The suspect responsible for holding hostages inside a bank in downtown Bakersfield, California, was shot and killed by the FBI on Wednesday. The suspect was killed in an officer-involved shooting involving FBI personnel, according to the Bakersfield Police Department. The standoff began Tuesday afternoon when a man barricaded himself inside a Chase Bank location in […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said he was “absolutely wrong” for campaigning to eliminate the filibuster in 2022 because he now realizes that eliminating the procedural tactic would give the minority party “little to no voice.” Speaking on an episode of The Katie Miller Podcast, released Tuesday, Fetterman said he now believes former Sens. Joe Manchin […]
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner abruptly canceled his scheduled events in Washington, D.C., and New York City on Wednesday after reporters showed up at his family’s home and place of business in Maine, according to a NOTUS report confirmed by multiple outlets. Journalists from the New York Post reportedly showed up at the home of […]
President Donald Trump claimed Tehran pledged never to obtain a nuclear weapon, among other eye-catching claims, in a Wednesday interview at a crucial junction of the war with Iran. In an interview with the New York Post’s Pod Force One podcast, the president gave updates on negotiations with Iran, its impact on his domestic agenda, […]
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked NOTUS from renaming itself the Star, giving a partial win to the revived Washington Star. U.S. District Judge Rossie Alston Jr. of Virginia granted a temporary restraining order requested by the Washington Star, a conservative daily afternoon newspaper once known in Washington, D.C. After going bankrupt in August […]
California Assemblyman James Gallagher won the special election to replace the late Rep. Doug LaMalfa, who died earlier this year during emergency surgery at age 65. The victory gives Republicans another vote as they hold on to a narrow majority. Gallagher secured nearly 63% of the vote as of early Wednesday morning, according to the […]
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) now has his general election opponent for the 2026 New Jersey Senate race: Republican Justin Murphy, whose cash-on-hand balance is currently in the red. Murphy, an attorney, former local politician, and 2024 Senate candidate, has -$23.71 in cash on hand, according to Federal Election Commission data from May 13. After previously […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading back to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for his second day of back-to-back testimonies before House and Senate committees. Rubio will testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee at 10 a.m. about the State Department’s budget for fiscal 2027, which requested 30% less discretionary spending funds than last year. RUBIO TAKES ISSUE WITH ROSEN SAYING IT’S ‘EMBARRASSING’ […]
Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin is testifying before Congress for the second day in a row regarding his department’s budget request for the upcoming fiscal year. The Department of Homeland Security is requesting $118.4 billion in overall funding for fiscal 2027, starting Oct. 1, as proposed by the White House. Nearly $23 billion of […]
MAHA-backed farmer Zach Lahn dealt President Donald Trump his first major endorsement loss of the 2026 primaries as he bested the president’s pick, Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA), in the Iowa GOP gubernatorial primary. Lahn defeated Feenstra by approximately 1,600 votes in the Tuesday night showdown, with Lahn receiving about 37.79% of the vote and Feenstra […]
