Reporters have rarely been fans of faith in politics, and often decry the Republican Party’s cozy relationship with religious Americans, such as evangelical Christians. But give them a pope willing to criticize President Donald Trump, well, that’s a different story. Now that Pope Leo XIV has replaced Trump critic Pope Francis, there is an eagerness […]
The Department of Homeland Security rang in Police Week this year with a video campaign to rally support and gratitude for law enforcement. A video compilation of U.S. Capitol Police, Transportation Security Administration officials, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and more was posted to the department’s X account on Monday. The video’s caption promised that […]
Iowa Rep. Randy Feenstra, a Republican, has filed to run for governor in 2026. Feenstra applied to run on Monday, according to a filing obtained by the Washington Examiner. He is serving his third term as representative of Iowa’s Fourth Congressional District after unseating controversial former Republican Rep. Steve King in 2020. The Washington Examiner […]
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer increased English language standards in the United Kingdom on Monday, saying future immigrants there “should speak English” and that it’s “common sense” for them to do so. Starmer is raising the requirements in concert with an immigration crackdown across the country to end what he called its “failed experiment in […]
French President Emmanuel Macron said France’s enemies were behind a “disinformation” campaign that involved a video of him. While on a train to Kyiv, Ukraine, with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a video showed Macron grabbing something from a table and stashing it in his hand. Macron’s office posted screenshots […]
(The Center Square) – A retired police chief says criminal activity has surged in suburban counties around Chicago. Federal prosecutors announced charges last week against three alleged gang members from Chicago in connection with criminal acts in the suburbs. In addition, new crimes were reported at more than a dozen businesses in the west and […]
A local campaign to elect the next president of the D.C. Bar Association has triggered unusual scrutiny due to a leading candidate’s association with the Trump administration. Brad Bondi, brother of President Donald Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi, is running to lead the D.C. Bar. His candidacy to lead the largest bar in the country, […]
New York City campaign finance regulators have withheld $600,000 from mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo over allegations that he illegally coordinated with a super PAC known as Fix the City. The allegations against Cuomo stemmed from his campaign website, which laid out specific messaging that Fix the City then used to create advertisements, a practice known […]
(The Center Square) – Tax proceeds from sports wagering at eight licensed sports books in North Carolina rose 22.7% from March to April, the State Lottery Commission reported Monday morning. The state is on pace for $113.1 million in the first full fiscal year. March had been better than only two other months since the […]
President Donald Trump appointed Todd Blanche, who is second in charge at the Justice Department, as the new librarian of Congress. Before being tapped for the DOJ, Blanche served as Trump’s defense lawyer during his hush money trial, in which Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records. The DOJ confirmed Blanche’s […]
