A federal appeals court grilled the Department of Justice on Wednesday over the Trump administration’s bid to allow immigration officers to enter places of worship in certain circumstances, expressing concern over the effects on religious liberty that the policy may have. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit grilled […]
The Justice Department on Wednesday opened a civil rights investigation into Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano over allegations his office gave preferential treatment to illegal immigrants in criminal cases, intensifying scrutiny of one of Virginia’s most prominent progressive prosecutors. In a letter sent Wednesday, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division is […]
Israel launched airstrikes on Beirut for the first time since agreeing to the ceasefire with Lebanon in mid-April, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the airstrikes in a joint statement on Wednesday, saying they targeted a senior Hezbollah official whose force had launched rockets at Israeli communities and targeted […]
Secretary of State Marco is headed on a less-than-relaxing Roman holiday as he tries to smooth over a White House squabble with the Holy See that has not played well with the American public. The secretary of state will be the highest-ranking U.S. official to meet with Pope Leo XIV since he became a target […]
Alan Dershowitz ripped the Democratic Party in a recent interview, saying he is now “strongly opposed” to the political party he has supported for 70 years. The former lawyer of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein criticized the Democratic Party for turning against America, Israel, and Jewish people. “I feel I am one of the […]
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testified before the House oversight committee on Wednesday about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Lutnick testified for nearly four hours in a closed-door, transcribed interview, after it was revealed he had visited Epstein’s island. While Democrats slammed Lutnick for lying in the interview, Republicans said he was “forthcoming.” […]
U.S. oil product exports have reached record highs as countries in Europe and Asia have sought alternatives to oil shipped through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively closed because of the war with Iran. The United States last week exported a record-high of oil products, a category that includes gasoline, jet fuel, and […]
When German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was elected in February of last year, he warned the political mainstream that it was “five minutes to midnight” before outside parties consumed the nation’s center. Exactly a year since taking office, it seems those five minutes have passed — centrist Merz is suffering the lowest approval rating of any […]
House oversight committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) told reporters ahead of Wednesday’s hearing that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had not been “100% truthful” about visiting convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein‘s island. “I haven’t seen wrongdoing in the email correspondence, but he wasn’t 100% truthful with whether or not he had been on the island,” Comer […]
President Donald Trump tamped down expectations that he would eventually decide on a deadline to force Iran into a peace deal. “Never a deadline. It’ll happen,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office during an event touting an upcoming UFC event on Wednesday. “It’ll happen, but never a deadline.” A fragile ceasefire between the U.S. […]
