Jay Jones, Virginia‘s Democratic attorney general nominee, rubbed shoulders with politicos at catered events and appeared on podcasts after striking a sweetheart deal to perform “community service” for his own political action committee to avoid jail time, newly resurfaced social media posts show. On Oct. 2, the Richmond Times-Dispatch set off a firestorm by reporting […]
Border Patrol arrests of illegal immigrants who attempted to enter the United States from Mexico this year were the lowest in 55 years, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Total apprehensions in fiscal 2025, most of which occurred under President Donald Trump, were 237,565 between Oct. 1, 2024, and Sept. 30, 2025. The last […]
Yair Lapid, the leader of Israel’s opposition, denounced the “extremist and failed government” of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, blaming it for the country’s current precarious position. In an essay published in Foreign Affairs on the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas, Lapid let loose some of his most scathing criticisms […]
A top Virginia police union told Jay Jones to immediately withdraw his nomination for Democratic attorney general, days after a scandal involving his text messages surfaced. Jones is facing intense backlash after it was revealed that he wished death upon a Republican lawmaker and his family in 2022. At the time, he wrote that Todd […]
CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins said the media’s accessibility to President Donald Trump is greatly different from past presidents and that he recognizes “the value of a camera and a microphone.” Collins said “a typical president,” such as Joe Biden, would not turn a swearing-in ambassador ceremony into a newsworthy event. However, she said Trump will […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is weighing an increasingly limited selection of undesirable options to keep the French government functioning as the parliament continues to tear itself asunder. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, who announced his resignation on Monday, has been tapped by the president to stay a few days longer and speak with leaders of the […]
The FBI tracked the locations of Republican senators as part of a sweeping surveillance effort during former special counsel Jack Smith‘s investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said Tuesday, fueling concerns over political targeting that took place under the Biden administration. “I believe they also tracked our location over a […]
President Donald Trump is delaying a decision regarding how many federal employees his administration will permanently fire amid the government shutdown. “I’ll be able to tell you that in four or five days,” Trump told reporters Tuesday at the White House. “If this keeps going on, it’ll be substantial, and a lot of those jobs […]
President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday afternoon that he is considering some tariff relief for Canadian goods. Trump’s comments came during an Oval Office meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Carney’s second trip to the White House since being sworn in during the spring. Multiple experts told the Washington Examiner that he would specifically […]
Congressional Republican leaders are hopeful that furloughed workers will receive back pay at the conclusion of the government shutdown, responding to news that legal analysts are scrutinizing whether government workers will receive compensation for time off. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) acknowledged that experts may be scrutinizing the 2019 […]
