A lead member of former special counsel Jack Smith’s legal team is joining forces with former FBI Director James Comey, who faces charges of making a false statement to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. Michael Dreeben will now beef up the legal team defending Comey, according to Politico. Comey became the first former FBI […]
President Donald Trump on Friday commuted former Rep. George Santos‘s prison sentence, after the disgraced Republican lawmaker was sentenced to seven years in jail for money laundering and wire fraud, among other things. “George Santos was somewhat of a ‘rogue,’ but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren’t forced to serve seven years in […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was caught off-guard during a press conference after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House regarding Trump’s calls for Russia and Ukraine to “stop” their war, “where they are.” “The president’s right, we have to stop where we are,” Zelensky told reporters Friday outside the White House. “This is […]
The Justice Department announced on Friday that a “Gazan native” living in Louisiana was arrested in connection with Hamas’s 2023 attack on Israel. Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al Muhtadi, 33, was detained on Thursday for his alleged involvement in the terrorist group’s assault on an Israeli music festival two years ago. Roughly 1,200 civilians, including 49 […]
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) unveiled legislation on Friday seeking to award President Donald Trump with the highest civilian honor Congress holds the authority to bestow. Orden cited Trump’s work brokering a peace deal in Gaza and seven other international conflicts as proof the president deserves the Congressional Gold Medal. “President Trump has demonstrated unmatched […]
Several Democratic incumbents are seeing their young primary opponents boast impressive fundraising numbers as the party toils between placing its faith in its incumbent establishment or in a future featuring younger, more progressive candidates. As some younger Democratic activists advocate fresher candidates to represent the party, they have gotten caught in the crosshairs of the […]
The Trump administration filed an emergency petition to the Supreme Court on Friday asking it to lift a lower court’s order blocking the deployment of the National Guard to Chicago. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked, in the petition on the high court’s emergency docket, for the justices to pause an injunction blocking troops from […]
Houthi militia leaders are now acknowledging the death of their top military commander, though the timing of his death has not been disclosed. Maj. Gen. Mohammed al-Ghomari, the Houthi militia’s top chief-of-staff, was killed in what his compatriots called an “Israeli-American” airstrike. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took credit for the assassination on Thursday. “The […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) singled out White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Friday while speaking about political violence, leading to verbal blows between the two. Jeffries’s comments come as both parties spar about violence and the ongoing government shutdown. “We’ve already seen a rise in political violence and hatred in America, and […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) believes Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) endorsed New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani out of fear he would mobilize his progressive movement against her. Stefanik made the claim after an undercover video showed a Mamdani campaign staffer saying Mamdani would tell his “60,000 volunteers” to work for Hochul’s opponent, though it’s […]
