EXCLUSIVE — The Justice Department‘s Civil Rights Division is undergoing a complete internal transformation under President Donald Trump’s second term — not just of enforcement strategy but of personnel, institutional practices, and long-held assumptions about how federal civil rights laws should be applied. “When my memos went out, that culture changed,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, head […]
Georgia Republicans are sounding alarms over Derek Dooley’s floated Senate bid, calling the former football coach’s potential run a risky distraction in what many see as the GOP’s top pickup opportunity of 2026. Dooley, a former Tennessee football coach and son of University of Georgia legend Vince Dooley, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in early June […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Crew members aboard a Liberian-flagged ship set ablaze by a series of attacks in the Red Sea abandoned the vessel Sunday night as it took on water, marking the first serious assault in the vital corridor for trade after a monthslong campaign by Yemen‘s Houthi rebels there. Suspicion for the attack […]
The FBI and Department of Justice have concluded that Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex trafficker who died in jail nearly six years ago, committed suicide and had no “client list,” according to a report. An Axios report detailed a memo from the federal law enforcement agencies that found no evidence Epstein blackmailed powerful figures, kept […]
The Israeli air force struck three Houthi-controlled ports and one power plant in Yemen early Monday local time, the Israel Defense Forces announced. As part of a military operation dubbed “Black Flag,” IAF jets targeted the ports of Al Hudaydah, Ras Isa, and Salif, as well as the Ras Kanatib Power Plant and a vessel […]
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) argued the Democratic Party could learn from both President Donald Trump and Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in trying to remedy the party’s woes. Suozzi, describing himself as “a Democratic capitalist,” said he does not see eye to eye on everything Mamdani, a socialist running for New York City mayor, advocates. […]
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick revealed that the April 2 “Liberation Day” tariffs, which have been paused until July 9, won’t go into effect until early August. Lutnick, appearing alongside President Donald Trump on Sunday in New Jersey, told reporters that if countries fail to reach a trade deal with the United States, they would face […]
President Donald Trump voiced his opposition to Elon Musk‘s formation of a third party, dubbed the “America Party,” slamming it as a “ridiculous” idea following Republican successes in the 2024 election cycle and the passing of his signature tax and spending bill late last week. Musk, a former top adviser to Trump before a public […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) contended that the Democratic Party ought to take notes from the campaign of mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, suggesting a key aspect of his campaign could be the strategy to win back voters. Mamdani, a socialist who won the Democratic Party’s primary in the 2025 New York City mayoral election, has dodged […]
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett dismissed the Congressional Budget Office’s recent projections for the “big, beautiful bill,” saying the agency has been “wrong” in the past. The CBO issued its latest report on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in the days before the Senate passed it, where it ultimately saw some changes before […]
