The U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested a man seen allegedly driving with a guillotine in Washington, D.C. Philan-Tam-Duy Le, 35, was arrested by Capitol Police, and a guillotine, a device historically used for executions via decapitation, was seized from the back of his truck. Le was arrested for allegedly carrying a dangerous weapon. “The […]
The Republican National Committee released the details for the first midterm convention of its kind on Tuesday, set to take place in Dallas and featuring President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance as keynote speakers. The event is set to take place over two nights, Sept. 9 and Sept. 10, and will cover a […]
Beloved country music star Dolly Parton died Tuesday at age 80 after a “brief battle with cancer,” her representatives said Tuesday. “Whether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world, Dolly’s unconditional love for all people […]
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) has made homelessness one of the defining issues of her administration and a central focus of her reelection campaign. But it’s her abysmal attendance record on the commission overseeing the region’s homelessness response that is raising questions. Bass appointed herself to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority governing commission […]
Consulting giant Deloitte will pay $21.5 million to settle allegations from the Department of Justice that it violated federal anti-discrimination requirements through its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. The DOJ alleged that Deloitte violated the False Claims Act, an anti-fraud law holding companies liable for defrauding contracts, by falsely certifying that it complied with anti-discrimination […]
A federal judge said Tuesday that the U.S. Postal Service violated a nationwide injunction by issuing President Donald Trump‘s mail-ballot rule for the November election, but declined to impose additional relief that would prevent its scheduled publication Wednesday. Her ruling came one day after the Supreme Court found states had sued too early over Trump’s […]
Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) called out Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed for refusing to “condemn the words” of socialist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who recently made comments saying some Jews in the United States are “making antisemitism worse” with their support for Israel. Schneider, a Jewish House Democrat and chairman of the center-left New […]
Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) faces uncertainty ahead of Tuesday’s Republican Senate primary runoff election in South Carolina after a lackluster debate. After polls initially placed Graham Nordone ahead of her opponent, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), her momentum stalled after she said she was “not that informed on national security,” causing voters to question her […]
Hasan Piker’s latest inflammatory comments about American Jews have drawn condemnations from Republicans and top Democrats alike. But among progressive operatives, there appears to be little appetite for cutting the socialist streamer loose. Piker has built an audience of millions over nearly a decade on Twitch, where his mix of left-wing politics, pop culture, and […]
Former Southern Poverty Law Center chief financial officer Heidi Beirich pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges tied to the nonprofit group’s use of paid informants inside extremist groups. Beirich, who also served as director of the SPLC’s Intelligence Project, waived her court appearance in the Middle District of […]
