The Israel Defense Forces now accept the Gaza Health Ministry’s estimation that over 70,000 Palestinians were killed during the war in Gaza, after years of denying the validity of the calculation. Senior IDF sources told Haaretz, the Times of Israel, and other Israeli news outlets that the Gaza Health Ministry’s calculations, an organization overseen by […]
SANTA BARBARA, California — San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan on Thursday launched his campaign for the 2026 California governor’s race, making him the latest Democratic candidate looking to fill Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) seat in Sacramento. Mahan announced his late bid less than five months before the primary, joining a crowded Democratic primary that has […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said some Democrats are “wary” over calls to abolish the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE has become the target of rampant criticism from Democratic lawmakers ahead of the 2026 elections, reaching a boiling point earlier this month when an ICE officer shot and killed resident Renee Good […]
President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday that he will announce his pick to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors sometime next week. Trump has criticized incumbent Chairman Jerome Powell for failing to rapidly cut interest rates. Powell, who was nominated by Trump during his first term, is not set […]
Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) vowed her administration will create a database for New Jerseyans to upload videos of federal immigration officers conducting enforcement activities. The governor announced several initiatives to roll back the influence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New Jersey on her ninth day in office. Sherrill has already met with her acting Attorney […]
The federal government is expected to enter a partial shutdown starting Saturday, but it could be short-lived as Senate Democrats and the White House negotiate new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation agenda. A procedural vote to advance a funding package and avert a shutdown failed to clear a 60-vote filibuster in the Senate […]
President Donald Trump ordered Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to launch commercial flights to Venezuela “by the end of” Thursday. The president‘s comments came during a televised cabinet meeting at the White House — the first such huddle of 2026. Trump told the press at the top of the meeting that he had just “informed” Venezuela’s […]
Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha predicted that “a lot of people will be interested” in Melania Trump’s documentary because she is such a private person. “Melania” captures the final three weeks leading up to President Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration at the beginning of 2025. The film is scheduled to be released in theaters […]
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House Administration Committee Chairman Brian Steil (R-WI) unveiled a bill on Thursday aiming to increase voter integrity in the 2026 elections. The bill, called the Make Elections Great Again Act, is an effort from the committee to implement baseline standards for administering federal elections through a slew of added requirements, including two that would affect the […]
