President Donald Trump said on Monday he wasn’t involved in the creation of a $1.776 billion Justice Department fund to compensate victims of alleged lawfare during the Biden administration. The fund was announced this week as part of a settlement resolving Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his confidential tax […]
President Donald Trump quipped that Maryland may not even be majority Democrat as he ramps up his criticism of the state’s mail-in ballot rules. “I was told that it’s automatically a Democrat state, and I don’t believe that,” Trump told reporters on Monday. “I did really well there, and I don’t believe it.” Former Vice […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) won’t be taking sides after Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) failed to make a June 27 runoff for his Louisiana Senate seat. “Not weighing in on that,” Thune told the Washington Examiner when asked if he had a preference between Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) and State Treasurer John Fleming, the […]
The Trump administration is joining forces with Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs, Amazon Pharmacy, and GoodRx to add generic medications to the direct-to-consumer drug sales website, TrumpRx, in an attempt to lower healthcare costs ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. At the White House on Monday afternoon, President Donald Trump announced a merger of the […]
Allies of Rep. Thomas Massie are taking a political gamble that could put them directly in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs by standing beside the Kentucky Republican in the toughest primary fight of his career. Trump has long been known to punish Republicans who defy him, whether over major policy disputes or personal slights. Now, some […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a new investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center on Monday as a federal judge in Alabama moved forward with a criminal fraud case against the civil rights organization, setting a jury trial for October. Paxton said his office has opened an investigation into the Alabama-based nonprofit group over […]
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said at a rally on Monday that he does not believe President Donald Trump will make an endorsement in his competitive primary runoff against Attorney General Ken Paxton. “I think that ship has finally sailed,” Cornyn said when asked about Trump intervening in the contest, according to the Austin American-Statesman. The […]
President Donald Trump on Monday called for the Department of Justice to investigate Maryland’s mail-in ballot system after a mishap led to voters receiving the wrong party ballot for the primary election. Trump’s direction also comes as Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) is renewing calls to redistrict the state’s congressional districts after his initial directive failed […]
Washington, D.C.‘s U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Monday threatened criminal prosecutions, $500 fines, and possible jail time for parents of teenagers involved in violent “teen takeovers” after a chaotic brawl inside a Navy Yard Chipotle over the weekend sparked renewed outrage over the uptick in juvenile crime. Pirro said Monday afternoon that parents who fail […]
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was charged Monday in relation to the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man during immigration operations in Minnesota earlier this year. Officer Christian Castro faces four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime, according to Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty. “Mr. Castro is an ICE […]
