One of the men Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) accused of sexual abuse in a fiery speech on the House floor last month is suing the congresswoman for defamation, a test of legal rules that members of Congress say protect remarks in the chamber. Mace accused a group of South Carolina businessmen of being “rapists, peeping toms or […]
The Supreme Court signaled Friday it will review the Trump administration’s request to press forward with ending birthright citizenship. The Trump administration filed a trio of legal appeals regarding birthright citizenship to the country’s highest court on Thursday. The emergency petitions asked the Supreme Court to narrow lower court orders halting President Donald Trump’s executive […]
Ten Senate Democrats voted Friday to help Republicans break a 60-vote filibuster and advance a Trump-backed government funding bill that paves the way for Congress to avoid a midnight shutdown deadline. The vote came at a steep price for Democrats, with the party fracturing over Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) decision to support advancing the measure. […]
President Donald Trump used a rare speech at the Justice Department to dredge up his grievances regarding the DOJ, from its prosecution of him to its handling of Hunter Biden‘s laptop. “As we begin a proud new chapter in the chronicles of American justice, we’re turning the page on four long years of corruption, weaponization, […]
Chinese, Russian, and Iranian officials met on Friday and called for an end to U.S. sanctions on Tehran’s nuclear program and for a resumption of multinational talks on their program. The trio of countries “emphasized the necessity of terminating all unlawful unilateral sanctions,” Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu read from a joint statement with […]
Shockwaves from the layoffs at various government agencies are expected to continue into the foreseeable future, and a host of government buildings could soon be sold as well. The Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency have already sent thousands of workers packing or off to new things via deferred resignations, but President Donald […]
Senate Democrats failed to block a GOP spending bill on Friday, all but guaranteeing President Donald Trump a victory in a days-long shutdown fight. The U.S. Senate narrowly voted 62-38 to advance the six-month government funding bill, clearing the way for a final vote later Friday to prevent a shutdown at midnight, when current spending legislation expires. […]
BAY CITY, Michigan — Vice President JD Vance traveled to central Michigan Friday to deliver a speech extolling the benefits of President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda. The area Vance visited could be a vital county in determining the 2026 midterm elections and the 2028 general elections. Trump carried Bay County in 2016, 2020, and 2024, but […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Department of Justice had opened an investigation into multiple acts of vandalism against Tesla dealerships, vehicles, and charging stations. For nearly two months, Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company has been targeted by violent demonstrators outraged over the work he is doing as leader of the Department of Government […]
A U.N. judge from Uganda was convicted by a British jury of forcing a woman to work as a slave. Lydia Mugambe, who was appointed as a U.N. judge of the mechanism in 2023, allegedly tricked another Ugandan woman to come to the United Kingdom and work for her as a maid and child care […]
