Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to five years in prison over his declaration of martial law in the country while he was president on Dec. 3, 2024. Yoon was found guilty by South Korea’s Seoul Central District Court on numerous charges from his martial law decision, including the fabrication of official […]
A New Jersey physician who saved Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s (D-IL) life during the Iraq War as a combat medic is running for House. Adam Hamawy announced his campaign for New Jersey’s 12th congressional district Thursday in hopes to succeed Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ). “Jersey – we all know it: it’s getting harder and harder […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Thursday that Charles Wall will take over as the deputy director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE’s previous deputy director, Madison Sheahan, left the agency on Thursday to run for Congress. “Effective immediately, Charles Wall will serve as the Deputy Director of @ICEGov,” Noem wrote on X. “For the […]
President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said he would consider pulling Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers out of Minneapolis if Minnesota Democrats allow the agency access to its jails. Homan, the former acting director of ICE, said on Thursday evening that Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s demands that federal agents […]
Federal prosecutors charged 26 people in a massive college basketball point-shaving scheme Thursday, which involved numerous players and teams from NCAA Division I men’s basketball. College basketball players were bribed to throw games and enrich sports gamblers during a recent period from September 2022 to February of last year. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District […]
Democrats’ chances of recapturing the House majority in the 2026 elections are increasing, thanks to President Donald Trump’s approval rating, off-year election results, and lack of strong Republican candidates. An analysis from the nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted 18 competitive seats toward Democrats. Several moved from “lean Democrat” to “solid Democrat.” But shifts for other […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) asked President Donald Trump to withdraw immigration agents from major cities, calling a ramp-up in patrols and enforcement raids “dangerous” in a rare visit to the White House. Trump requested the meeting, according to a readout from Schumer’s office, to discuss billions in federal dollars the White House froze […]
Sens. Ted Budd (R-NC) and James Lankford (R-OK) are pushing back against the Trump administration’s move to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug. The two Senators submitted an amendment to the three-bill appropriations minibus passed by the House on Jan. 8. Their amendment would block the Trump administration from using the bill’s appropriations to reschedule marijuana. […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday began what he hopes will be a sustained Democratic offensive on housing costs, trying to put President Donald Trump on the defensive over one of voters’ top economic concerns. Speaking at the Center for American Progress, Schumer framed housing as the starting point of a broader Democratic […]
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she gifted the Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump during a closed-door lunch the two leaders held on Thursday. “I presented the president of the United States the medal — the Nobel Peace Prize,” Machado told reporters Thursday afternoon. “And I told him this, listen to this: […]
