The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Thursday to halt an appeals court’s ruling that could have significant ramifications for the advertising rates that campaigns pay in the closing weeks of the costly and hotly contested midterm elections. The Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in a legal battle over the […]
Vice President JD Vance said he remains open to investigating allegations that Planned Parenthood misused federal funds amid calls from congressional Republicans to probe the organization. During a Thursday press conference at the White House about actions from his White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, cracking down on visa fraud, Vance acknowledged in response […]
President Donald Trump expressed confidence this week that renovation work on the Lincoln Memorial’s iconic Reflecting Pool is near completion, after multiple setbacks dragged out the restoration. The multimillion-dollar resurfacing and painting project to give the Reflecting Pool a facelift ahead of the U.S.’s 250th birthday began in April. The effort quickly became beleaguered by […]
Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford said the thwarted terrorist plot an 18-year-old planned to carry out at the Mall of America, in support of ISIS, showed a rise in Islamic radicalization. “This is a pretty wild plot that the FBI uncovered … and shows that the terrorist threat is not something that is in […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) cast doubt on his future in GOP leadership for the first time Thursday, saying he is unsure “what my next chapter of life is” if Republicans lose the House majority. “If God moves on our hearts and says we should, you know, go back to my hometown of Shreveport and […]
Former President Barack Obama has backed candidates running in the most competitive races in the midterm elections, dishing out a slate of endorsements in the final month before the general election. Obama has kept his endorsements to Senate and gubernatorial candidates thus far and has not endorsed any candidates running for the House of Representatives. […]
Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to donors warning that the spending gap in the Senate race between him and his Democratic opponent, state Rep. James Talarico, could prove costly as Paxton trails in the polls. Paxton touched on a slew of topics, including the challenge of rallying Republican voters after a […]
South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Annie Andrews is distancing herself from transgender medical procedures for minors in a new campaign ad, despite previously advocating against a state law that restricted such treatments for children. “Politics can get pretty ugly, and when it does, you deserve to hear the truth,” Andrews, a pediatrician, said in the […]
Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that the Trump administration is stopping Microsoft’s ability to transfer employees on temporary H-1B foreign worker visas onto a pathway toward a more permanent green card through the Program Electronic Review Management labor certification. “Microsoft laid off last year 6,000 American workers,” Vance told reporters. “At the same time, […]
A London Judge on Thursday said police unlawfully searched the properties of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as part of a sweeping investigation into the former prince’s ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Thames Valley Police arrested Mountbatten-Windsor in February after information in the Justice Department’s Epstein files disclosure showed alleged misconduct during his decade as […]
