The Washington, D.C., Board of Elections has rescinded a $16,000 fine levied against socialist Janeese Lewis George days before she won the mayoral Democratic primary against former Councilman Kenyan McDuffie. The district’s elections board heard a hearing de novo request from Lewis George on Wednesday, as she asked the board to reconsider the Office of […]
The Supreme Court considered a legal battle on Wednesday involving an environmental challenge to the Air Force’s practice of detonating unexploded munitions, including explosives dating back to World War II, at a base on the Pacific island territory of Guam. The high court heard oral arguments in Department of Air Force v. Guahan over whether […]
CORALVILLE, Iowa — Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand bashed the Trump administration and Iowa Republicans for shifting the burden of funding food assistance programs to the states last year without a plan for filling in gaps in funding. Sand, 44, told food pantry organizers from east-central Iowa on Wednesday during a 2026 election campaign […]
The Democratic National Committee is suing the Trump administration over advertisements the White House has placed on television using taxpayer dollars. The Trump administration has spent over $20 million to roll out campaign-style public service announcements on television stations throughout 2026, with messages on each of the ads saying “Paid for by the U.S. Government.” […]
Airbnb co-founder and White House official Joe Gebbia cut an $8 million check to the Republican-backed ballot measure that would require voter identification in California. Californians for Voter ID has received other seven-figure donations in recent weeks as the committee seeks to get Proposition 39 across the finish line in November. If approved at the […]
President Donald Trump is expanding Trump Accounts by more than 70 million, an increase from the 8 million opened since July. Trump Accounts are tax-deferred investment savings accounts designed to provide children with financial investments. The money is invested into a “diversified investment vehicle” to support long-term growth while minimal risk. Every child under the […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation sponsored by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) requiring the federal government to publicly disclose major projects that are significantly over budget or behind schedule. The law, dubbed the Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act, requires federal agencies to publicly report projects that are at least $1 billion over budget or five […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) was in Virginia this week to campaign for Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA) in the Old Dominion’s 7th Congressional District as she stays off the Texas Senate campaign trail. Crockett, who ran for Texas Senate in 2026 but fell in the heated Democratic primary to State Rep. James Talarico, backed Talarico in […]
President Donald Trump made his closing argument for why he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize amid the Iran war ahead of the award’s expected announcement on Friday. “I settled eight wars, another one is coming,” Trump told the Washington Examiner at the White House on Wednesday. “I got all the hostages [in Gaza] back. I […]
A Nashville judge on Wednesday ordered the Tennessee Department of Corrections to preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Christa Pike. It comes after lawyers for Pike, who survived two doses of lethal injection, requested that all materials showing the “incompetent and reckless actions” be collected. Counsel for Pike, 50, appeared in court […]
