Women’s sports activist Riley Gaines announced she became the newest member of Tennessee’s Sumner County Library Board Tuesday, to the dismay and delight of some. “I’m honored to serve the community I grew up in and the one where we’ll raise our daughter. If you want to see change, don’t wait for someone else to […]
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner revealed in an interview published Wednesday that he has covered up his large chest tattoo of a Nazi skull and crossbones symbol. “It’s been covered up with some kind of Celtic knot with a dog on it, because that’s far more in line with my opinions about nature and […]
Washington Examiner’s commentary writer Tiana Lowe Doescher said President Donald Trump should use tariffs to “embrace our allies” and work against China, giving the allies “favorable” trade deals. Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed an $8.5 billion critical minerals deal on Monday at the White House. Doescher said Trump’s tariffs are “not really” […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) gave reporters a brief history lesson on White House renovations during a Wednesday morning press conference, adding that those who oppose President Donald Trump’s ballroom renovation “have Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Johnson addressed reporters in his 22nd press briefing during the second-longest government shutdown in U.S. history. House GOP leaders repeatedly […]
Former special counsel Jack Smith’s legal team acknowledged that media reports were a key factor behind his 2023 decision to subpoena the phone records of nine Republican lawmakers, a revelation that could add new fuel to GOP accusations of political targeting. Smith’s attorneys, Lanny Breuer and Peter Koski, defended the subpoenas as “entirely proper, lawful, […]
A Long Island Democrat running for district attorney against a GOP incumbent has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Nassau County Republican Committee for tying her to New York City‘s Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani in an ad. In the letter sent earlier this month, Democrat Nicole Aloise’s lawyer described the attack ads as “completely […]
Right-wing members of the Israeli Knesset are moving forward with legislation that would claim sovereignty over swaths of the West Bank despite opposition from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Knesset member Avi Maoz pushed through the “Application of Israeli Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, 2025″ bill on Wednesday with a narrow vote of 25-24. It’s an […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to visit Israel later this week, making him the latest senior Trump administration official to travel to the Jewish state to try to ensure the ceasefire holds and that day-after talks continue to progress. Rubio is scheduled to land in Israel on Thursday and will meet with Prime […]
(The Center Square) – If Wisconsin Democrats want to avoid having kings, one Republican senator thinks they should be big proponents of a constitutional amendment to limit the power of a governor. A joint resolution to limit Wisconsin’s governors from using their veto power to delete words, letters or characters from appropriations will be heard […]
(The Center Square) – The Illinois House concurs with Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s amendatory veto to the Equality for Every Family Act, which supporters say modernizes parentage laws while critics warn it erodes traditional family values. Supporters call House Bill 2568 a modernization of Illinois parentage laws that ensures all families, including LGBTQ+ and assisted-reproduction families, are recognized and […]
