Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell told Justice Department officials last month that President Donald Trump “was never inappropriate with anybody” during the years he and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein were acquaintances, according to a transcript made public on Friday. Maxwell sat for a roughly nine-hour, two-day interview in July with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in Tallahassee, Florida, where she was asked about her […]
President Donald Trump is weighing how to proceed with peace talks between Russia and Ukraine amid a pause in negotiations, describing himself as “not happy at all.” Trump expressed some frustration on Truth Social on Friday, pondering whether he would need to take part in the next round of discussions, though he would “rather not.” […]
Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from criminal custody in Tennessee and is on his way to Maryland, his attorney confirmed Friday. Abrego Garcia, 29, was freed after U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes authorized his release while he awaits trial on human smuggling charges in Nashville. His legal team has arranged for private security to transport […]
President Donald Trump bashed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on Friday while speaking with reporters at the Oval Office, calling him “incompetent.” Newsom has attempted to position himself as a resistance leader during the second Trump administration after enjoying abnormally warm relations during the first. But Trump made known his disdain for the California governor while […]
President Donald Trump signaled that National Guard troops would be surged to Chicago next as the White House weighs moving beyond its federal takeover of Washington, D.C. “We’re going to make our cities very, very safe. Chicago is a mess. You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent, and we’ll straighten that one out, probably next,” […]
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) criticized the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party on Thursday for revoking its endorsement of Omar Fateh for mayor of Minneapolis. In a statement co-signed by over a dozen other local DFL elected officials, Omar called the reversal a “stain on our party.” The statement came just hours after the party walked back its […]
(The Center Square) — At an Alachua County School Board meeting in Gainesville, Florida, this week, Crystal Marull, a mother of two students, claimed school officials targeted her sons for their conservative views. According to Marull, her high school son was mocked in class for his interest in history and participation in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. During […]
(The Center Square) — The city and county of Denver announced this week it has laid off 169 employees, which is part of a larger effort to balance the 2026 budget. “Each and every single employee we said goodbye to this week has given their all for Denver. Our city owes them a debt of gratitude” […]
(The Center Square) – A Wisconsin lawmaker has introduced a bill to prevent state and local governments from paying for health care services for undocumented individuals in the state. Rep. Alex Dallman, R-Markesan, pointed to Minnesota’s expansion of MinnesotaCare to include undocumented individuals earlier this year as reasoning for the law, saying it will cost […]
(The Center Square) — Southern California is gearing up for its current heat wave, with Gov. Gavin Newsom pre-deploying additional firefighting resources to Inyo County on Thursday. The pre-deployment of resources to the county, which is part of the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range, is part of California’s Phase 2 plan. The plan started Wednesday in […]
