Former Democratic Attorneys General Merrick Garland and Eric Holder told the House Oversight Committee they have no knowledge of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to letters reviewed by the Washington Examiner. Holder and Garland were subpoenaed in August to testify behind closed doors this week to Congress regarding the […]
Ala Stanford, a Philadelphia pediatric surgeon who earned a national reputation for her work in the COVID-19 pandemic, is running to replace Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA) in Pennsylvania‘s 3rd Congressional District with his backing. “My story is Philly’s story. I know what it’s like to grow up in Section 8 housing, care for family, and […]
As President Ahmed al Sharaa hopes to seize his “opportunity for peace” in Syria, factions within the post-revolution nation threaten to tear it apart before the new era can even begin. From ethnic militaries to religious minorities, a variety of movements are percolating in Syria, seeking to grab autonomy from Damascus. Most prominent among the […]
The White House is preparing to lay off a large number of federal workers as the Trump administration pressures Democrats to vote for a stopgap funding resolution that would reopen the government. Vice President JD Vance joined White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at Wednesday’s press briefing, during which the pair suggested layoffs and reduction […]
The Virginia gubernatorial race has tightened in the campaign’s closing stretch, with Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R-VA) trailing Democrat Abigail Spanberger by just 3 percentage points in a new survey. An A2 Insights poll conducted from Friday to Sunday puts Spanberger at 48% and Earle-Sears at 45%, the narrowest margin reported in months. The A2 […]
Employees at the Small Business Administration received an HR-provided template for their out-of-office email on the first day of the government shutdown, instructing them to blame Democrats. The message is part of a wider Trump administration strategy to say across all media that Democrats are at fault for the shutdown, a theme echoed not just inside […]
Counsel for Liberty University is asking the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to drop a lawsuit from a former employee who is accusing the university of transgender discrimination. The Christian university argues it has the right to fire someone who goes against its doctrinal statement. The case of Zinski v. Liberty University started when Ellenor Zinski […]
More than 800 illegal immigrants have been rounded up and arrested by federal police from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol during a September operation targeting Illinois and Chicago. The Department of Homeland Security announced on Wednesday afternoon that federal agents and officers deployed to the blue state as part of […]
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday offered an assessment of the abortion dynamic in the United States, marking his first public comments on the matter since becoming the first American-born pope earlier this year. The pope specifically addressed a controversy involving Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich’s decision to award a lifetime achievement award to Sen. Dick Durbin […]
Hung Cao, the former Virginia Republican Senate nominee who lost to Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) last year, was confirmed Wednesday as undersecretary of the Navy despite nominal GOP opposition. The Senate voted mostly along party lines, 52-45, for Cao to serve as the second-ranked civilian position directly under Navy Secretary John Phelan. Kaine joined with […]
