Georgia voters are heading into one of the country’s most closely watched primary cycles, with competitive races for governor, one of its Senate seats, 13 House seats, and a series of legislative battles that could shape the state’s political direction for years. The May 19 primaries come as Georgia remains one of the nation’s premier […]
Top Republicans are warming to an idea by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that even a year ago would have been considered an unthinkable shift in U.S. foreign policy: ending all American military aid to Israel. Netanyahu’s plan, to wind down the $3.8 billion Israel gets each year in military support, has shocked the ranks […]
A Florida state representative was arrested on Friday for holding a sit-in protest outside Gov. Ron DeSantis‘s (R-FL) office against the state’s newly drawn congressional map. State Rep. Angie Nixon, a Democrat representing the district that includes Jacksonville, started the protest around noon and remained there for five hours, attempting to stay beyond the office’s […]
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Friday posted a video showing what she described as hundreds of taxpayer-funded computers and lamps sitting unused in basement storage rooms, describing the discovery as an example of wasteful spending in the nation’s capital. In the video shared to her X account, Pirro walked through […]
WARSAW, Poland — Poland and Lithuania are making clear their intention to aid American operations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz amid denials that the United States is reducing troops on the eastern flank of NATO. Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kestutis Budrys told reporters in Vilnius on Thursday that although his country was “not […]
President Donald Trump on Friday said he is “not optimistic” about securing the release of jailed Hong Kong democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, signaling dim prospects for one of the highest-profile human rights cases raised during his recent visit to China. Speaking in an interview released Friday with Fox News host Bret Baier, Trump said he […]
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Thursday that heightened threats against members of the judiciary have made it increasingly difficult for him to attend public events, describing the security environment as “very dicey” as concerns over judicial safety continue to mount. Speaking at a judicial conference in Florida, Thomas said the level of security surrounding […]
The Supreme Court rejected Virginia Democrats’ long-shot request to revive a voter-backed redistricting plan for the commonwealth, which was struck down by the Virginia Supreme Court last week. The high court denied the petition on the emergency docket in a brief, unsigned order, declining to elaborate on its decision, and did not include any dissents. […]
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) plans to grant clemency to former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, a prominent election denier serving a lengthy prison sentence for breaching election security equipment in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, according to multiple reports Friday. Peters, 70, was sentenced in 2024 to nine years in prison after […]
Los Angeles mayoral candidate and reality TV star Spencer Pratt roasted Democratic opponent and city council member Nithya Raman over her fire safety motion that would effectively ban backyard barbecues under certain conditions. In the video, Pratt is seen with a large piece of meat in a barbecue grill or smoker on a deck, complete […]
