Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was forced Tuesday to clean up acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s outrageous lie about the Southern Poverty Law Center. Speaking to Fox News on April 21, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche claimed that the government had “no
Even the president’s Cabinet is having a hard time subscribing to what Donald Trump is saying about Pope Leo XIV. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attempted to cover for his MAGA boss, telling a reporter at the White House Tuesday that she had mischaracterized Trump’s recent
President Trump’s administration is targeting The New York Times , claiming that the newspaper discriminates against white men. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the newspaper in federal court Tuesday on behalf of a white man who alleged his race and sex were
A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday indicted the man accused of attempting to violently disrupt the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last month on four charges. The charges faced by Cole Tomas Allen, the alleged gunman, include attempting to
Retired four-star Army Gen. Jack Keane predicted on Tuesday that it is “inevitable” that the U.S. would return to combat with Iran due to Tehran firing shots in the Strait of Hormuz amid a shaky ceasefire. Iranian cruise missiles this week have targeted Navy ships and merchant
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) contractor in New Hampshire is facing federal charges after authorities said he threatened to kill President Trump and used a work computer to research previous assassination attempts against the president. Dean DelleChiaie, 35, was
A rare, rodent-borne illness potentially at the center of an outbreak that has killed three people, sickened others, and left passengers stranded aboard a cruise ship has been detected in the U.S.
The Senate Judiciary Committee late on Monday added $1 billion to a spending package for the U.S. Secret Service to allow for security upgrades to the compound tied to the construction of the White House ballroom. The $1 billion makes up part of a $72 billion budget
Delta Air Lines will soon end its free snack and drink service for most passengers on flights shorter than 350 miles. The change comes amid growing cost pressures on the airline industry amid the war in Iran, which has spurred rising airfares and increased fees for checked bags
President Trump is pushing the Food and Drug Administration to approve flavored vapes as his approval rating with young people continues to tumble. The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump expressed frustration with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary on the phone over the
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday called for Anthony Fauci, former longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), to be indicted for what the senator claimed was his lying under oath about gain-of-function research. "6 days from now, on
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) accused President Trump of allowing an environment of “political violence” to persist in an interview released Tuesday. “Look, our leaders set the tone in this country, and I think that the President of the United States has set a tone where
Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday that the Iranian military has attacked U.S. forces more than 10 times since the two sides agreed to a ceasefire on April 7. “Since the ceasefire was announced, Iran has fired at commercial vessels nine
The Trump administration is pushing a resolution at the United Nations Security Council condemning Iran's effective shutting down of the Strait of Hormuz and calling for open passage on the critical maritime route, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday. The resolution
Some senior GOP lawmakers have been concerned for months about accusations surrounding Rep. Chuck Edwards.
The Miami U.S. attorney’s office is in turmoil. The legal office has steered resources away from criminal cases in order to aid Donald Trump’s personal revenge tour, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The decision to explicitly aid Trump’s agenda has triggered a mass exodus of staff,
Nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe prices will be higher than they are today a year from now, according to a new poll. In the survey from The Economist/YouGov, 59 percent said they believe prices are set to be “higher" than they currently are in 12 months. Fifteen percent said
House progressives in leadership positions knocked the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) — their own campaign arm — on Monday for endorsing a candidate in a contested primary. The Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC (CPC PAC) publicly took issue with the DCCC
The Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act last week came about thanks to a conspiracy theorist who participated in the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021. Democracy Docket reports that Phillip “Bert” Callais, the lead plaintiff in Louisiana v. Callais , has long
Billionaire investor Ken Griffin on Monday predicted that Democrats will take back the House in November. “It’s almost a certainty the Democrats will take the House. That’s the nature of almost every midterm election cycle, is the House seats swing in the favor of the opposing
Louisiana’s secretary of state has already received tens of thousands of absentee ballots for the state’s primary elections, but now won’t count them because of Republican Governor Jeff Landry’s desperate move to please Donald Trump. The Supreme Court voted 6-3 last week to
President Trump has trademarked the name “Donald J. Trump International Airport”—and could soon generate millions of dollars for his family. Palm Beach County commissioners will vote on Tuesday on whether to use taxpayer dollars to rename Florida’s Palm Beach International
Pennsylvania is suing an artificial intelligence company to stop it from misrepresenting its AI chatbots as licensed professionals who can provide medical advice. The lawsuit alleges Character.AI chatbots claimed to be licensed medical professionals, including psychiatrists,
One of the world’s largest container shipping firms on Tuesday said transits through the Strait of Hormuz are not yet possible a day after the U.S. began escorting vessels through the vital waterway. “At this point in time our risk assessment remains unchanged,” German company
President Trump reignited his attacks on Pope Leo XIV on Monday, accusing the pontiff of condoning Iran’s development of nuclear weaponry. “I think he’s endangering a lot of Catholics and a lot of people,” Trump said in a recent interview with Hugh Hewitt. "But I guess if it’s
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday announced his new initiative boost "deprescribing" psychiatric medications, during a Make America Healthy Again Institute summit on mental health and overmedicalization. “Today, we take clear and decisive
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will brief reporters from the White House on Tuesday as tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz. The press conference comes a day after Iran and the U.S. exchanged fire after the Trump administration began “Project Freedom,” an effort to guide some
The successful Artemis II mission has inspired lawmakers to use the momentum to pass the Housing for the 21st Century Act, which aims to address the national housing affordability crisis by cutting red tape, supporting innovative housing solutions, and modernizing federal
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) poked a hole in Rahm Emanuel’s strategy ahead of the 2028 Democratic presidential primary. In a lengthy interview with Politico’s Jonathan Martin published on Tuesday, Pritzker said that he considers the former Chicago mayor a “friend” and
The first wave of tariff refunds is expected to be issued electronically starting on May 12, just under three months after the Supreme Court invalidated the cornerstone of President Trump’s trade agenda. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shared the updated timeline in a
The question is not whether she’s qualified. It’s whether the political conditions, and the memory of 2024, will allow voters to see her differently this time.
