House Republicans left tax increases on private equity firms and millionaires out of their sweeping tax legislation, two provisions endorsed by President Donald Trump that would have affected the wealthiest taxpayers. Republicans released the legislative text on Monday that features extending and making permanent various expiring provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as […]
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) condemned the recent “interference and grandstanding” displayed by some Democratic lawmakers, arguing that any “physical altercation” with law enforcement is unacceptable. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday for attempting to “storm” a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Newark, New Jersey, according to the Department of Homeland Security. He […]
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 […]
