A judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump.
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro on Wednesday said Americans don’t “care very much” about the controversy involving Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s orders regarding strikes on a boat in the Caribbean in September. “I frankly don’t think that Americans care very much about what is being reported with regard to Secretary Hegseth. I also think that the…
The Secretary of State was ridiculed for claiming the man who changed the name of the Department of Defense to “Department of War” would be remembered as “the President of Peace.”
The Texas congressional map enacted last summer at Trump’s urging was engineered to give Republicans five additional House seats.
The Supreme Court revived Texas’s congressional map that sparked a mid-decade redistricting war by adding up to five Republican pickup opportunities, paving the way Thursday for it to be used for the midterm elections as litigation proceeds. Over the dissents of the court’s three liberal justices, the majority said a lower court likely erred when…
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“What changed for Pete?” the Arizona Democrat asked of the now-awkward video from 2016.
The GOP may face a tough road heading into the 2026 midterms, but as one expert on voting rights points out, the fight is far from over.
A college student deported while attempting to catch a flight home for Thanksgiving break questioned why the Trump administration was “targeting” people like her. Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, was detained by immigration authorities on Nov. 20 at Boston Logan International Airport. She was planning to surprise her family in Texas for the holiday. “Why…
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will participate in the annual lighting of the National Christmas Tree on Thursday evening. The ceremony includes performances by Alana Springsteen, Brett Young, Gabby Barrett, Jillian Cardarelli, Jon Pardi, Matthew West, The Beach Boys and Warren Zeiders, with Barrett and West serving as co-hosts, according to the event…
President Trump is backing retiring Rep. Troy Nehls’s (R-Texas) identical twin for his House seat. “It is my Honor to endorse MAGA Warrior TREVER NEHLS, who is running to represent the incredible people of Texas’ 22nd Congressional District,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Thursday. “Trever’s brother is the GREAT Congressman from Texas, Troy…
The Trump administration shortened the work permit duration for asylum-seekers on Thursday, citing security concerns with immigrant populations. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its policy manual to cut the validity period for employment authorization documents from five years to 18 months. The change is slated to impact job opportunities for admitted refugees, individuals…
A growing number of young Americans say the U.S. is on the wrong track, according to new polling from the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School. The Fall 2025 Harvard Youth Poll, conducted in early November, shows 57 percent of adults ages 18 to 29 years say things in the country are on…
European leaders have reportedly expressed fears about the Trump administration using peace negotiations to “betray” Ukraine as the country seeks to end its nearly four-year war with Russia. During a conference call on Monday, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron raised concerns about the talks being led…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked the four-star Navy admiral overseeing the U.S. military’s strikes against boats in the Caribbean to step down after the top officer voiced concerns about the “murky” legality of the attacks. U.S. Southern Command head Adm. Alvin Holsey will retire two years ahead of schedule on Dec. 12 following “months of…
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) on Wednesday shot back at President Trump after the president called him a “fool” amid tensions between Minnesota officials and the White House over Somali immigrants. “That’s neither clever, nor is it right,” Frey told CNN’s Erin Burnett on “OutFront.” “Donald Trump seems to just spew out of his mouth…
A rising number of President Donald Trump’s own voters think he’s responsible for higher prices, according to new data.
Navy Adm. Frank Bradley, the commander who oversaw the Sept. 2 strikes on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, denied that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered his subordinates to “kill everybody” aboard the vessel during briefings to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The denial follows a report from The Washington Post last week that the…
The jab was most likely in reference to the president referring to himself as a king in a Truth Social post in February.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Thursday that the Pentagon’s strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific could be a preview of an incursion into Venezuela. “I think the boat attacks are a prelude to an invasion of Venezuela,” the libertarian senator told host Stuart Varney on Fox Business’s “Varney & Co.”…
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday confirmed it has launched an investigation into Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte who has opened numerous investigations into the mortgage dealings of adversaries of President Trump. Pulte has referred at least four different Democrats for prosecution by the Justice Department, recommending charges for Sen. Adam…
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) on Thursday announced that he will file articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who is at the center of two scandals at the Defense Department. “This secretary has to go,” Thanedar told Fox News host Josh Breslow. “He’s incompetent. He’s, you know, violated — he has committed war…
The Minnesota representative bashed the president after he spent days disparaging her.
Donald Trump’s threats against Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly have only served to elevate the decorated combat veteran as a hero in the Democratic Party.
Trump administration officials will brief reporters Thursday afternoon after the FBI made an arrest in its nearly five-year-old probe of who placed pipe bombs near the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees in 2021. The news marks the latest movement in the investigation of the incident, which occurred the evening before the Jan….
Americans’ confidence in the economy slipped in November to negative 30, according to the latest Gallup poll, the lowest level recorded since July 2024. Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index (ECI) — which combines Americans’ assessments of the current economic conditions and the economic outlook — dipped seven points from negative 23 in October, after standing at…