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Lawmakers warned of rising security threats from drones during House hearing

Drones present an increasingly serious threat to the United States’s national security against both civilians at sporting events and law enforcement, according to drone experts who testified before Congress. Democrats and Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee were in rare agreement Tuesday afternoon during a hearing on malicious drones, that unmanned aircraft systems present a […]

Supreme Court under pressure to take up fired agency head cases

Two fired Democrat-appointed independent agency heads have now asked the Supreme Court to consider their cases if the justices decide to hear a separate case regarding firing a Democrat-appointed FTC commissioner. The Trump administration petitioned the high court earlier this month to allow it to fire FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, after lower courts ruled she should […]

National Dems boost support for Sherrill despite polling lead

(The Center Square) – A comfortable polling lead for Mikie Sherrill, the New Jersey congresswoman hoping to become the state’s next Democratic governor, hasn’t stopped the national party from doubling spending on her campaign as Election Day approaches. The Democratic National Committee said Tuesday its $1.5 million donation will be the most the organization has […]

Missouri medical school faces DEI complaint: ‘More egregious than Harvard’

EXCLUSIVE — A conservative legal group is urging the Justice Department to investigate Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis over what it calls one of the most extreme “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” regimes in American higher education. America First Legal, a nonprofit legal organization founded by President Donald Trump’s top adviser Stephen Miller, filed a sweeping […]

Denver pushes back on possible National Guard deployment

(The Center Square) – As calls grow for President Donald Trump to send the National Guard to Denver, city and state officials are pushing back. Last week, the city and county of Denver joined an amicus brief filed in support of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit against Trump’s June deployment of the National Guard and U.S. […]

Donna Brazile pressures D.C. delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton to retire: ‘Need a new champion’

Longtime Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) is under pressure to step aside after nearly 35 years in office, with party insiders and activists arguing it is time for fresh leadership to carry the city’s fight for full representation in Congress. Former Democratic National Committee interim chairwoman and veteran strategist Donna Brazile added to those calls […]

Trump confirms GOP convention ahead of 2026 midterm elections

President Donald Trump announced that the Republican Party would hold a convention ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Trump first hinted at the unusual move late last month. His Tuesday announcement gave no further details on the planned gathering but said it would be “very exciting!” “The Republicans are going to do a Midterm Convention […]

Man claimed to shoot Charlie Kirk to ‘draw attention’ from real gunman, police say

A Utah man who falsely confessed to shooting Charlie Kirk during last week’s campus attack was also arrested on charges of possessing child sexual abuse materials after telling police he wanted to be a “martyr” and had hoped to distract officers from the real gunman. Authorities say George Zinn, 71, approached a police officer immediately after the shooting […]

Indiana man charged with sending threat that locked down US Naval Academy

An Indiana man may soon face a federal charge for sending an online threat that caused mass confusion and led to an hourslong lockdown at the U.S. Naval Academy last week. Jackson Fleming, a 23-year-old resident of Chesterton, Indiana, is accused of transmitting a threat in interstate communication, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District […]

Trump frustrated Putin and Zelensky ‘can’t sit in a room together’ as his mediator role expands

President Donald Trump voiced his frustration over Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky‘s inability to sit in a room together. After a renewed flurry of hope that peace could be achieved between Russia and Ukraine in July, talks have once again stalled over Moscow and Kyiv’s mutually exclusive war goals. Trump has […]
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