Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said on Saturday he was detained for over an hour in the West Bank earlier this week by Israeli settlers and that the detention continued with Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers arrived on the scene. “Israeli settlers, brandishing American made M4s,
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield had been seeking documents from Paramount related to its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Rayfield also asked a state circuit court judge to delay the closing of the deal by 60 days so that his office could review the documents. But
English striker Harry Kane said Friday that he played a round of golf with President Trump around 18 months ago in Florida after receiving an invite from the president himself. Speaking at a press conference in Miami ahead of England’s World Cup quarterfinal match against
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee warned Tehran on Saturday not to “test” the U.S. military after repeated threats from President Trump in recent days to carry out further strikes on Iranian infrastructure if the regime does not back down to U.S. demands. “The president’s
Democrats must unify around winners of primaries across the ideological spectrum and focus on opposing Trump, solving the affordability crisis, and keeping America out of wars in order to win a majority in at least one congressional chamber in the midterms.
A Senate Democrat is expanding a probe into alleged corruption within the ranks of the renowned Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, accusing its leadership of mismanaging federally appropriated funds “to the detriment” of the venue. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) wrote in a
Big Tech companies are spending billions to build AI data centers across the country, creating temporary jobs for blue-collar workers while draining local resources and potentially replacing them with automation, all to benefit a handful of tech lords.
Democratic strategist James Carville tore into progressive and “insurgent” Democrats on Friday, arguing that inner-party division will lead to the same problems he believes helped the GOP elect President Trump in 2016. In an interview with Politicon, the veteran strategist
Republicans in swing-seat House districts are welcoming President Trump to their districts and embracing him as the leader of the party despite his underwater approval ratings. It is a somewhat surprising move for vulnerable lawmakers who might be expected to distance
Crunch time is rapidly approaching for both the Democratic and Republican leadership. The 2026 midterms are now less than four months away. The results of those races will not only have a massive impact upon how our nation is governed — or not — over the next two years, but on
Houston Mayor John Whitmire (D) said Friday that his office “will not rest” until there is a “thorough and independent” investigation into the deadly shooting of a 52-year-old Mexican national by a federal officer, vowing to move forward with a city-level probe on the latest
Hunter Biden, the son of former President Biden, was awarded $1.7 million in damages on Friday as part of a defamation lawsuit against former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne. Byrne, a known denier of Biden’s victory over President Trump in the 2020 presidential election,
Former White House attorney Ty Cobb warned Friday that President Trump’s decision to fire the remaining Democratic members of an independent election administration commission this week is part of a “deliberate plan” to put his thumb on the scale of the upcoming midterm
The message to communities is unmistakable: Your water, your pregnancy, your child's health, are acceptable losses.
The U.S. and Canada have reached an agreement clearing the way for the long-delayed opening of a $4.7 billion bridge connecting Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, the Canadian government announced late Friday. The Gordie Howe International Bridge, which was originally set to open on
"He was the kind of man who showed up: for his family, for his friends, for his neighbors, and on every job he ever took."
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb will head the UAP Science Advisory Council established by the White House, the Pentagon, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI, and "the intelligence community." The Council will provide scientific reports and advice to the
A federal judge on Friday agreed to drop the remaining cases against four leaders of the right-wing extremist Proud Boys who were convicted for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. District Judge Timothy Kelly granted the Justice Department’s (DOJ) motion to
It's been a gnarly year for ticks already in the U.S., but the ticks you're seeing will vary depending on where you live.
At least Tokyo Rose (shown here in 1976 and ultimately pardoned by President Gerald Ford) could credibly claim she had been held in Japan against her will.
The Trump administration hit four New York Times journalists with subpoenas on Friday, after the outlet published a story outlining risks involving President Trump’s Qatar-gifted Air Force One plane that recently entered into service. The Times reported that the refurbished jet
President Trump issued a stark warning to Iran late Friday, after the Islamic Republic reportedly plotted an assassination attempt against him. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said the U.S. has missiles “Locked and Loaded” and aimed at Iran, should the regime act on its death
A bipartisan housing bill automatically became law early Saturday without President Trump’s signature, after Trump sought to stall it in protest of the Senate's failure to pass his voter ID legislation. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, is a comprehensive measure aimed to
President Trump late Friday threatened to “decimate and destroy” Iran if it carries out a reported assassination plot against him, saying he has already directed the U.S. military to be prepared to respond. “1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic
Fostering the Future shows that federal and state governments can be partners in enrolling children into Trump Accounts to achieve full participation.
