The U.S. Mint can move forward with producing a commemorative gold coin honoring President Donald Trump after a federal arts advisory panel signed off on the design, advancing a controversial proposal tied to the nation’s 250th celebrations. The Commission of Fine Arts, which reviews the design of federal coins, medals, and monuments, approved the concept, […]
A French aircraft carrier’s location was exposed after a naval officer recorded his workout on the running app Strava without making his profile private amid the war in Iran. By logging his run through Strava, the seaman revealed the location of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean Sea near Cyprus, making […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is throwing her support behind a pair of progressive Senate hopefuls, endorsing Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-MI) and Graham Platner (D-ME) in two closely watched Democratic primaries. Warren framed both candidates as economic populists prepared to take on corporate power and advocates of working-class families. “For generations now, working families have been […]
The House oversight committee questioned former Jeffrey Epstein lawyer Darren Indyke on Thursday as lawmakers pressed deeper into the late financier’s inner circle — and what they might have known about his history of targeting underage minors and young women for sex trafficking. In the closed-door deposition, Indyke denied knowing about Epstein’s sexual abuse and […]
Two former FBI special agents alleged they were fired last year for their involvement in Operation Arctic Frost, the Biden administration’s investigation into Republicans over alleged fraud in the 2020 presidential election, in a new lawsuit against FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and their respective agencies. The plaintiffs, who go by “John […]
Former FBI Director James Comey has been subpoenaed as part of a sweeping federal investigation into what Attorney General Pam Bondi had called a strategic use of legal systems that protected Democrats from criminal scrutiny while targeting Republicans, including President Donald Trump and his supporters. The subpoena is one of more than 130 issued in the case, which has […]
California’s wealthiest donors are overwhelmingly backing San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan (D) in the heavily contested governor’s race. An analysis published Thursday by the San Francisco Chronicle shows that more than 30 billionaires, most of them based in the state, have poured close to $9 million into the election, either by donating directly to candidates […]
Sabato’s Crystal Ball moved six gubernatorial midterm election races to favor Democrats, though Republicans are still slated to win the majority of them. The Center for Politics at the University of Virginia’s election monitor moved the ratings for Arizona, Georgia, Ohio, Minnesota, New York, and Rhode Island. The latter three went from “likely Democratic” to […]
EXCLUSIVE — Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told the Washington Examiner he opposes a vote on “nuking” the filibuster, warning that putting Senate Republicans on the record would only stoke GOP divisions over President Donald Trump’s marquee election bill. “I don’t think that serves anybody’s interest,” Thune said in a sitdown interview at his […]
Hungary is once again playing spoiler for the European Union after reneging on an agreement to furnish Ukraine with a massive loan. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked the alliance from providing a $100 billion loan to Kyiv meant to replenish its dwindling coffers amid the ongoing Russian invasion — a seismic flip-flop on the issue […]
