Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg revealed on Tuesday that he is “assess[ing]” whether he will run for president in 2028. After serving as transportation secretary under the Biden administration, Buttigieg’s name has been tossed around as a possible Democratic presidential contender ahead of the 2028 election. While touring Iowa, a state whose caucus is viewed […]
The Wisconsin judge who was arrested by the FBI for allegedly helping a man escape immigration authorities was indicted by a federal grand jury. In the two-page indictment issued Tuesday, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was accused of obstructing a U.S. agency and concealing an individual to prevent an arrest. She faces two charges carrying a maximum penalty […]
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a Florida law banning children from attending drag shows was “substantially overbroad” and likely violated the First Amendment. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction blocking the 2023 Florida law, SB 1438, aimed at keeping children out of drag shows. The 2-1 decision comes […]
President Donald Trump‘s sweeping tariff policy faced its first full hearing in court on Tuesday after a group of small businesses challenged the president’s authority to issue the levies. The hearing in the U.S. Court of International Trade was the first test of Trump’s claim that a law known as the International Emergency Economic Powers […]
A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled in favor of President Donald Trump‘s use of the Alien Enemies Act, marking the first time a judge has approved of the centuries-old law as a tool for expediting deportations of some illegal immigrants. Judge Stephanie Haines of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania gave […]
Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) urged his fellow congressional lawmakers to “get to work” on providing the Federal Aviation Administration with necessary upgrades, suggesting Congress must own some responsibility for not getting these changes implemented sooner. The state of air travel in the United States has come under great scrutiny in recent months, with outages at […]
Outgoing acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin said Tuesday the Department of Justice is reviewing several of former President Joe Biden’s final-hour pardons, vowing that his new office will scrutinize whether clemency was used “correctly” or politically. Martin, whose nomination to the Washington, D.C., prosecutor post collapsed last week after key […]
Former President Joe Biden’s allies reportedly brought in a renowned filmmaker to help cover up his deteriorating mental state during his 2024 reelection campaign. Steven Spielberg was recruited to use “Hollywood magic” to help make Biden look better for high-stakes appearances during his campaign last year, including his prime-time State of the Union address and […]
House Democrats pushed back on the GOP plan to add work requirements to entitlement programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid to offset the renewal of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts. Democrats have slammed the GOP’s so-called “big beautiful bill” that uses a process called reconciliation to unlock President Donald Trump’s […]
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia are pointing to recent public comments from President Donald Trump as proof that the administration has the authority to return their client from El Salvador but is choosing not to. In a court filing this week, the legal team cited Trump’s response in an ABC News interview in late April, […]
