A shortage of funds in two central Michigan counties could have widespread implications in a special election for a state legislature seat, potentially handing Democrats a decisive advantage in a race that could decide control of the state’s upper chamber. Democrats currently control the Michigan Senate by a margin of one seat. That could change […]
Several Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee joined their Democratic colleagues in grilling Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a congressional hearing on Tuesday, calling into question — even, at times, condemning — her leadership of the department and deportations nationwide. The rare criticism of a Trump Cabinet official from GOP lawmakers comes amid outrage […]
President Donald Trump bashed Keir Starmer over his lack of cooperation in Operation Epic Fury, unfavorably contrasting him with another British prime minister, Winston Churchill. Starmer apparently declined to allow U.S. heavy bombers to use the U.K.’s base in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Speaking to reporters next to a visibly uncomfortable German Chancellor […]
Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is optimistic that Paramount Skydance will ultimately have its merger agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery approved by federal regulators after Netflix scrapped its attempt at a deal last week. In fact, he believes Netflix would have had a harder time going through the regulatory process […]
A Georgia jury on Tuesday convicted the father of a school shooter of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in a landmark case that held a parent criminally responsible for the actions of his child in a deadly school shooting. The verdict delivered to Colin Gray marks one of the few times in the United States […]
President Donald Trump threatened to cut off all U.S. trade dealings with Spain in response to the European nation’s opposition to increasing NATO defense spending and its refusal to allow the United States to use its base during strikes against Iran. “Spain has been terrible. In fact, I told Scott (Bessent) to cut off all […]
A man accused of fatally shooting two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to newly added terrorism charges in a case that could carry the death penalty. Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, […]
President Donald Trump denied on Tuesday that Israel was responsible for dragging the United States into a brewing conflict with Iran. Trump said during an impromptu press conference in the Oval Office with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that Iran was likely to attack first and that, if anything, the U.S. forced Israel into the conflict. […]
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the next leader of Iran should be someone from within the current regime, rather than Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the late shah. Trump made the remarks during an impromptu press conference in the Oval Office with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “Some people like him, and we haven’t […]
The Supreme Court gave California parents a significant victory late Monday when it kept in place a lower court’s block of the Golden State’s public school policy hiding students’ gender identity and preferred pronouns from parents. A 6-3 majority on the high court lifted an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth […]
