United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave the position of deputy prime minister on Friday to David Lammy, a close friend of Vice President JD Vance. Lammy will also be the new justice secretary after a one-year stint as foreign secretary. That position will be filled by the former home secretary, Yvette Cooper. She will […]
(The Center Square) – Federal agents made history by seizing the largest volume of precursors used to produce methamphetamine after interdicting two shipments from two ships on the high seas. U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents working overseas seized more than 300,000 kilograms (nearly 700,000 pounds) from two ships that departed […]
Terrorist group Hamas released video of two Israeli hostages alive inside Gaza City, hoping to dissuade Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from continuing his siege of the stronghold. Hamas published footage on Friday showing captive Israeli citizen Guy Gilboa-Dalal being driven through different parts of Gaza City. The hostage was apparently forced to read a […]
(The Center Square) – The city of Chicago ranks near the bottom in the new Best & Worst-run cities in America survey of 148 different locations. With researchers comparing the operating efficiency of each city, Chicago lands at No. 136 in the WalletHub survey after finishing 102nd in quality of city services and 140th in total budget […]
(The Center Square) – State Sen. Bobby Hanig will enter the Republican primary for North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, hoping to defeat Rocky Mount Mayor Sandy Roberson and eventually second-term incumbent Democratic Rep. Don Davis. Filing with the State Board of Elections is in December. Hanig has filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission. Roberson […]
FOX Nation has partnered with rapper and producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson to launch a new true crime series titled 50 Ways to Catch a Killer, the network announced Thursday. The six-part series, premiering Sept. 16, offers a behind-the-scenes look into real-life murder investigations. Each episode highlights the tactics, forensic breakthroughs, and relentless detective work […]
(The Center Square) – In yet another reversal in an ongoing case against former U.S. Rep. Robert (Beto) O’Rourke, D-El Paso, the Fifteenth Court of Appeals has ordered that existing restraining orders already issued against him, his organization, Powered by People, and other groups remain in effect. The case stems from O’Rourke, his group, and […]
Buoyed by the August lull in hyped-up media coverage tying him to deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, President Donald Trump’s voter approval “bounced back” and took Democratic speculation of a third impeachment off the table. In an expansive survey, John Zogby Strategies said that the end of coverage of the scandal, while Congress took a monthlong recess, […]
Andrew Bates, one of former President Joe Biden’s top communications aides, arrived on Capitol Hill Friday morning for a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee related to whether senior White House staff shielded the then-president’s mental decline from public scrutiny and usurped his constitutional powers during his final year in office. Bates, an ardent defender of Biden […]
The Trump administration is abandoning a Biden-era regulation that would have reimbursed airline passengers with cash, food, or lodging in the event of flight delays or cancellations. The Transportation Department published a regulatory document on Thursday, saying its withdrawal of the reimbursement plan is “consistent with Department and administration priorities.” If approved, the proposed rule […]
