Former first lady Jill Biden recalled that after her husband decided to drop out of the presidential race in 2024, then-Vice President Kamala Harris quickly moved past the shocking news and started pushing him to endorse her. In an excerpt of her upcoming memoir reported by USA Today on Friday, the former first lady wrote […]
The United Nations has shipped emergency supplies to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of an effort to contain the country’s growing Ebola outbreak. UNICEF’s first international shipment of more than 100 tons of supplies was airlifted yesterday with support from the European Union and the World Health Organization. The supplies are intended […]
A federal judge sentenced the former Des Moines Public Schools superintendent in Iowa, who was convicted on immigration and gun charges, to two years in prison on Friday. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger handed down the sentence months after Ian Roberts pleaded guilty to federal charges for possessing a firearm as an illegal immigrant […]
Michael Marx was indicted in U.S. District Court on charges of assaulting federal officers, using a dangerous weapon, and using a firearm during a crime of violence in connection with a shooting near the Washington Monument earlier this month. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said prosecutors will prove that Marx carried an illegal firearm into downtown […]
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed a Democratic socialist running against Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), who is backed by the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee. Mamdani’s endorsement of 32-year-old Darializa Avila Chevalier could shake up the race, as the progressive hopes to unseat Espaillat, the first Dominican American elected to the House. […]
The Louisiana legislature on Friday gave final approval to a new congressional map that favors Republicans and eliminates a Black-majority district, wrapping up a fast-moving redistricting fight ahead of the June 1 end of the legislative session. The measure had already cleared the state Senate in an earlier 27–10 vote before the House amended the […]
House Democrats said Friday they will seek subpoenas for Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel after former Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly declined to answer questions about the government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files during a closed-door transcribed interview. The threats emerged during a break in Bondi’s transcribed interview before […]
The Justice Department on Thursday promised to examine allegations that Washington, D.C.’s major league baseball team discriminated against one of its pitchers on religious grounds. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) sent a letter to the DOJ this week, requesting it probe concerns that the Washington Nationals discriminated against Trevor Williams and deliberately excluded him from social […]
EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration has scrambled behind the scenes to find a new U.S. Border Patrol chief who does not come with a history of scandal and inexperience, as its previous leader did. Three sources familiar with the search process told the Washington Examiner that a final selection has been made, wrapping up a two-week […]
Polish President Karol Nawrocki told reporters on Friday that he wants to strip Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest state honor, after Kyiv’s decision to name a military unit after a controversial World War II insurgent force. On Tuesday, Zelensky decreed that the Separate Special Operations Center North, […]
