The Justice Department is reportedly looking to ban transgender people from buying and owning firearms in the wake of last week’s Minneapolis shooting at a Catholic church and school. Department leadership has held several meetings on such a plan, according to multiple news reports. The Washington Examiner contacted the DOJ and the White House for […]
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) has conducted transcribed interviews with “more than half a dozen” former Biden officials as part of his investigation into the ex-president’s apparent mental decline. In a brief interview, Johnson, who runs the investigative arm of the Senate’s Government Affairs Committee, declined to name the officials who sat for interviews but previously […]
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced on Wednesday that 2,000 new air traffic controllers will be hired this year, as the administration works to address a national air traffic controller shortage. “We have a historic number this year of 2,000 controllers [that] are going to be hired, and we’re going to expand it next year,” […]
Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping believes his country’s friendship with North Korea will extend far into the future as “socialist nations” united under “common ideals, convictions and aspirations.” Xi met with Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the first sit-down between the two world leaders in approximately […]
The suspect indicted in the shooting deaths of two Israeli Embassy employees in Washington, D.C., pleaded not guilty to several counts on Thursday. The grand jury’s Aug. 6 indictment of Elias Rodriguez included hate crime charges, the murder of a foreign official, and first-degree murder. Rodriguez pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Thursday morning before […]
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, announced her reelection campaign on Thursday. “I’m proud to announce my campaign for re-election as I continue fighting for a more just and more affordable Arizona,” Mayes said in a statement. Mayes has emerged as one of several Democratic attorneys general who have strongly pushed back against the […]
New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani condemned President Donald Trump for allegedly offering a job to one of his opponents in the race. “When Trump, Cuomo and Adams scheme behind closed doors, they’re not worried about your future or the city you’re struggling to afford,” Mamdani wrote on X Wednesday. “It’s only about their […]
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday condemned rumors that President Donald Trump is getting involved in the race to defeat his candidacy to become the Big Apple’s first socialist leader. “This is… about an affront to our democracy, an affront to what makes so many of us proud to be Americans, that […]
Conservatives are setting their sights on undoing Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, a push that took center stage at this week’s National Conservatism Conference. On Wednesday night, that effort was showcased in a panel titled Overturn Obergefell, moderated by First Things editor R. R. Reno and featuring […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s watchdog says nearly a year of text messages from former Chair Gary Gensler, who led the agency under President Joe Biden, were permanently lost because of a series of avoidable technology failures. A report released Thursday said Gensler’s government-issued smartphone stopped communicating with the SEC’s device management system in July […]
