CNN has been barred from traveling on Air Force One with President Donald Trump and the White House press pool during the president’s trip to Tennessee on Saturday, the outlet said. CNN reported on Friday that is was supposed to be part of the television pool traveling with Trump to Knoxville, Tennessee, on Saturday as […]
President Donald Trump canceled nearly $1 billion in unspent federal funding on Friday night, marking the second “pocket” rescission overall in 50 years, each issued by Trump during his second term. Trump’s Friday evening rescission strips back $810 million in funding for several immigration and refugee programs, foreign debt-relief programs, grants given to businesses that […]
Democratic Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa ripped former President Joe Biden’s approach to his immigration policy in an interview this week, saying his policies on illegal immigration hurt Democrats in the 2024 election cycle. “Biden’s problem is he didn’t lead on immigration,” Hinojosa said in an interview with Politico. “He was silent mostly. He hid […]
The Supreme Court halted an appeals court’s ruling reinstating a GOP-friendly congressional map in Missouri, clearing the way for the map from the 2022 and 2024 elections to be used for the November election and likely preventing any House pickups for the Republican Party in the state. The high court affirmed that the Missouri congressional […]
Incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) is facing continued heat over reports that the former doctor has unfairly cracked down on his patients’ minor medical debts, now taking a blow in the form of an advertisement from his Democratic opponent. Democratic nominee for the Kansas Senate seat and pastor Adam Hamilton is out with a new […]
Palantir cofounder Peter Thiel predicted there will be a 50-50 chance that a socialist candidate wins the presidency in 2028 against the Republican nominee, whether that is Vice President JD Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Asked which administration official would be a better candidate to increase the Republican Party’s chances of winning the […]
The Utah university where Charlie Kirk was assassinated last September released a report on Thursday examining the security pitfalls in advance of Kirk’s murder. The independent security review determined that the employees of Utah Valley University did not “act in bad faith or in willful and wanton disregard” ahead of the event, but that there […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha criticized Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed for failing to denounce Iran’s regime after being questioned by a college student. “This is like asking, ‘Oh, are you against cancer?’ ‘Yeah, I’m against cancer,’ like that’s how easy this layup was as far as condemning, obviously, the IRGC,” Concha said […]
Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell (D-NJ) handed in his resignation letter on Friday, after Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) called for him to step down following an investigation into his alleged inappropriate sexual misconduct. Caldwell, Sherrill’s running mate in the 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election, resigned after an ethics report alleging he “engaged in serious, repeated violations […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will not be the first AI czar to lead the so-called AI Force, President Donald Trump confirmed on Friday. The president appeared to be addressing a Semafor report that listed Bessent as a top contender for the new role. “Scott Bessent will not be going to be Super Intelligence (SI) Czar,” […]
