A longtime Democratic Federal Election Commission member fired by President Donald Trump is seeking payback by joining a partisan suit to block one of the new president’s executive orders. Ellen Weintraub, who had sharply criticized Trump in past statements and online postings, joined the Democratic Party’s bid to block enforcement of an executive order the […]
Stocks in Japan, Germany, and other foreign nations dropped in value ahead of President Donald Trump’s expected additional round of tariffs, set to go into effect this week. Trump is set to enact his reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday, which he is referring to as “Liberation Day,” causing concern among some economists. Last week, Trump announced […]
The headquarters of the New Mexico Republican Party in Albuquerque was the target of vandalism and arson on Sunday. The party said no injuries were reported after a fire burned through the building’s entryway Sunday morning. Albuquerque Fire Rescue said it was able to extinguish the fire within five minutes of its arrival. In addition, […]
French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement charges in a Paris court on Monday and was handed a sentence that will bar her from the country’s 2027 presidential election. Le Pen and top officials in the National Rally party were accused of using funds intended for European Union parliamentary aides to […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has avoided the same calls for mutiny plaguing his Senate counterpart, but the New York Democrat has yet to seize control of the Democratic Party and lead it out of its doldrums. Democrats are in a rut with haphazard messaging campaigns, virtually no political power in Congress, and the […]
President Donald Trump continues to make inroads with the labor movement, and his protective tariffs have found an ally in United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain. Fain praised the Trump administration’s new 25% auto tariffs as the end of the “free trade disaster” and released a video calling for an end to deals like the […]
The national average price for a gallon of regular gas increased to $3.168 on Monday. It’s the second straight week that started with increased fuel costs. Monday’s price was a slight boost from the weekend, when the average price for a gallon of regular gas was $3.159 on Sunday, according to AAA. The price was […]
In early March, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) broke with his party on transgenderism after he said biological men playing in women’s sports leagues are “deeply unfair.” A Washington Examiner review of California grant records, however, shows that Newsom’s administration spent roughly $5 million on programs supporting youth transgenderism between 2022 and 2024. Projects supported by […]
Catholic Charities has spent more than a century caring for Wisconsin’s poor — but a state court says that work isn’t “religious” unless it involves preaching or proselytizing. The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a First Amendment case brought by Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, which says it’s being penalized […]
A 70-year-old man was arrested after allegedly driving his car into a man exiting a truck with “Trump flags” displayed on his vehicle to show support for President Donald Trump. The incident happened in Meridian, Idaho, during a protest at a Tesla dealership in the city on Saturday afternoon. Two groups converged on the location […]
