The Trump administration has begun granting federal approval to more than 900 medical marijuana dispensaries across several states, the Department of Justice announced on Friday. The Drug Enforcement Administration is moving forward with issuing registrations for hundreds of dispensaries in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. The dispensaries were required to […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday made an eleventh-hour appeal to voters, warning that handing Democrats wins in the midterm elections would empower socialists to make sweeping changes to the American way of life. In an op-ed for USA Today, the top House Republican described what he sees as the dangers of voting Democrats […]
A federal judge grilled former FBI Director James Comey’s attorneys on Friday over whether their effort to dismiss the Justice Department’s latest criminal case could become “a great exercise in futility” if a grand jury returns an indictment alleging more recent conduct. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, an appointee of President Donald Trump, questioned why […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) this week suggested he’ll stay away from pushing progressive priorities in Pennsylvania if Democrats hit a trifecta in the battleground state’s upcoming midterm elections. Democrats currently control the governor’s seat and the state legislature’s lower chamber. Should his party secure power over the state Senate as well on Tuesday, Shapiro told […]
A woman was arrested on charges of threatening to shoot President Donald Trump at his campaign rally in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Friday night, but she claimed the social media post in which she made the threat was a “joke.” Allison Albro, 21, faces charges of written threats to kill and unlawful use of a […]
The official results of this week’s Israeli election have been released, and as many observers forecasted, the ethnic Arab political parties have successfully positioned themselves as kingmakers. The only problem is finding someone who would accept their crown. The alliance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, despite winning a 53-seat plurality in the Knesset, fell short […]
A Texas grand jury has returned an indictment for an ICE officer who struck a pedestrian with his vehicle while searching for an illegal immigrant earlier this month. Mario Morales, 33, faces a felony charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, which was the officer’s unmarked vehicle. Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare, a […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York argued President Donald Trump faces a tougher midterm challenge than former President Barack Obama in rallying voters, as Trump works to turn out Republicans who typically vote only when he is on the ballot. “I think Trump has the harder job because what he is trying to do […]
Leftists convicted in a 2023 vandalism attack said Thursday they will return to jail rather than testify in a federal grand jury investigation in New Hampshire. Bridget Shergalis and Sophie Ross, of the activist movement Palestine Action, spoke out about the subpoenas they received on Oct. 16, which were leaked to the leftist publication The […]
Washington Examiner columnist Salena Zito ripped Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign for allegedly orchestrating a scheme to confuse voters and undermine Sen. Dan Sullivan’s (R-AK) reelection bid. “There’s always been shenanigans in American politics, but this one cuts deep,” Zito said Thursday on Fox Business’s Big Money in the Morning. The controversy started […]