Cuba’s power grid collapsed again on Friday, leaving millions of people across the island without electricity as the Trump administration continues to intensify economic pressure on Havana. The Ministry of Energy and Mines announced the nationwide blackout on X, saying that “protocols for recovery are already beginning to be activated.” The outage came as Washington […]
Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson encouraged young people to socialize in person and leave the doom scrolling at home. “I like this idea of just congregating with friends somewhere. Have someone’s mom drop you off, you got three hours to basically not get arrested, and enjoy a Friday night,” Benson said on Fox News’s Gutfeld! […]
MS Now and CNN said that their journalists were denied access to the White House grounds on Saturday, a day after President Donald Trump announced he was barring the network, CNN, and Politico from the White House. A reporter and photographer for MS Now were turned away Saturday morning as they arrived to work, the […]
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, a Republican, has sent cease-and-desist letters to six prediction market companies, arguing that their sports-related event contracts amount to unlicensed sports wagering under state law. The move adds Missouri to a contentious legal battle between states and the federal government over who has authority to regulate prediction markets, which allow […]
President Donald Trump signed a bill into law on Friday that imposes a new round of sanctions against Russia amid its war with Ukraine. The new law, formally known as the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, targets Russia’s energy sector by authorizing the president to impose up to 100% tariffs […]
The October Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994 for an individual filer, will be sent to recipients in 12 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month, or on the last business day of the prior month if the first day falls on a federal holiday or a […]
Republicans preparing to trade the halls of Congress for the campaign trail ahead of the midterm elections lament they have few achievements to tout as higher gas prices from the Iran war and voters’ affordability concerns drag them down. The House left town a day early this week and won’t return until after the Nov. […]
Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) is taking an active role in Democrats’ quest to flip a Trump-won House district in Kentucky, lending his name and fundraising operation to a former adviser running to replace outgoing Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY). Beshear, a popular second-term governor and the rare Democrat to hold statewide office in Kentucky, plans to […]
President Donald Trump is getting fresh clues that his support from Hispanic voters may be slipping after two House Republicans broke with him on immigration enforcement. Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), two Hispanic members of the House GOP conference, released advertisements over the past week distancing themselves from Immigration […]
Senate candidate Bert Mizusawa is pitching himself to Virginia voters as a battle-tested alternative to Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA). The Republican is arguing that his four decades in uniform and on the front lines of national security better fit the state’s deep military roots. Mizusawa won the Republican nomination in August and will face Warner […]