Leave your politics at the door — it rarely works out well.
President Trump’s decision to fire multiple members of a bipartisan election administration-focused commission is sparking concerns that the White House is looking to meddle ahead of the November midterms. Trump fired the remaining two Democratic members on the U.S. Election
With Graham Platner bowing out of the race for U.S. Senate in Maine following allegations that he raped his former partner, the scramble to replace him is well underway—and the field of possible alternatives is starting to get considerably crowded. Since the allegations that
The killing of a man in Houston at the hands of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has reignited the controversy over President Trump’s hardline policies, which critics contend are gratuitously aggressive and open the door to abuses. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, an
In recent days, President Trump has touted 25 “Freedom Fuel” gas stations, but little is publicly known about the stations or who is running them. The gas stations, located in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, are selling fuel at relatively low prices, and Trump’s admiration comes
The recent momentum of far-left candidates has divided the Democratic Party as it seeks to define itself going into November’s midterms and beyond. That divide has come into sharper focus following a string of successful primary campaigns by candidates endorsed by the
Donald Trump's Homeland Security regime has been at the center of two critical stories in the past two weeks. In the first, federal agents shot and killed a man and quickly got to work justifying the use of force under the flimsiest of pretenses. In the other, it made house
Rosie O’Donnell on Friday dismissed an AI-generated video shared by President Trump portraying himself as a doctor treating celebrities for “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as proof that the president is “obsessed” with her. The video, posted earlier this month on Trump’s Truth
The U.S. is demanding Iran affirm that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open to shipping traffic and that Iranian forces are not firing on vessels, as the two sides continue to trade strikes in and around the strategic oil chokepoint. A senior U.S. official told The Hill’s
The U.S. is demanding Iran affirm that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open to shipping traffic and that Iranian forces are not firing on vessels, as the two sides continue to trade strikes in and around the strategic oil chokepoint. A senior U.S. official told The Hill’s
The fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by federal immigration officers in Texas this week has reignited a firestorm over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and sparked calls for an independent investigation into what officials admit was a case of mistaken
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Last year, we told you about Xtra, the company that lets DJI sneak its popular cameras into the US, and Skyrover, a brand seemingly selling DJI drones in disguise. They're just two of the many firms DJI is suspected of starting to skirt the United States' foreign drone ban. But
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A reported new threat by Iran to assassinate President Trump served as a reminder this week of the risk that the hard-line Tehran regime poses to him, especially as a tenuous ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran breaks down and hostilities have resumed. Reports surfaced this
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The Trump administration is planning on building a fleet of government-owned planes specifically to perform 24-7, short-notice deportations as part of its all-out effort to make Trump’s delusions of one million deportations per year a reality. The Department of Homeland
Despite ending his campaign earlier this week, Platner also had to submit an official notice ending his campaign to state election officials.
The British and Norwegian embassies in Washington shared some light-hearted banter on social media ahead of the match between England and Norway on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup. The post centered on the friendly rivalry between Norwegian star Erling
The effort has already had multiple false starts.
Democrat Graham Platner has formally withdrawn from the Maine Senate race, allowing members of the party to choose their new nominee this month. "I write to formally withdraw my candidacy for United States Senate," the progressive oyster farmer wrote in a letter posted to
Senator Mitch McConnell may be in the hospital for undisclosed reasons, but apparently there’s still work to be done on his house. TMZ reports that a man carrying carpet samples was spotted leaving McConnell’s residence in Washington, D.C., Friday. Mitch McConnell's D.C. home
Apple is suing OpenAI, accusing the major AI firm and industry partner of attempting to access and steal confidential information about their tools, processes and unreleased products through job interviews with their employees. The lawsuit, filed Friday in a California federal
President Donald Trump isn’t done transforming one of the nation’s most iconic buildings into an active construction site and expecting Americans to foot the bill. The front doors of the White House, which face toward Lafayette Park and pedestrian traffic, are currently
