American soldiers are being tracked in real time by adversaries using data purchased from commercial smartphone providers, despite warnings to the Pentagon more than a decade ago, and Congress must act now to protect them.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) brushed off concerns that the primary wins of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's three progressive picks Tuesday could hurt Democrats and their brand ahead of November. “No, Donald Trump has a working relationship with the mayor of
One of the ransom notes claims Nancy Guthrie was "buried with nature."
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he is aiming to push the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act through a third budget reconciliation bill. Johnson’s remarks came shortly after President Trump canceled a signing ceremony for a sweeping bipartisan
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . You can read a transcript here . The swing districts in the midterms this year aren’t just suburban areas with lots of white college graduates and rural and exurban
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency signaled Wednesday that its inspectors will be part of the oversight of Iran’s nuclear facilities, a key component of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) to end the war between the U.S. and Iran. Rafael Grossi,
Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, lost his congressional bid on Tuesday for the open congressional seat in the heart of Manhattan to New York State Assemblyman Micah Lasher (D). Schlossberg finished third in a crowded field of Democratic
President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled the signing of a bipartisan housing bill Wednesday, insisting that he would not make it law without his voter ID legislation, the SAVE America Act. But not everyone on Capitol Hill got the memo that the housing reform effort was a dud.
The “fraud, waste, and abuse” narrative has been seriously overworked, and does not fit the facts.
President Trump will return to the Washington Hilton on Friday for the first time since the White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooting earlier this year. Trump will address the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s annual Road to Majority Conference at the hotel. The
Former Maryland state Del. Dan Cox (R) is set to face Gov. Wes Moore in a rematch for the governor's mansion in Maryland this November, Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) projected. Cox won 45.2 percent of the Republican gubernatorial primary vote over businessman Ed Hale Sr. in second
Speaker Mike Johnson and others said the far left's ascendance would help their own party.
State and national Republican groups have developed a new midterm strategy after the left’s big wins in New York City on Tuesday: fearmongering about communism and the death of the nuclear family. (Oh, wait, that’s actually not a new strategy at all.) The chair of the National
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is demanding answers about the renovation work at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, after algae bloomed and paint peeled shortly after the project’s completion.
House Democratic leaders will give remarks Wednesday morning in the wake of New York's primaries, when two hopefuls backed by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) were defeated by more progressive candidates. The victors were backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani
President Trump has canceled the signing of the largest housing affordability bill in decades unless Congress passes his voter-suppressing SAVE Act . “Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA
The world has changed since the 1973-1974 oil embargo.
The U.S. lifted its naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz last week, but the returning commercial trade has not been a return to normal—and Americans are still feeling it at the gas pump. In a Truth Social post addressing the discrepancy, Donald Trump announced late Tuesday
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pushing back on allegations the company’s full self-driving software was involved in a recent crash that killed a Texas woman. Martha Avila, 76, died after a Tesla drove through the front of her home in Katy, Texas, last Friday. Both police and the driver
The president said he wouldn't sign the bipartisan legislation until the SAVE America Act was passed.
President Trump canceled the signing of a bipartisan housing bill on Wednesday, saying he would not sign the legislation until the Senate passes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. "Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until
The public deserves policy responses grounded in evidence, not ones shaped by political agendas and media-driven fear.
President Trump touted George Conway's loss in a New York Democratic primary on Tuesday, taking aim at the ex-husband of his former adviser Kellyanne Conway. George Conway has been a virulent public critic of Trump's on social media, and had sought to use his criticism of the
After multiple artists dropped out of President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 Independence Day celebrations, the administration has settled on a replacement: FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins. “What a great honor to be a part of the 250th birthday of this great
CNN correspondent Van Jones reacted to major wins from Democratic candidates in New York on Tuesday evening, which unseated two of the party’s incumbent lawmakers. “This is a battle between the establishment and this insurgency, and the roof is collapsing on the Democratic
Country singer Alexis Wilkins, the girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel, on Tuesday announced that she will perform at a rally for President Trump that will kick off the celebrations leading up to America's 250th birthday. Wilkins wrote on the social platform X that it is a
A federal judge late Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from making arrests at immigration courthouses, barring the practice nationwide. The ruling from San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Casey Pitts found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE)
Texas water officials are urging lawmakers to provide more funding for water supply projects as costs skyrocket, with the State Water Plan estimating a $174 billion price tag, and data centers increasing water usage, raising national security concerns.
