Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and Tim Burchett (R-TN) are calling for the city of Seattle to protect Jimothy, an internet-famous raccoon. “We are requesting that your office ensure that Jimothy be enrolled in any and all relevant community carnivore monitoring initiatives,” the letter obtained by TMZ reads. The raccoon, named Jimothy, went viral this […]
The Justice Department has settled with Paul Vaughn, a Tennessee-based anti-abortion activist and father of 11, whose prosecution and FBI arrest under the Biden administration became a rallying point for conservatives who accused the federal government of weaponizing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. The Thomas More Society, which represented Vaughn, announced the […]
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday he plans to attend this year’s Sept. 11 commemoration marking the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, despite a growing petition from some victims’ family members urging him not to participate. Speaking at a news conference, Mamdani said he would “proudly honor the families, the survivors, the first […]
Hard-line Republicans in the House had won. They’d taken a sledgehammer to former President Joe Biden’s tax credits for wind and solar projects in their House-passed bill, and they had President Donald Trump’s full backing. That’s when Sen. John Curtis (R-UT), a first-term senator and former congressman who succeeded Mitt Romney, started fielding phone calls […]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris compared Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson’s last-minute campaign in Maine to her own abbreviated 2024 presidential bid as she endorsed the former logger in his race to unseat Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). Jackson officially secured the Democratic nomination Saturday, and he now has less than 100 days to mount a […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) remembered Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) by his humor, choking up at the thought of no longer laughing at “witty comments” delivered by the late senator. Thune delivered remarks in the Capitol rotunda Tuesday morning to members of Congress and family members gathered to mourn the sudden loss of Graham. […]
A federal judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security on Monday to release Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego, whom the government took into custody in connection with the recent fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by federal agents in Texas. Immigration and Customs Enforcement killed Salgado Araujo, a homebuilder in Houston, on July 7 as he […]
The Service Employees International Union in California celebrated on Monday after chapter leader David Huerta reached a diversion agreement with prosecutors over his role in anti-deportation riots, resulting in the Justice Department dropping the charges against him. SEIU California claimed Huerta was “vindicated” by the case after the Department of Justice charged him in June […]
White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller blasted the Democratic Party as “a party of freaks, weirdos, losers, and crazies,” warning that if they gain power, the “American people will lose everything.” Miller argued that prominent figures including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) […]
Vice President JD Vance joined his former congressional colleagues to remember the life and legacy of the late North Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham during a memorial service at the Capitol. Vance, who offered his condolences to Graham’s family and staff, recalled the late senator’s “world-class sense of humor,” which he said once left him […]
