The Portland Police Bureau is fending off attacks on several fronts from antifa’s forces laying siege on government property on a nearly nightly basis, to the public claiming that the police department is increasingly politicized, and not handling emergencies efficiently. But the bureau’s problems, critics say, date back to soft-on-crime initiatives brought by anti-police activism […]
President Donald Trump’s push to deploy National Guard troops to Democratic-run cities is gathering strength despite a wave of lawsuits and conflicting rulings from federal judges, as legal experts say his administration is finding firmer constitutional footing to protect federal property and personnel. Constitutional law expert John Shu told the Washington Examiner that the administration’s […]
Republicans have Democrats nationwide on the ropes over local governing failures on issues such as crime, a vulnerability that could cost them at the ballot box if left unaddressed. President Donald Trump has spent the past several months pushing the issue of state and local crime to the foreground of U.S. politics by either sending or threatening to send […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un emphasized the strong relationship between his country and Russia in a birthday message to President Vladimir Putin. The communist country’s leader called Putin his “dearest comrade,” among other pleasantries, according to reports. Kim also touted the strong relationship between the two countries. He was quite complimentary of the Russian […]
The Department of Homeland Security rejected Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s claims about Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts in his state, specifically in Chicago, categorizing his statements as “harmful lies.” Citing an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union and a press conference Pritzker held on Monday, DHS issued a press release condemning the governor’s comments, […]
President Donald Trump slammed Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) in a Truth Social post Tuesday, saying he should “no longer” be allowed to speak after questioning Attorney General Pam Bondi earlier in the day. Blumenthal accused Bondi of impropriety in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing and of explicitly listening to Trump’s instructions to levy charges against […]
Republican Matt Van Epps is one step closer to the halls of Congress after winning the GOP nomination to replace former Tennessee GOP Rep. Mark Green in the House on Tuesday. The Associated Press called the race for Van Epps at 8:40 p.m., 40 minutes after polls closed. Van Epps defeated nine other candidates in […]
The Super Bowl halftime conversation turned political after the NFL announced Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl LX halftime performer last week. Reports surfaced with speculation that Taylor Swift had been in talks with the league before ultimately passing on the offer. The NFL named Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny as the headliner of Super […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted the Epstein files had nothing to do with the delayed swearing-in of Arizona Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. Grijalva won her special election on Sept. 23 to succeed her father, former Rep. Raul Grijalva, who died in March. Democrats have speculated that Johnson has delayed swearing in Adelita Grijalva because […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) accused House Democrats of living in a “dream world” after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) ruled out a one-year extension of expiring Obamacare subsidies. “Laying out demands like that, that are unrealistic and unserious, doesn’t help anybody. It doesn’t help their cause,” Thune told the Washington Examiner on […]