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that President Trump can resume fast-tracking deportations, in a 2–1 ruling. While a lower court struck the program down in August, this ruling allows the Trump administration to deport potentially millions of people without offering them
Anthropic did everything right. It got punished anyway.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Tuesday had an outside-the-box idea to address algae growth in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. “Honestly, I think it’d be cool if they just let it go and create an ecosystem, have fish in there and everything. ... I think that’d be a really
Congress has yet to address Social Security's looming shortfall, and waiting longer could mean tougher choices ahead.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republican leaders will brief reporters Wednesday morning, as lawmakers look to revive the nation's warrantless spying powers. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) expired on June 12 after Democrats objected to
A campaign to rig the midterm elections is well underway. The first time he was president, Donald Trump encouraged a violent mob to thwart Joe Biden's legitimate election win, then refused to intervene to halt the chaos. No accountability followed. Instead, Trump has become far
The bipartisan housing bill the House and Senate passed this week doesn’t go far enough, Democratic leaders say. But it’s still one of the most significant pieces of housing legislation passed in decades. Further Democratic goals on housing might have to wait for a new
Allies of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani swept the region’s Democratic House primaries Tuesday evening, the latest example of liberal-minded voters shifting their preferences. And after Brad Lander, Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Claire Valdez won—all of whom have been
Frank Carone, who served as the former chief of staff to Mayor Eric Adams, was taken into custody on Wednesday morning, sources familiar with the matter told Nexstar's WPIX.
President Donald Trump had a meltdown Tuesday after a slate of Democratic Socialist candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won their primary elections. “America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country!!!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Many
President Trump on Wednesday canceled plans to sign a bipartisan housing affordability bill over his push for Congress to pass voter ID legislation. The announcement came just ahead of his scheduled lunch with Republican senators at the Capitol and added to the tension over his
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is offering a warning about the rise of a "dirtbag left" within the Democratic Party, a reference to candidates on the left who have run and won primaries while identifying themselves as democratic socialists. Two such candidates community activist
President Trump said early Wednesday morning that he has directed the Justice Department (DOJ) to “immediately” open an investigation into alleged gas price gouging at the pump amid economic strains resulting from the Iran war. “The big Oil Companies are not dropping their
The House of Representatives recently passed 11 fraud-fighting bills that strengthen financial oversight, improve transparency, and make it easier to identify improper payments and fraud before taxpayer money is lost, in an effort to address the estimated $233-521 billion lost
The NCAA is rolling out new rules clarifying how many years a student athlete can compete as more look to use to the transfer portal to purse extra playing time or endorsement money. The organization's Division I Cabinet unanimously approved the new rule this week, which
President Trump cheered late Tuesday, after Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) lost his House primary to former New York City comptroller Brad Lander (D). “Weak and pathetic Congressman Dan Goldman just lost, BIG!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I guess people didn’t like him illegally
Postmaster General David Steiner will testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday morning about reforms within the United States Postal Service (USPS). USPS has faced financial struggles since before Steiner stepped into the role,
Being the mayor of New York is an enormous task for anyone, let alone a 34-year-old. But Zohran Mamdani’s ambitions seem to go beyond leading the Big Apple. He wants to help remake the national Democratic Party. And he may succeed. All three of the candidates Mamdani endorsed
President Trump lashed out at the Republican lawmakers who supported an Iran war powers resolution in the Senate on Tuesday. Several GOP lawmakers voted with nearly all Democrats to approve the measure, including Sens. Bill Cassidy (La.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Susan Collins
We should acknowledge and celebrate the gains we have made, but we must also remain vigilant.
The strategies that led to the overturning of the Roe v. Wade abortion decision will not carry the movement forward after Dobbs.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) didn’t mince any words Tuesday in calling out what he characterized as the “bulls---” arguments of fellow Republican Sen. Mike Lee (Utah) on social media, revealing the tensions within the Senate Republican Conference over how to push forward on the