Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) was confirmed by the Senate Monday evening to replace Kristi Noem as Department of Homeland Security secretary, even as the agency remains shuttered from an ongoing partial government shutdown. Mullin was confirmed 54-45 with support from two Democrats — Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) — and nearly all […]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY), and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani appeared together for a press conference on the LaGuardia airport plane crash, all voicing support for increased funding for aviation officials. Duffy began the presser, presenting all the facts they had gathered about the Air Canada CRJ-900 that crashed into […]
Republicans are increasingly pointing fingers at FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr as an unlikely factor reshaping the Texas Senate race, warning his aggressive posture toward broadcasters may have backfired and put a once-reliable GOP seat into play. What party operatives once saw as a favorable matchup, with many privately viewing Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) as the […]
The Senate is holding a confirmation vote on Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s (R-OK) appointment as Department of Homeland Security head. The vote is slated to be held at 7:30 p.m. Mullin only needs a simple majority to be confirmed, a total he’s expected to receive, largely along party lines. HOW MARKWAYNE MULLIN WOULD LEAD DHS DIFFERENTLY […]
President Donald Trump took a tour of Graceland, Tennessee, the historic estate of rock star Elvis Presley, all the while drawing parallels between himself and the rock icon. “We love Elvis. Who doesn’t love Elvis. Everybody loves Elvis, right?” the president asked as he entered the main mansion. Amid uncertainty about the war with Iran, […]
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused the Republican National Committee on Monday of asking the Supreme Court to legislate from the bench by striking down late-arriving mail ballot laws, rather than having Congress or individual states pass laws ending mail ballot collection on Election Day. The justices heard arguments in Watson v. RNC, where they weighed […]
Justice Samuel Alito expressed concern over how the rise of state laws allowing mail ballots to be received after Election Day could undermine public confidence in the electoral process, as the Supreme Court grappled with the legality of Mississippi’s late-arriving mail ballot law Monday. The Supreme Court heard arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee, […]
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that U.S. officials had been in indirect communication with Iranian leaders about a possible off-ramp to end the war, but it is unclear how Israel will factor into these discussions. The president’s remarks were the first indication of a possible off-ramp to conclude the conflict, but his objectives and […]
New Jersey district judges and the Trump administration came to an agreement to appoint career prosecutor Robert Frazer as Alina Habba’s replacement as U.S. attorney for New Jersey. Chief Judge Renee Marie Bumb announced Frazer’s departure in a single-sentence notice on the state court’s website on Monday, with the appointment effective Monday. The appointment marks […]
Kermit Gosnell, the former abortionist convicted in Pennsylvania of first-degree murder of three born-alive infants during botched late-term abortions, died this month in state custody. Gosnell, 85, was serving three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole in Huntingdon County after being convicted by a jury in May 2013. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections […]
