President Donald Trump tapped Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator and communications adviser for Trump Media and Technology Group, to serve as his next White House press secretary. Zacharia will succeed Karoline Leavitt, who left the White House in August. Her appointment comes less than a month before the 2026 midterm elections and while Politico, MS […]
A female high school wrestler in Washington urged the Supreme Court earlier this week to intervene in a lawsuit over the state’s laws allowing biological men to compete in women’s sports, as the high court could issue another key ruling about transgender sports policies months after its landmark June decision. Kallie Keeler, a biological female […]
Neither candidate landed a decisive blow in Michigan’s first Senate debate, but the exchange exposed the political liabilities both must overcome in a race that could determine control of the chamber: Mike Rogers’s ties to President Donald Trump and Abdul el Sayed’s challenge in winning over voters beyond his progressive base. Despite the personal attacks […]
The Human Rights Campaign, one of the largest transgender advocacy lobbying groups in the country, has turned its back on two Democratic congressional candidates for going against a key position in the progressive wing’s pro-LGBT platform. Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, and Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) have both been shut out by […]
President Donald Trump said Friday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a deal to supply the United States with Russian diesel fuel. Diesel prices remain a significant issue ahead of the 2026 midterm elections amid the war in Iran. Trump administration officials were previously working on freeing up Russian diesel, which had […]
The Omani Flydubai co-pilot who hijacked a passenger plane last week planned to crash the aircraft into Ben Gurion International Airport in central Israel, UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif al Shamsi said on Friday. Hammam al Hammami plotted the 9/11-inspired suicide attack before he was ultimately thwarted by the other pilot and several passengers aboard […]
DAVENPORT, Iowa — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) praised Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) as a key peacemaker in the House Republican Conference during a stump speech for her tight Iowa reelection campaign. “Mariannette is one of the handful of people who can walk into a room when it’s very contentious, calm everybody down, get them […]
Republicans are condemning the Pentagon’s plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, with one senator calling it “beyond disgusting.” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that Hasan’s execution, scheduled for Dec. 3, would be public. The Pentagon later clarified that the execution would be livestreamed, a decision that is being […]
Secret Service Director Sean Curran said the agency has used decoy aircraft before, following President Donald Trump’s transfer to a second plane during a July trip to Turkey. “Look, that’s not the first time we’ve done that,” Curran said on CBS News’s 60 Minutes. “We wish that wasn’t reported because that takes some of our […]
The White House has picked Republican commentator Katie Zacharia to be President Donald Trump‘s next press secretary. “She has been offered the position,” a White House official told the Washington Examiner. If she accepts, Zacharia will join the White House from Truth Social, Trump’s social media company, where she is a senior communications adviser. Zacharia […]
