The State Democracy Defenders Fund, a Democrat-aligned legal hub, on Monday filed a series of Freedom of Information Act requests for federal files as it investigates whether the Trump administration is unlawfully interfering with investigations into Jeffrey Epstein. DDF is seeking more records about whether President Donald Trump, the Justice Department, and the FBI are […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he wants to know “every bit of information” that convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has, but stopped short of endorsing a pardon to achieve that end. The House Oversight Committee under Chairman James Comer (R-KY) subpoenaed Maxwell for her testimony about her late confidante and boyfriend, Jeffrey Epstein. Attorney […]
Paul Dans, the onetime director of Project 2025, will challenge Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in 2026, adding his name to what could be a crowded Republican primary for Senate. Dans, who worked for the Heritage Foundation after a stint in the first Trump administration, soft-launched his Senate campaign on Monday, interviewing with multiple news outlets […]
An Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadet died during training at Fort Knox in Kentucky last week. Neil Edara, a 22-year-old from Ridgewood, New Jersey, died after becoming unresponsive during a land navigation training, the Army Cadet Command said in a statement Saturday. Edara was at Cadet Summer Training. He received medical attention on the […]
(The Center Square) – Washington state is currently forecast to run out of money by 2027 and experience a fiscal deficit by 2028 despite the largest tax increase in state history this session, in addition to record revenue levels. While some elected and appointed state officials have highlighted the impacts of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill […]
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat, announced Monday that he is running for governor against incumbent Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo. The swing state is expected to host one of the more competitive gubernatorial races of the 2026 cycle. Ford hopes voters will support his bid to unseat Lombardo due to cuts to Medicaid and […]
Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) announced on Monday a campaign to oust Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) from office in the 2026 midterm elections. Collins highlighted his ties with President Donald Trump in a video announcement, pointing to his support for the White House’s recently passed “big, beautiful” tax cuts bill, and referencing his work this year […]
President Donald Trump disagreed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s claim that there is no starvation in Gaza during a meeting with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday. Trump said the children there “look very hungry” after Netanyahu said there was no starvation in Gaza on Sunday. The president’s disagreement with Netanyahu comes […]
President Donald Trump is inching closer to imposing tariffs and sanctions on Russia and its trading partners, reducing his 50-day deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach a peace deal with Ukraine. When asked by reporters in Scotland about the prospect of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, Trump repeated that he is “disappointed” […]
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper launched his campaign for U.S. Senate on Monday, setting up a high-stakes battle in one of the nation’s most competitive states and giving Democrats a marquee contender in their push to retake the majority. Cooper, a two-term governor who left office in January, enters the race to succeed retiring […]
