The Department of Veterans Affairs is facing its first-ever net workforce loss, with more than 40,000 employees leaving in fiscal 2025, nearly 90% of them healthcare workers, a Democratic watchdog report warns. The report, released by Democratic staff on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, finds the staffing decline has left an estimated 1.2 million veterans […]
A federal judge issued a sweeping ruling Thursday entitling noncitizen students who have sued the Trump administration to a court hearing if their immigration status is changed. The Trump administration has faced several hurdles from district courts in pursuing parts of its deportation agenda, including revoking the visas of pro-Palestinian students who have engaged in […]
Federal prosecutors on Friday arrested a California charity director charged with wire fraud after he allegedly siphoned millions of dollars meant to combat homelessness in Los Angeles to bankroll his lavish personal life. Alexander Soofer, 42, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint accusing him of fraudulently obtaining more than $23 million in taxpayer funds […]
U.S. intelligence officials are on high alert for terrorist acts that may be planned to upend celebrations planned to mark the country’s semiquincentennial this year. At the start of 2026, the National Counterterrorism Center circulated a memo to staff, warning that “lone actors” inspired by al Qaeda and the Islamic State Group pose a possible […]
Vice President JD Vance told anti-abortion activists Friday that the Trump administration was on their side, while acknowledging there were disagreements over how to use the “political system to advance life.” Vance told the crowd at the 53rd annual March for Life rally about several anti-abortion policies the Trump administration has championed, but he understood some thought […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is threatening to “shut down” the House over an election bill Senate Republicans have yet to vote on, presenting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) with yet another headache caused by his own party. Luna, who has repeatedly used Republicans’ narrow House majority to extract concessions from leadership, announced on X Friday that she […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saying Newsom’s international profile-building comes at the expense of governing a struggling state. “He just seems to have no interest in presenting any sort of plan or worldview when he becomes president, he’s just a professional […]
The Democratic Party is motivated by a new 2026 election forecast that shows there are more competitive state legislative chambers than in the past two election cycles, giving Democrats hope they can break more GOP supermajorities across the nation this year. Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a top election forecaster run by the University of Virginia’s Center […]
Democrats are accusing President Donald Trump of engaging in political retribution for ordering a sweeping review of federal funding flowing to more than a dozen Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia just weeks after threatening to freeze billions over sanctuary policies and alleged fraud. A memo from the Office of Management and Budget, obtained by […]
The Sharaa government’s defeat of the American military’s long-time allies, the Kurds, raises new questions about the longevity of the existing U.S. military mission in Syria. The U.S.-backed Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces effectively capitulated to the Syrian government after suffering significant losses from a major offensive by government forces against long-held Kurdish areas. There are roughly 1,000 U.S. […]
