Former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) is running for reelection, despite having resigned from her seat ahead of her likely expulsion from Congress. Cherfilus-McCormick resigned on Tuesday, ahead of a House Ethics Committee sanctions hearing over allegations she stole $5 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Though her political career looked to be over, the former […]
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gunmen attacked several locations in Mali’s capital and other cities early Saturday in a possible coordinated assault, residents and authorities said. Mali’s army said in a statement that “unidentified armed terrorist groups targeted certain locations and barracks in the capital.” It added that soldiers were “currently engaged in eliminating the attackers.” […]
This week’s indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center on federal fraud charges for allegedly abusing donor dollars to foment “hate” on the Right has left observers wondering how the SPLC, once a legitimate civil rights advocacy organization, morphed into a left-wing attack machine. In its early days, the SPLC worked to ensure women had […]
President Donald Trump may be speaking to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner for the first time as commander in chief, but his appearance Saturday really goes back to where it all started while continuing a feud with the media that goes back more than a decade. Long before Trump took his famous ride down […]
The Supreme Court has yet to decide on whether to take up a litany of gun cases, ranging from challenges of “assault weapons” bans to gun rights for 18-to 20-year-olds, as the justices sift through petitions for its next term. In his 2022 majority opinion in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, […]
A fight decades in the making came to a head this week as Texas defeated Houston’s push to stop cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, sealing the Democrat-run city’s fate for the time being. The administration of Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), an incumbent seeking a fourth term in November, delivered a blow to Democrats in the nation’s fourth […]
The government of Armenia is trying to warm its formerly tense relationship with Israel in an effort to overhaul its foreign policy, but its overtures are being met with outrage from the public. Israel cultivated a close relationship with Azerbaijan shortly after its independence, with the duo soon becoming one of each other’s most important […]
Three months into her first year as governor of Virginia, Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) signed legislation to uniformly raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 by 2028. The move was a drastic departure from the policy of her predecessor, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), who vetoed the $15 minimum wage proposal during his term and urged […]
There is an old Marxist adage that says “war is the midwife of revolutions.” Over 1,500 days into Russia’s ill-fated invasion of Ukraine, the former Soviet state has once again been transformed into a war economy. Ballooning military spending has eaten away at the government’s ability to render basic social services to its people, and […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will be at odds with his conference next week as he tries to pass a narrow Senate reconciliation bill to fund border enforcement, despite many Republicans wanting a wider bill to boost their 2026 standing. The Senate moved forward with a plan to provide up to $70 billion for Immigration and […]
