An Afghan man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday for his role in supporting the Islamic State group-K, five years after the terrorist group’s bombing at Kabul’s Abbey Gate killed 13 U.S. service members and roughly 160 Afghans during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Mohammad Sharifullah received the maximum sentence for his one-count […]
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles announced she was cancer-free in a social media post on Wednesday. “Thank you to my family, friends, doctors, and everyone who prayed for me, checked in, and supported me along the way,” she wrote in a post on X. President Donald Trump announced Wiles had been diagnosed with “early-stage” breast […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha highlighted voters’ concerns over Iran war spending and emphasized the importance of getting rid of the Middle Eastern country’s nuclear weapons. “Is $38 billion worth not having a nuclear Iran, not using it to blackmail the West, or use it for even far more nefarious purposes?” Concha said Wednesday on […]
Multiple Senate Democrats are rallying behind Abdul el Sayed, the Democratic nominee for an open Senate seat in Michigan, after meeting with him behind closed doors on Wednesday. El Sayed greeted Democratic senators in Washington as he runs against Trump-backed Republican nominee Mike Rogers this fall. The meeting was separate from a special caucus lunch […]
One of President John F. Kennedy’s nieces on Tuesday weighed in on President Donald Trump’s battle to rebrand the cultural institution named in honor of her uncle, accusing him of “hostage-taking” the Kennedy Center. Trump has fought for nearly a year to have the institution renamed after himself, and the center’s board has for months […]
EXCLUSIVE — The Texas Farm Bureau, the most influential agricultural organization in the farm-rich state, has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) for U.S. Senate. “General Paxton has consistently used the courts to defend Texas farmers, ranchers, and landowners,” said Russell Boening, president of the Texas Farm Bureau’s AGFUND. Boening cited Paxton’s past legal […]
A federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction in the case of Dan Streever, who was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security for criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, finding the government likely violated Streever’s First Amendment Rights. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras, an Obama appointee, issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday in a lawsuit […]
The Chinese Communist Party has chalked up a major win for its Belt and Road Initiative, opening a massive shipping canal that will connect swaths of the country to trade routes in Southeast Asia. Beijing announced the official opening of the Pinglu Canal on Wednesday, connecting the Xijiang River with the Gulf of Tonkin in […]
The Trump administration paid nearly $7 billion as part of an effort to reduce the size of the federal bureaucracy, according to a watchdog report released Tuesday. The Government Accountability Office said the government spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave, including $6.7 billion spent on the Department of Government Efficiency’s initiative to incentivize federal […]
Democrat Amy Acton is leading Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in the latest poll for the Ohio gubernatorial general election. Acton is ahead of Ramaswamy by 3 percentage points, according to a Bowling Green State University/YouGov poll released Wednesday. Acton sits at 48% support, while Ramaswamy is at 45%. The remaining 7% of voters who participated in […]
