The Trump administration is bringing the first-ever case before a little-known national security court created nearly three decades ago, seeking to deport an Afghan woman with a green card who the Justice Department alleges supported an Islamic State-linked terrorist plot involving her son and son-in-law. Nazira Haji Zada, 47 of Fort Worth, Texas, is scheduled […]
The Senate narrowly voted down a measure Thursday that would have forced President Donald Trump to remove U.S. armed forces from “hostilities” with Iran. In a 50-49 vote, the Senate voted against advancing a war powers resolution to constrain Trump’s ability to wage war without approval by Congress. Three Republicans — Susan Collins (R-ME), Rand […]
Washington Examiner executive editor Bob Cusack said Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Senate hearing was significant, but argued that lawmakers undermined its impact by how they conducted the proceedings. “I think the emphasis of the hearing is a bit off,” Cusack said Wednesday on CNN’s Laura Coates Live. “Having the hearing is a good thing because mistakes […]
Former President Barack Obama revived one of his signature summer traditions: sharing a new playlist that blends chart-toppers with classic hits spanning genres. “Here are some of the songs I’ve been listening to this summer,” Obama wrote Thursday in a post on X. “It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, […]
Three anti-deportation rioters in Portland, Oregon, pleaded guilty to federal crimes in one week after attacking or interfering with federal officers. Oriana Korol was convicted on July 23, followed by Ginovanni Brumbelow on Monday and Katherine Vogel on Tuesday, according to DOJ statements. U.S. Attorney Scott Bradford’s office is handling Portland’s protest-related cases after President […]
President Donald Trump is set to hold an event announcing the new “Freedom Haulers” trucking program on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the White House. DUFFY ANNOUNCES ‘FREEDOM HAULERS’ TRUCKER PROGRAM FOR VETERANS The program is aimed at helping U.S. veterans begin careers in trucking, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced as he unveiled the program […]
Hundreds of migrants in Morocco have bull-rushed through the Spanish border into the European Union, exacerbating the migration crisis. A mob of African migrants plowed past border guards and circumvented barriers into the Spanish territory of Ceuta this week, creating what the city’s leader calls a “total humanitarian and social emergency.” “In the past few […]
Former late-night show host Stephen Colbert has received an anti-censorship award from the Before Columbus Foundation, an honor announced just months after CBS ended his long-running late-night program The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Colbert was named one of the recipients of the 47th annual American Book Awards, sharing the award with Mitchell Kaplan, the […]
Maine‘s Democratic Senate candidate, Troy Jackson, ran an anonymous political trash talk account that he used to troll former Gov. Paul LePage and other state Republicans while he served in the state Senate. Jackson managed an alias account called “Canadians for LePage” while LePage served as governor in 2012, commenting on negative statements about the […]
An absentee ballot scandal in Bridgeport, Connecticut, already forced the state’s largest city to throw out a Democratic mayoral primary and hold it again. Now, a local judge is forcing two Democratic operatives at the center of the case to plead guilty or risk facing a jury trial. Former local Democratic Party official Wanda Geter-Pataky […]
