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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is briefing reporters Tuesday afternoon after the FBI released photos and videos of a person of interest in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. Leavitt said President Trump has already seen the images. The press briefing also comes as criticism mounts over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. Funding for…

Optimism among U.S. adults has sunk to a record low, according to a new Gallup survey. The poll, released Tuesday, found that less than six in 10 respondents anticipate high-quality lives in five years as of 2025. That marks the lowest rating on the subject since Gallup began surveying Americans on it in 2009 and…

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.) said Tuesday that Democrats “got their martyrs” when immigration authorities shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis last month.  Alex Pretti and Renee Good were shot and killed by federal immigration authorities in separate incidents during operations in Minnesota last month. On Tuesday, Johnson said “Democrats are trying to…

White House senior trade adviser Peter Navarro cautioned the public to lower expectations ahead of Wednesday’s monthly jobs report, citing the Trump administration’s deportations of immigrants working in the country illegally. “The jobs report’s going to come out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look…

“I watched the news with a pit in my stomach.”

New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado (D) announced on Tuesday that he’s ending his primary challenge against Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) in a last-minute surprise, despite recently announcing his running mate. “I’ve decided to end my campaign for Governor of New York. After much consideration, I’ve concluded that there simply is no viable path forward,”…
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) on Monday called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be “entirely reformed,” as criticism rises over the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) use of force when carrying out President Trump’s deportation agenda. “Well, the first thing we’re doing is … we as Democratic governors are all calling it out….

The family of Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre wrote a Monday letter to Ghislaine Maxwell that she deserves to be “trapped in a cage forever” after being convicted as a Jeffrey Epstein accomplice in a scheme to exploit and abuse multiple minor girls. “Ghislaine, you deserve to spend the rest of your life in a jail…

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) claimed this weekend that many of his GOP colleagues privately support his criticism of President Trump despite praising the president in public, pointing specifically to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) as an example. “Look, so many of my fellow party members, especially come up to me because I say…

The Trump administration on Monday warned American commercial vessels to keep away from the waters around Iran amid rising tensions between the countries and a large fleet of U.S. military ships in the region. The Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration advised the vessels against moving toward the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman,…

An appeals court issued a ruling Monday allowing the Trump administration to revoke deportation protections for citizens from Nicaragua, Nepal and Honduras. The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals struck down an August ruling from a California judge that ruled against plans to end protections for migrants from those countries, citing sufficient racial animus. The three-judge…

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) said Monday she now understands “what the big deal is” after reviewing unredacted files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I’ve not been one of the members who has glommed on to this as an issue,” Lummis said in an interview with journalist Pablo Manríquez. “I’ve sort of intentionally deferred…

House Democratic leaders will speak with reporters Tuesday morning as the clock ticks to avoid a funding lapse for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) later this week. Democrats in both chambers have pushed for reforms to the way DHS enacts President Trump‘s deportation agenda. Those requests include stricter limits on the department‘s use of…

Comedian Jon Stewart on Monday mocked conservative outrage over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, arguing that it should not be the performer‘s job to bring unity to the nation. “Why the f— is it the Super Bowl halftime entertainer’s job to unify the country?” Stewart asked in his opening monologue on Comedy Central’s “The…

Kid Rock dismissed musician Bad Bunny’s halftime performance at Super Bowl LX, saying on Monday that “most people” did not understand the Puerto Rican artist’s music. “Like most people, I didn’t understand any of it,” Kid Rock told host Laura Ingraham on “The Ingraham Angle” on Fox News. “I saw there was a lot of…

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials will testify before the House Tuesday morning on oversight of its agencies, as criticism mounts over federal agents’ tactics when enforcing President Trump‘s deportation agenda. The hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee also comes with DHS funding on the line. Lawmakers have until Feb. 13 to pass a…

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Monday said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should be “out of” President Trump’s Cabinet after being named in the Epstein files more than 250 times. Lutnick previously said he distanced himself from the late sex offender in 2005, but newly-released documents show the two invested in business ventures together and socialized…

With rulings upholding both the Texas and California maps, the result is that the two states may essentially cancel out each other’s partisan gains.

A federal judge ruled on Monday that California cannot enforce a law banning federal agents from wearing masks during immigration enforcement operations, but it can require them to show identification when performing their duties. U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder found that the “No Secret Police Act” signed into law by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) last fall…

Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are butting heads as the funding deadline for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) quickly approaches. Senate Republicans and the White House are drawing a line over Democrats’ demands for some Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reforms, and top Democrats rejected the Trump administration’s “insufficient” offer. Both parties are…

President Trump posted a racist video on Truth Social depicting former President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as animals, which was met with widespread condemnation from both Democrats and Republicans.

“What’s happening in Minnesota is wrong. There’s no shades of grey. It’s clear,” Rich Ruohonen said at Milan Cortina 2026.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is reviving her edgy 2024 campaign social media account KamalaHQ in what her Gen Z aides are hyping as an effort to fight fire with fire in the ruthless, Republican-dominated social media content wars.  The rebranded account, Headquarters, inherits Harris’s massive follower count: 1.1 million followers on the social platform…

The controversy over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance is the latest — and perhaps biggest — cultural flash point of President Trump’s second term so far. Trump’s time back in office has, of course, been marked by huge ideological clashes over innumerable matters of policy. But the battles around the president have increasingly spread beyond…

“We know. That’s the problem,” one critic snarked back at the health and human services secretary on social media.