Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) slammed his party’s own Senate candidate in Maine on Monday night, refusing to endorse Democratic oyster farmer Graham Platner over his controversial tattoo that closely resembled Nazi imagery. Platner, the only remaining candidate running for the Democratic Senate nomination in Maine, has caught heat over the past several months for once […]
The Hoover Dam, which lies on the state line between Nevada and Arizona, is getting a star-spangled upgrade for America 250, complete with lights and a massive American flag. The installation launched the “road to America250” and honored men and women who gave their lives in service to the country, according to a press release. […]
This Congressional Black Caucus wrote to hundreds of major U.S. companies on Tuesday, urging them to oppose Republican-led congressional redistricting efforts publicly, escalating Democrats’ campaign against new voting maps they argue dilute black voting power. In the letter sent to more than 250 corporations, according to the Associated Press, the caucus called on businesses to […]
North Korea fired at least one short-range ballistic missile and other weapons into the Yellow Sea this week, according to the South Korean military. The missile flew about 50 miles toward the body of water that separates the Korean Peninsula and China, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Tuesday. It was North Korea’s eighth […]
A group of Democratic attorneys general rejected Vice President JD Vance’s invitation to attend a Tuesday afternoon task force meeting on fraud. Vance’s office sent the invitation to the democratic attorneys general on Friday, which they claimed was not a good-faith effort. Reportedly, 15 Republican attorneys general, who were invited a week before Democrats, will attend […]
The 69-year-old owner of the “Trump House” in Southern California died this week after he was allegedly assaulted by a Navy veteran in what authorities said was an unprovoked assault. Kerry Sheron, an Army veteran known for covering his home with MAGA paraphernalia and American flags, died at a hospital on Sunday after sustaining multiple […]
Federal judges blocked Alabama Republicans’ plan to install a new congressional map that would eliminate one of two remaining Democratic-leaning districts. The current congressional map has five Republican seats and two Democratic seats, the latter due to the former-mandated two majority-black districts. Republicans had hoped to install a new map to eliminate one of these […]
President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday for his annual physical and dental checkup, marking his third visit in the last year. The appointment had appeared on Trump’s public schedule in advance and is expected to include routine medical and dental evaluations, according to the White House. […]
Northern Nigeria is facing an ascendant ISIS insurgency, drawing Washington into the fray. Since the jihadist insurgency in northern Nigeria began 13 years ago, the conflict has drastically changed in scope, amid concerted counterterrorism efforts from the Nigerian government, countless jihadist ideological splits, and international interventions. The 2020s began with ISIS and other terrorist groups […]
The national average price for regular gas continued its 2026 fluctuations on Tuesday, falling by seven cents in five days to $4.491 per gallon. Fuel costs decreased over Memorial Day weekend, when typically the opposite occurs, after gas prices reached a new high for the year last Thursday at $4.564 per gallon. With the latest […]
