(The Center Square) − Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards has been chosen to lead the construction of a new fleet of Arctic Security Cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard, a major defense contract announced Wednesday at the White House. Gov. Jeff Landry and Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois called the announcement “a pivotal moment” for the state’s […]
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Thursday denounced the prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James as a “vindictive prosecution of someone on the president’s enemies list,” referring to the list President Donald Trump posted on social media earlier this year. “Another vindictive prosecution of someone on the president’s enemies list,” Schiff wrote on X. […]
A former Republican election official bought Dominion Voting Systems, pledging to switch to paper ballots and restore confidence in the electoral system. The voting machine company became the center of national controversy when it was the subject of scrutiny around the 2020 election, leading to a slew of major lawsuits to clear its name. In […]
Senate Democrats will soon have their eighth and final chance to pass their version of a short-term funding bill to reopen the government, as GOP leaders will no longer allow votes on what they say is an unrealistic measure. For weeks, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has permitted Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to […]
A blast at a Tennessee explosives factory left multiple people dead Friday morning. The explosion occurred at Accurate Energetic Systems on the border of Humphreys and Hickman counties, about one hour west of Nashville. Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis announced that there were multiple deaths and multiple persons unaccounted for after the 7:45 a.m. explosion […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that federal agents have arrested a man accused of sending a violent death threat through the mail to right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson and his wife, authorities said at a Tampa news conference. Standing before a podium at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa, Florida, Bondi said the suspect, identified […]
President Donald Trump‘s administration announced Friday afternoon that the long-threatened reduction-in-force notices to furloughed federal workers, in response to the government shutdown, have started. “The RIFs have begun,” White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought posted on X. An OMB spokesperson also confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the notices have started and […]
First lady Melania Trump announced that eight children displaced by Russia’s war in Ukraine have been reunited with their families in the past 24 hours. The first lady said she has been in “an open channel of communication” with Russian President Vladimir Putin after she sent a letter urging him to take action on protecting […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) brought in just over $3 million last quarter, filling her campaign coffers to about $12 million. Stefanik’s team shared the third-quarter numbers with the Washington Examiner after Axios reported the news. The New York Republican has positioned herself to run for governor in 2026 against incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY), but […]
Major law firms, gambling ventures, and tobacco companies, all entities that could have legal business before Virginia after the elections, cut large checks to Virginia Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones, campaign finance records show. These contributions to Jones’s campaign were made before news broke about text conversations in which Jones fantasized about shooting a […]
