DORAL, Florida — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is pushing a second sweeping reconciliation bill, but the proposal remains more concept than legislation — with no detailed plan, doubts from senior lawmakers, and little sign that President Donald Trump has embraced the effort. Johnson’s hopes for the megabill took a hit when Trump did not […]
The national average price for regular gas continues to soar, reaching $3.578 per gallon on Wednesday morning. The price point marks a 64-cent-per-gallon increase compared to a month ago, according to AAA. The rise in gas prices over the last month is the largest single monthly increase since 2022, when fuel costs increased by 71 […]
President Donald Trump has adopted a new strategy for shaping coverage of the war in Iran — a rapid-fire blitz of short phone interviews with reporters that allows him to drive the narrative while limiting real-time pushback Across his first term and the first quarter of his second, Trump has solidified himself as one of […]
A contentious ballot measure in Virginia that could reshape the state’s congressional maps in favor of Democrats is facing a series of legal challenges that experts say will not be resolved even after voters cast their ballots. Virginians are set to vote April 21 on a state constitutional amendment that would temporarily allow the legislature […]
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has been degraded during the American and Israeli war against it, but remains far from neutralized. U.S. forces have hit more than 5,000 targets, according to American defense officials, though the campaign is continuing, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, “Today will be, yet again, our most intense […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents announced the arrest of a “criminal, illegal alien” accused of voting in seven elections since 2008. Mahady Sacko was apprehended in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and charged. Sacko, 50, originally entered the country in 1998 and first registered to vote in 2005, according to court documents. […]
President Donald Trump appointed Erika Kirk, widow of slain conservative activist and Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk, to the United States Air Force Academy’s Board of Visitors. It is unknown when the appointment occurred, but her name was discovered on the Air Force Academy’s website on Tuesday. Charlie Kirk had previously been appointed to […]
A federal appeals court handed an elementary school student a significant win this week for her free speech rights in the classroom, vacating a lower court’s ruling that had placed her speech rights at the whim of teachers and administrators. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit found that […]
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) secured the Democratic nomination in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday in a landslide primary victory, positioning the longtime lawmaker for another reelection bid as Republicans awaited the outcome to determine who will challenge him in November. Thompson, who has represented the district since 1993 and is 78, faced little opposition […]
Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn Harris will advance to a runoff in Georgia’s special election to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after neither candidate secured a majority of votes in Tuesday’s crowded contest. The special election in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District featured a field of 17 candidates from multiple parties competing on a […]