Since politicians aren’t going to do anything about fraud, can we get an AI on this?
Here’s a simple thought experiment for you. The Justice Department, as you know, is prosecuting former FBI Director James Comey, a longtime foe of Donald Trump. Now imagine if acting Attorney General Todd Blanche remarked to a colleague: “I know this prosecution is nonsense on
House Republicans are committed to supporting small businesses, providing tax cuts, cracking down on retail theft and fraud, and restoring accountability to small business programs, resulting in improved cash flow, job growth and economic opportunity.
Political commentator Bill O’Reilly said Monday that Republicans will be “slaughtered” if they distance themselves from President Trump before the midterm elections later this year. “Is there room for Republicans to move away from Trump?” NewsNation’s Leland Vittert asked
Tens of millions of Americans may qualify, according to the Taxpayer Advocate Service.
A sublime, sacred view view is about to be desecrated by President Trump’s proposal to erect the giant United States Triumphal Arch on the Virginia side of the Potomac River.
Senate Republicans are looking to funnel nearly $70 billion with absolutely no strings attached to Donald Trump’s lawless immigration enforcement campaign. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley unveiled the legislative text Monday night for the Republicans’
Bipartisan senate appropriators are urging the State Department to restore $600 million the Trump administration is withholding from Gavi, an international humanitarian group that distributes vaccines to developing countries. In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio led
He's touted the importance of physical fitness, but President Trump quipped Tuesday that his personal daily workout routine typically runs about 60 seconds. "I work out so much," Trump, flanked by professional athletes, administration officials and children in the Oval Office,
Election officials in Fulton County, Ga., are asking a federal judge to block the Justice Department (DOJ) from obtaining the identities of thousands of individuals who worked on the 2020 election. The Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections filed a motion in a
Vice President Vance cast his ballot in Ohio primary races on Tuesday morning, before he heads to Iowa for campaign events. The vice president, accompanied by his son, Vivek, voted at St. Anthony of Padua Maronite Catholic Church in Cincinnati, according to The Associated Press
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed it has shut down an office dedicated to serving as a watchdog for those in immigration detention. The Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman (OIDO) is now archived on the DHS website, closing an office where people
President Trump thinks that an event where he is surrounded by children is the best time to discuss the Iran war and then doze off. On Tuesday, at a signing ceremony in the Oval Office to restore the Presidential Fitness Award, Trump went off on a tangent on the war while
The Jumpstart Savings Act is a proposed bill that would create tax-advantaged savings accounts for tools and equipment, modeled after 529 college savings plans, to help address the skilled trades shortage and make it easier for Americans to enter the trades.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared annoyed Tuesday after a reporter asked him when President Trump decided to capitulate on his initial demands for Iran to surrender unconditionally. In a tense exchange at a Pentagon press briefing, Newsmax’s James Rosen pointed to Trump’s
Donald Trump does not have the same sway that he used to. The MAGA leader’s supposedly astronomical influence over the Republican Party is being tested in the run-up to the November midterms, Politico reported early Tuesday. There’s plenty of evidence that his pull is fading.
A second judge on Monday barred the Justice Department from searching a Washington Post journalist’s devices, upholding a previous ruling blocking the government from gaining digital access to sensitive sources and other information. U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga
Republican strategist Karl Rove said Monday that current polling does not foreshadow a “tsunami” for Democrats in the upcoming midterms. “So, this election’s going to be a wild one. It's going to be very close, in my opinion. It's going to be settled by a relatively small