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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday laughed off President Trump’s call for Republicans to nationalize U.S. elections in over a dozen states ahead of the November midterm elections. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked Sanders why he was laughing after a clip played of her exchange with the president where he was asked about his remarks. “Because…
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Ryan Routh, the man convicted of trying to kill President Trump while he golfed in Florida during his 2024 presidential campaign, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday.  Routh, 59, was silent as U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon handed down the sentence, and Routh left the courtroom in smiles, according to NewsNation, The Hill’s sister network. The Justice Department pushed…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced on Wednesday that she’s named former New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as her running mate in her reelection bid. “As Donald Trump attacks this state relentlessly and Bruce Blakeman bends the knee before him, I need a fighter in my corner who’ll stand strong for New…
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Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday snapped at Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a hearing focused on financial stability, telling Bessent to “stop covering” for President Trump. “I’m asking you to do your responsibility as secretary of the Treasury,” Meeks, a member of the House Committee on Financial Services, shouted at the secretary. “Stop covering…

First lady Melania Trump will welcome freed Israeli American hostage Keith Siegel to the White House for a sit-down conversation. Siegel and Sagui Dekel-Chen — a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen — were released on Feb. 1, 2025, as part of the first phase of a temporary Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal in Gaza. The duo was among the…
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Prosecutors had asked for life without parole, saying Routh is unrepentant and has never apologized.

The newest challenger in the Georgia governor’s race compared his opponent to the Biblical villain, Judas, in a new campaign ad. Republican candidate Rick Jackson, a billionaire health care executive, joined the race on Tuesday. He is competing against others such as Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Attorney General Chris Carr and Trump-backed Lt….

Having the strongest military and economy in the world does not give the administration freedom to take any assets it wants.

Lara Trump, who pitched herself to sing at Turning Point USA’s version of a Super Bowl halftime show, panned Bruce Springsteen’s latest single.

Department Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem will provide an update Wednesday afternoon on the Trump administration’s border wall project — which President Trump said he hopes will be complete by 2029. Noem also suggested last year that the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border could be painted black so it would be too hot for…

Officials in Fulton County, Ga., are challenging the legality of the FBI’s seizure of records from its Election Hub and Operation Center last month. Federal agents raided the Atlanta-area elections office on Jan. 28 for records connected to the 2020 presidential election, executing a search warrant. Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. submitted a request…

U.S. private sector employment went up by 22,000 jobs last month, according to a report from the payroll management company ADP. ADP said in its National Employment Report that January was “a lackluster month for hiring,” but also noted that the health care sector “was a standout.” “Job creation took a step back in 2025,…

Drivers in Wyoming, Iowa and Arkansas saw the largest price cuts in the U.S., while other states saw premiums rise.

The Washington Post is laying off hundreds of journalists as it goes through a major reorganization of its newsroom, executive editor Matt Murray told staff on Wednesday. During a zoom call with employees, Murray told staffers the storied newspaper would shutter its sports department in its current form and move remaining staffers there to its…

Utah Republicans have filed a federal lawsuit to block the state’s new House maps, which give Democrats a shot at winning a seat in the red state. “Today we took action. I, along with elected officials throughout our state, filed a federal lawsuit to defend the constitutional process by which Utah chooses its representatives,” Rep….

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will appear before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday morning to deliver the annual report from the Financial Stability Oversight Council, which is tasked with identifying and responding to economic risks. The hearing comes as the administration has struggled to sell President Trump’s economic agenda amid uncertainty over his tariff…

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Tuesday went after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche over comments he made about people associating with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I’m highly disturbed that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche just got the law wrong. Yesterday, he said, essentially, that it is not a crime to party with Jeffrey Epstein….

President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday that around 700 federal law enforcement personnel will leave Minnesota amid uproar over the aggressive immigration crackdown in the state. But he was quick to underscore that the administration remains committed to Trump’s mass deportation agenda. There were roughly 3,000 federal immigration officers in the state as of…

President Trump reiterated his support for nationalizing elections on Tuesday, despite backlash from both sides of the aisle on the proposal. “I want to see elections be honest and if a state can’t run an election, I think the people behind me should do something about it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, after…

Border czar Tom Homan will speak with reporters Wednesday morning, just over a week after he was sent to Minneapolis by President Trump to oversee immigration enforcement operations following two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents. Homan, who met with local officials after arriving in Minnesota, has signaled that Trump wants to “fix”…

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he does not support President Trump’s proposal for Republicans to “take over” voting procedures in more than a dozen states and “nationalize” the midterm elections, declaring Trump’s call to action as blatantly unconstitutional. “That’s not what the Constitution says about elections,” Paul said in an interview Tuesday with MS NOW’s…

Trump already has the ability to impose replacement tariffs to make up nearly three-quarters of the tax revenue the Supreme Court may strike down as illegal.

President Trump’s lawyers are back in Manhattan this morning, vying to finally convince a 92-year-old federal judge that he should take the reins on Trump’s criminal conviction and toss it. Fresh off hearing deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s not guilty plea, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein will decide if Trump’s case belongs before him or…
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The expedited departure came as police announced an investigation into further allegations involving Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Jeffrey Epstein.

When Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed Monday to testify in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, they did so reluctantly. But after it became crystal clear that a number of Democrats would be voting with Republicans to hold the couple in criminal contempt of Congress, the former first couple were…