Hawaii Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke (D) was indicted on bribery charges on Friday following a monthslong state investigation into a campaign finance scandal. Luke was accused of accepting campaign finance contributions in 2022 while she was a state lawmaker in exchange for securing
A federal appeals court on Saturday ruled against the Trump administration's efforts to implement stricter mail-in voting rules before midterm elections in the coming months, with control of both the House and Senate up for grabs. The 1st U.S. Circuit of Appeals declined to
The Trump administration reached two weeks of renewed strikes on Iranian military targets this week, with tensions in the region remaining high heading into Sunday. Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched missiles and drone attacks at Saudi Arabia on Saturday, in an apparent
President Trump was given a second chance Friday evening to deliver a speech before the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner — his first time addressing the crowd as president. Three months after the first event was derailed by an assassination attempt, Trump
President Trump’s newly announced tariffs could put Republican candidates at risk going into the midterms as Democrats seek to go on the offensive over the economic impact of Trump’s trade agenda. The Trump administration announced Thursday it will impose double-digit tariffs
As cyclospora cases continue to rise, Michigan is facing a disproportionately large outbreak of the disease that causes gastrointestinal illness in those affected. The CDC said it is aware of at least 7,400 more cases reported by state and local health departments that are not
Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes due to raging wildfires across southwest Europe. Over 250,000 people have been evacuated in France and Spain, according to authorities from both countries. No deaths have been tied to these fires, but
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the U.S. and Ukraine plan to build a drone factory in the U.S. as part of a new defense partnership combining American manufacturing with Ukraine’s battlefield-tested drone technology. Speaking in an interview with far-right
Prediction market Kalshi on Friday threatened legal action against Netflix unless the streaming giant agrees to take down a trailer for an upcoming documentary about prediction markets. In a cease-and-desist letter sent to Netflix on Friday, Kalshi’s head of litigation,
Pop singer Katy Perry on Saturday criticized the unauthorized use of her music in the background of a White House TikTok video showing strikes on Iranian targets. The White House used her viral song “Firework” in the background of a video showing a missile blowing up a naval
The United States Treasury Department announced on Friday it will be implementing sanctions against key businesses and associates of sanctioned Iranian financier Babak Zanjani for attempting to evade sanctions. The sanctions affect nine firms and four people in the business
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board published an op-ed on Friday ripping President Trump’s latest “obsession” with tariffs that “despite their political unpopularity and economic harm.” The administration announced its newest slate of policies that are replacing the
As New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson and others on the left push nation-destroying socialism onto the country, more and more young people desperate for a secure and prosperous future will read more
The escalating war with Iran is threatening to depress Republican turnout ahead of the midterms, as new polling shows President Trump’s MAGA base increasingly turned off by the conflict. The war has consistently polled poorly among Americans broadly, and a new survey suggests
Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson formally clinched the Democratic nod to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in November, giving the party just 100 days to quickly turn the tides in the must-win race. Jackson handily won on Saturday with 566 votes during the
The U.S. will initiate a “phased reopening” next month of the country’s southern cattle ports, which were closed in May following the detection of a New World Screwworm (NWS) outbreak, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Friday. The USDA will reopen the
A new Politico poll reported 3 in 5 Americans believe gas prices in their area rose more than it actually has. The results stated that roughly 1 in 4 Americans thought gas in their zip code had risen by $3 or more which has not actually occurred in any zip code in the U.S. as...
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Iran-backed Houthi rebels announced Saturday they fired missiles and drones toward Saudi Arabia, claiming retaliation for Saudi attacks on Yemen’s coastal city of Hodeida. Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, the militant group's spokesperson, said in a social media post that the Houthis
The National Guard announced on Thursday its $292 million plan to provide “up to 2,000 apartment-style lodging units” for guard members stationed in D.C. The housing contract was awarded to corporate lodging company Placemakr and is the largest interagency lodging acquisition
The substance that investigators discovered in the vehicle of the man fatally shot by immigration agents in Houston earlier this month was determined not to be illegal drugs, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said on Friday. “We can confirm the substance found in
States are currently holding billions and billions in unclaimed funds. Some may even belong to you.
The demonization of the wealthy is one of the oldest tactics of cynical politicians seeking to empower themselves by harnessing mob rage.
Former President Biden on Friday dropped his lawsuit to block the public release of recordings from his interviews he gave to a memoir ghostwriter several years ago. Biden’s lawyers filed a notice of voluntary dismissal in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., after a
California is projected to face a shortage of tens of thousands of nurses within the decade.
A new analysis found only two states have seen healthy growth in middle-class income compared to inflation.
The U.S. and Iran militaries did not exchange fire overnight Saturday, breaking a streak of 13 consecutive days of tit-for-tat strikes over alleged violations of a ceasefire agreement signed last month. A spokesperson for the country’s health ministry confirmed there were no
Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D) officially clinched the nomination to take on incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Saturday. Democrats in the state voted 566-5 on Jackson to replace Graham Platner at the top of the ticket. Platner withdrew his bid earlier
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Friday echoed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s (D) call for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ahead of the foreign leader’s visit to the U.S. next week. “The American president should arrest Netanyahu or [Russian
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The Supreme Court justices recused a combined 64 times this term when deciding what new cases to hear. The leader might not be who you think. Twenty-three recusals came from Justice Samuel Alito, a leading voice in the court’s conservative majority who is stepping aside at a
It’s almost hard to believe now, but in the not too distant past, there have been presidents who actually labored quite intensely to not be in the news any more than was necessary. President Barack Obama, in fact, seemed to actually want his presidency ensconced in relative
As President Trump threatens a major escalation in Iran, signs are mounting that the U.S. military is preparing for a potential return to major military operations. But experts are skeptical that an intensified air strike campaign — even if it takes out bridges, water
President Trump took aim at the press, Democrats and some of his celebrity critics in a speech that received a lukewarm reception at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s (WHCA) dinner on Friday evening. Trump took the stage just months after a gunman allegedly
Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas, who served under both President Trump and former President Biden, criticized the federal government’s handling of a Cyclospora outbreak that has impacted thousands of Americans. In an interview with