Vice President JD Vance’s high-profile role negotiating a possible end to the war between the United States and Iran this weekend in Pakistan presents a major test for the 2028 presidential race. The talks offer Vance a rare opportunity to position himself as both a dealmaker abroad and a bridge builder between competing factions of […]
Justice Sonia Sotomayor is concerned about a growing trend in which artificial intelligence models determine how the Supreme Court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, is going to rule on any given case. “It shows we’re way too predictable,” she said during a Thursday event at the University of Alabama School of Law. “And we may […]
President Donald Trump demanded Thursday that Iran “better stop now” if it is charging fees against oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. “There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait — They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!” Trump wrote […]
Former Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan will be sentenced in June after being found guilty of obstruction for helping an illegal immigrant evade arrest, a federal judge said Thursday. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, ordered Dugan to be sentenced on June 3 in a federal courthouse in Milwaukee. […]
The Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into the National Football League over concerns that its media rights practices may be driving up costs for fans and limiting access to games, according to a source familiar with the matter who confirmed the investigation to the Washington Examiner. The scope of the inquiry remains unclear, […]
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) announced Thursday that authorities charged nearly two dozen people suspected of carrying out a major hospice fraud scheme that defrauded the state of millions. Twenty-one people were charged for allegedly carrying out a sweeping scheme that targeted California’s Medicaid program, which is called Medi-Cal. Five were arrested, and over […]
The U.S. government is aggressively pushing back on reports of a falling out with the Holy See, calling claims of a January dust-up at the Department of War “grossly false.” A report from the Free Press on Wednesday claimed Undersecretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby lectured and threatened Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio […]
President Donald Trump slammed conservative commentators Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones in a lengthy Truth Social post on Thursday. Each media figure has criticized Trump’s war in Iran one way or another since it started. “I know why Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have all been fighting […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said the new polling data on Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s (D-VA) approval reflects the “bait-and-switch” she pulled on voters. Spanberger is facing a split in her approval rating, polling less than three months into her term as governor: 47% approve, 46% disapprove, and 7% are undecided. The governor portrayed herself as […]
A Democratic National Committee panel on Thursday declined to advance a resolution criticizing the expanding role of dark money and corporate-funded outside groups in Democratic elections, with particular attention to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The proposal was considered at the DNC’s spring meeting in New Orleans, where the resolutions committee tabled the measure. […]
