.

Incoming Democrats are poised to advance legislation forcing the Trump administration to release all the federal files on Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender. Up to now, the focus on Capitol Hill has been on which Republicans might buck President Trump and GOP leaders and endorse a procedural tool, known as a…
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The Justice Department (DOJ) sued Boston and its Democratic mayor, Michelle Wu, on Thursday over the city’s sanctuary law, arguing that it is illegal and helps release dangerous criminals who should be deported.  “The Boston Police Department was once a cooperative partner with ICE’s immigration enforcement efforts. Throughout 2015, the Boston Police Department honored all…
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The president should take his latest legal loss “as a hint,” said the newspaper’s editorial board.