Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) is in the race to be the next top Democrat on the influential House Oversight Committee, setting her up for a battle with Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) during a party-wide, generational leadership shakeup after the 2024 elections. After a week of speculation and confirmation from the New York congresswoman that […]
President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his support Friday for Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon, just hours after being named Fox News‘s Patriot of the Year. Hegseth, who is looking to jump directly from Fox News to the second Trump administration, is facing an uphill battle toward being confirmed after sexual assault allegations and his reported […]
Sen.-elect Adam Schiff (D-CA) will resign from the House of Representatives early and be sworn in as California’s junior senator next Monday. Schiff alerted the House on Friday that he would be leaving the lower chamber effective Sunday and confirmed to the Washington Examiner he will be sworn in to the Senate on Dec. 9, […]
New York Police Department detectives collected a DNA sample related to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, which is being tested for further leads in the killing. The shooter is still at large, but authorities believe that the man responsible for Thompson’s assassination was caught on security camera footage from a New York City […]
A federal district court on Friday upheld the U.S. Naval Academy’s use of race-conscious admissions policies, rejecting a challenge brought by the same group that succeeded in the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision striking down affirmative action in higher education. U.S. Senior District Judge Richard Bennett, nominated by former President George W. Bush, ruled that the academy’s policies […]
Syrian civilians are fleeing the city of Homs as rebel forces march within a few miles of its parameter — a strategic point to capture in their campaign against Damascus. Thousands of residents began leaving Homs by car and on foot after soldiers from the Hayat Tahrir al Sham insurgent group captured several towns near […]
(The Center Square) – With the presidential election now completed, the latest Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer shows American farmers’ sentiments about the industry are now at a level that has not been seen since May 2021. The latest report showed the overall index at 145. That was a 30-point increase from October and […]
(The Center Square) – After an individual set fire to two Clark County ballot boxes in October, a Republican state lawmaker filed legislation Tuesday that would create a new security camera grant program. Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, filed two bills on Tuesday: Senate Bill 5010 to create the grant program and Senate Bill 5011 to […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams hinted that he might switch to the Republican Party. The embattled Democratic mayor has undergone a significant rebrand in recent months, increasingly warming to President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican Party. In two interviews, Adams hinted that he may go the extra step and switch parties altogether. “I’m a […]
(The Center Square) – Illinois’ gun and magazine ban will stay in effect pending the outcome in the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the appeals court ruled Thursday. Illinois banned the sale and possession of more than 170 semi-automatic firearms and magazines over certain capacities in January 2023. Lawsuits in federal court followed, challenging […]
