Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) may have won several rounds in the congressional arena, but it’s only thanks to the knockouts dealt by President Donald Trump. Since Johnson took the speaker’s gavel in the fall of 2023, he has had to deal with razor-thin majorities and pushback from his right flank. The level of party infighting […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine traded heavy aerial blows overnight, with both sides on Saturday reporting more than 100 enemy drones over their respective territories. The attacks come less than 24 hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss details of the American proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the war with […]
PIEDMONT, Missouri (AP) — Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the United States, wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states, part of a monster storm that has killed at least 32 people as more severe weather was expected late on Saturday. The number of fatalities increased after the Kansas Highway Patrol reported eight […]
A progressive grassroots group is calling on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to leave his leadership perch after he helped pass a GOP-crafted government funding bill. Indivisible, a group formed during President Donald Trump‘s first administration, called the passage of the bill a “travesty,” directing specific ire at Schumer, who the group said squandered […]
President Donald Trump‘s special envoy for hostage affairs has withdrawn his nomination, the White House announced late on Friday. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Adam Boehler, who had been serving as the president’s envoy while he awaited Senate confirmation, withdrew his nomination but will still work on hostage negotiations as a “special government […]
President Donald Trump declared on Saturday that the United States is being invaded by the Venezuela-based gang Tren de Aragua and ordered for the deportation of all members of the gang who are residing in the country illegally. In a proclamation, Trump said Tren de Aragua, which is now a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization and was […]
Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) issued a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump after the president said he would block Maryland from hosting the FBI’s headquarters. Greenbelt, Maryland, was selected as the site for the new FBI headquarters in November 2023 under the Biden administration, a move Maryland leaders praised at the time. “The Maryland site […]
Americans have been attempting to smuggle eggs from Mexico and Canada due to high egg prices in the United States. Egg interceptions are up 36% in the U.S. compared to last year, according to Customs and Border Protection, and a 54% increase along the Texas border. Smuggling eggs is prohibited in the U.S. because they […]
Hamas will not release the last living American hostage it kidnapped during the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack, 21-year-old Edan Alexander, unless Israel adheres to a ceasefire agreement. The terrorist organization agreed on Friday to release Alexander along with the bodies of four dead hostages, and revealed its condition to honor the agreement Saturday. A […]
A large protest outside Fox News‘s Washington, D.C., bureau on Saturday was organized on Bluesky, a left-leaning alternative to X. The protest, “Media March,” was scheduled to start at noon on Saturday with the tagline, “TRUTH OVER PROPAGANDA.” It was a part of three protests under DESCEND DC, with a protest on the National Mall […]
