Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. military conducted another strike on a suspected drug trafficking boat, this time in the Caribbean Sea. “Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization,” Hegseth said in his […]
The Congressional Budget Office confirmed Thursday that it was compromised by a hack. “The Congressional Budget Office has identified the security incident, has taken immediate action to contain it, and has implemented additional monitoring and new security controls to further protect the agency’s systems going forward,” Caitlin Emma, chief of media relations for the CBO, […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced his prediction for the 2028 Democratic front-runners Thursday evening: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani is ineligible to be president or vice president of the United States, as he was born in Kampala, Uganda. But Cruz insinuated that the constitutional barrier would not matter […]
A federal district court in Iowa ruled in favor of pollster Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register on Tuesday, dismissing a lawsuit brought by a West Des Moines resident who sued the paper over a 2024 presidential poll that showed Kamala Harris poised to defeat President Donald Trump. Published just days before the November […]
The Democratic Socialists of America are celebrating Zohran Mamdani‘s New York City mayoral election win as a “decisive mandate” for their affordability agenda. Mayor-elect Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent, and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa on election night Tuesday, garnering about 50.4% of the vote as Cuomo earned 41.6% and […]
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to issue full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits by Friday using funds intended for child nutrition after chastising officials for not issuing partial benefits quickly enough. U.S. District Judge John McConnell told Department of Justice lawyers during a hearing Thursday that they “did not comply” with his ruling […]
The Justice Department moved Thursday to block a federal magistrate judge’s order requiring prosecutors to immediately turn over grand jury materials in the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick stunned prosecutors Wednesday when he made the rare decision to order them to provide the materials to Comey’s defense […]
The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces agreed to the United States‘s proposal of a humanitarian ceasefire, though the Sudanese Armed Forces failed to provide a clear answer. The Sudanese civil war, which began in April 2023, reentered headlines last week after RSF forces took control of the key city of El Fasher, the final SAF bastion […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) admitted on Thursday that he is “aware of the optics” regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s handling of immigrants in the streets, but said the Trump administration is simply “trying to do the right thing by the American people.” Johnson’s comments came on the Stephen A. Smith Show, where he added that […]
(The Center Square) – In the aftermath of Tuesday’s elections in other parts of the country, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is staying tuned to how Illinois could impact the ongoing debate over redistricting. California voters approved new congressional maps that Democrats hope will give their candidates an advantage in Congress. Illinois, with maps, civic groups […]
