The Pennsylvania Green Party is distancing itself from candidates seeking to run under its banner in two battleground House districts, saying the campaigns were launched without the party’s endorsement. The party warned that “an effort to achieve ballot access in an un-transparent manner is underway,” while emphasizing that only candidates nominated through its official process […]
Mandela Barnes, the former lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and 2022 Democratic Senate nominee, dropped out of the Democratic gubernatorial primary race on Thursday. Barnes told staff in a conversation on Wednesday that there is a clear choice for the Democratic nomination, implicitly acknowledging socialist Francesca Hong’s overwhelming lead in the polls. “We’re incredibly proud of […]
The Department of Justice and several states from the southeastern United States on Thursday announced a data-sharing agreement between states and the federal government after $350 million in fraud was uncovered in the region. The Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division held a roundtable in Columbia, South Carolina, with U.S. attorneys, attorneys general, and over […]
The Trump administration is bringing the first-ever case before a little-known national security court created nearly three decades ago, seeking to deport an Afghan woman with a green card who the Justice Department alleges supported an Islamic State-linked terrorist plot involving her son and son-in-law. Nazira Haji Zada, 47 of Fort Worth, Texas, is scheduled […]
The Senate narrowly voted down a measure Thursday that would have forced President Donald Trump to remove U.S. armed forces from “hostilities” with Iran. In a 50-49 vote, the Senate voted against advancing a war powers resolution to constrain Trump’s ability to wage war without approval by Congress. Three Republicans — Susan Collins (R-ME), Rand […]
Washington Examiner executive editor Bob Cusack said Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Senate hearing was significant, but argued that lawmakers undermined its impact by how they conducted the proceedings. “I think the emphasis of the hearing is a bit off,” Cusack said Wednesday on CNN’s Laura Coates Live. “Having the hearing is a good thing because mistakes […]
Former President Barack Obama revived one of his signature summer traditions: sharing a new playlist that blends chart-toppers with classic hits spanning genres. “Here are some of the songs I’ve been listening to this summer,” Obama wrote Thursday in a post on X. “It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, […]
Three anti-deportation rioters in Portland, Oregon, pleaded guilty to federal crimes in one week after attacking or interfering with federal officers. Oriana Korol was convicted on July 23, followed by Ginovanni Brumbelow on Monday and Katherine Vogel on Tuesday, according to DOJ statements. U.S. Attorney Scott Bradford’s office is handling Portland’s protest-related cases after President […]
President Donald Trump is set to hold an event announcing the new “Freedom Haulers” trucking program on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the White House. DUFFY ANNOUNCES ‘FREEDOM HAULERS’ TRUCKER PROGRAM FOR VETERANS The program is aimed at helping U.S. veterans begin careers in trucking, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced as he unveiled the program […]
Hundreds of migrants in Morocco have bull-rushed through the Spanish border into the European Union, exacerbating the migration crisis. A mob of African migrants plowed past border guards and circumvented barriers into the Spanish territory of Ceuta this week, creating what the city’s leader calls a “total humanitarian and social emergency.” “In the past few […]
