President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. Military Academy at West Point made an “important move” by cutting a ceremony for actor Tom Hanks. The West Point Association of Graduates pulled the plug on its ceremony set for Sept. 25, awarding Hanks the 2025 Sylvanus Thayer Award. The association will still give the Forest Gump […]
EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) nabbed a key endorsement for her Senate race on Monday from Winning for Women PAC, the first super PAC dedicated to electing Republican women to Congress and federal office. Hinson, who is running to replace outgoing Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), has already emerged as the contest’s favorite among current […]
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is insisting that his administration’s focus on addressing the “root causes” of crime in the city will prove more effective than sending in the National Guard as he attempts to stave off President Donald Trump’s looming federal troop deployment. Trump told reporters Sunday night he will make a decision about where […]
A shocking incident on board the light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina, in which a Ukrainian refugee was fatally stabbed by a suspect with a lengthy rap sheet, has once again shone the spotlight on violent crime in cities, the justice system and President Donald Trump’s plans to use the federal government to counter it. […]
A federal appeals court upheld an $83.3 million judgment against President Donald Trump for defamation against writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit rejected on Monday Trump’s appeal of a January 2024 jury finding related to the president’s 2019 denial of Carroll’s allegation […]
A longstanding peace vigil opposite the White House has not been dismantled despite President Donald Trump‘s insistence that it be removed. On Monday morning, the anti-war encampment and two spokespeople manning it were still in Lafayette Park, the Washington Examiner found. A spokeswoman claimed that the Trump administration removed part of the vigil on Friday […]
Trade adviser Peter Navarro filed a lawsuit Sunday evening demanding that the Justice Department explain in detail why it recently reversed course on backing his criminal conviction. Navarro, an economic policy adviser to President Donald Trump in his first and second terms, was found guilty in 2023 of contempt of Congress after prosecutors from the […]
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo dismissed the notion that he is President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate in New York’s mayoral race. On Monday, Cuomo appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box to respond to a New York Times report that White House advisers are considering a position for incumbent Mayor Eric Adams in the Trump administration. “I don’t […]
President Donald Trump is delivering remarks about religious liberty on Monday morning at the Museum of the Bible. The president is expected to address the White House Religious Liberty Commission at the event in Washington, D.C., beginning around 10:10 a.m. The Religious Liberty Commission is part of the White House faith office that Trump created in May […]
Russia struck a thermal power generation facility in the Kyiv region overnight into Monday as President Donald Trump threatened to impose a second round of sanctions on Moscow. Russia deployed about 140 drones into Ukraine overnight. The Ukrainian Air Force said it intercepted or suppressed most of the drones, but 26 aerial projectiles came into […]
