Venezuelan officials announced Sunday that they will increase the deployment of troops in the country’s coastal states in a bid to crack down on drug trafficking. Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said President Nicolas Maduro ordered more troops in the Guajira region of Zulia state and the Paraguana peninsula in Falcon. Padrino said the area […]
Former North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s record on criminal justice is being scrutinized by Republicans seeking to derail his campaign to claim a Senate seat. Cooper, a popular two-term governor, launched a bid in July to replace outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC). Days later, then-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley announced a campaign challenging […]
Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) is preparing legislation that would hold judges accountable for releasing violent repeat offenders, a move prompted by the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte light rail train. The case has drawn national attention after a video surfaced showing the 23-year-old woman being attacked on board, unprompted. The suspect, […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) walked back comments in which he claimed that President Donald Trump was an FBI informant against disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Johnson suggested Monday that he misspoke in his original remark. “I don’t know if I used the right word,” Johnson told reporters at the Capitol. “I said, ‘FBI informant,’ […]
For TV news liberals, one-upping competitors while venting their anti-Trump bias seems a requirement, especially for the big shots who host the weekly public affairs shows. Consider former Clinton spokesman George Stephanopoulos, who on Sunday was hosting ABC’s This Week for the first time since Aug. 3. Outdone on the Trump Derangement Syndrome spouted by […]
The hosts of The View complained Monday about the prescription requirement to receive COVID-19 booster vaccines. During Monday’s episode, the first of the show’s new season, the hosts retroactively discussed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hearing from last week. “[Kennedy] is not a doctor. I went to get a COVID shot […]
Adults in the United States shifted their opinions on economic systems in a poll that finds the favorability margins of capitalism versus socialism are narrowing. Gallup released a poll Monday that found 54% of those surveyed had a positive opinion of capitalism. This was the lowest approval rating in the six years Gallup has polled […]
A federal judge on Monday approved a settlement in a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice accusing North Carolina election officials of failing to maintain accurate voter registration records. The settlement between the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division and the North Carolina State Board of Elections was approved by U.S. District Judge Richard Myers. The […]
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a harsh dissent to the high court’s decision that lifted a lower court’s order and gave federal officers more leeway to conduct immigration enforcement stops in the Los Angeles area. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to stay a district court’s order that […]
The House Oversight Committee received a slew of documents from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, including the 2003 “Birthday Book” that included a sexually suggestive note purported to be from President Donald Trump. The committee received the first set of documents on Monday in response to Chairman James Comer’s (R-KY) subpoena from Aug. 25. […]
