Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is telling Democrats not to ignore the Make America Healthy Again movement. Booker, who is seen as a potential 2028 presidential candidate, made an explicit appeal to MAHA during a speech focused on combating the unhealthiness of the American food diet at the Center for American Progress’s Ideas Conference on Tuesday. […]
FIFA is set to ban the waving of the pre-Islamic Revolution flag of Iran at World Cup games, sparking outrage among the Iranian opposition and diaspora. The old flag, featuring the lion and sun emblem, has long served as the symbol of Iran’s deposed monarchy and, since 1979, has served as the symbol of Iranians […]
Senate Republicans made little effort to hide their disappointment Tuesday with President Donald Trump‘s decision to endorse Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). GOP lawmakers were quick to relitigate Paxton’s political baggage and warned that the president may have just cost himself a winnable Senate seat by snubbing Cornyn. The […]
When JD Vance took the podium in the White House briefing room on Tuesday, he wasn’t just standing in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is on maternity leave. He was the second of two presidential hopefuls to audition in front of the assembled White House press corps. The vice president was ready with his […]
EXCLUSIVE — A member of a Moscow-based fraud network was sentenced in New York federal court this week for operating a massive telemedicine scam that targeted patients all over the United States and laundered hundreds of millions of dollars in stolen healthcare funds overseas, the Washington Examiner has learned. According to the charging documents, between […]
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche promised Congress on Tuesday that he would not recommend a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein. When Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) asked whether the Justice Department would not recommend a pardon for Maxwell, Blanche replied, “Yes, I can commit to that, of course.” The senator […]
Washington, D.C.’s police union hit mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George over her policy proposal to leverage pension funds to help build more affordable housing in the city. The union’s statement followed Monday night’s mayoral debate between councilwoman Lewis George, councilman Kenyan McDuffie, and fellow candidate Gary Goodweather, hosted by Fox 5. Lewis George, a front-runner […]
Tyler Robinson’s lawyers urged a Utah judge to close a July pretrial hearing to the public, alleging it could harm his ability to have a fair murder trial for allegedly killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk. One of Robinson’s lawyers, Staci Visser, argued to Judge Tony Graf that the preliminary hearing, scheduled for July 6-10, should […]
Vice President JD Vance said his task force’s investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) will follow legal procedures, saying that everyone is “entitled to equal justice.” As part of his anti-fraud task force, Vance said in March that the Trump administration would be opening an investigation into Omar over allegations that she married her brother […]
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is calling for a one-year moratorium on the construction of new data centers in South Carolina, arguing the state needs stronger safeguards in place as the Trump administration pushes to accelerate artificial intelligence development nationwide. South Carolina has become an increasingly popular destination for data centers, with developers drawn by tax […]
