Musician Kenny Chesney spoke out about his stance on politics, saying he never thought it was his “place” to talk about it, sparking debate on The View about the duty of celebrities to speak out. “I’ve never saw it to be my place to use my stage or platform, no matter where I’m playing, to […]
Federal agents arrested former New York Mayor Eric Adams’s chief of staff as part of a wider corruption investigation, according to several outlets. Frank Carone, Adams’s first chief of staff, was reportedly arrested with three others as part of a bribery probe. A person familiar with the matter identified to Politico the other three as […]
Camp Mystic, the all-girls Christian summer camp in central Texas where 28 people died in a major flash flood last summer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday. The bankruptcy filing showed the camp’s total debts exceeding $10 million and listed its assets. The document was signed by members of the Eastland family, which owns […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York suggested that Supreme Court justices considering retirement should not assume Republicans will be able to confirm judicial nominees indefinitely. Weighing in on the speculation surrounding possible retirements from the court, York said he has no direct knowledge that any justice is preparing to step down. “I don’t have […]
Tuesday night’s election results delivered a brutal blow to the Democratic establishment as socialists scored major victories in New York. 1. Mamdani and Democratic Socialists of America win big Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani cemented his status as a kingmaker in national races Tuesday night, as establishment Democrats fell to a trio of insurgent challengers. Mamdani-backed […]
What Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York calls the “Trump effect” could determine the outcome of the midterm elections, for better or for worse. “Almost everything in the past eight years can be described in terms of Donald Trump, and I think that this Democratic turnout increase is a Trump effect,” York said on […]
Postmaster General David Steiner will testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Steiner is set to give remarks as part of the committee’s hearing on how to reform the U.S. Postal Service’s “broken business model” before it faces bankruptcy, the committee said. In Steiner’s last testimony before […]
The July 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in seven days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. The program supports people with limited income who are blind, age 65 or older, or have another qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive varies […]
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Israel Defense Forces will not withdraw from southern Lebanon, even if the United States demands it. Katz’s comment is the first time any top Israeli official has publicly said they would go against the U.S. regarding Lebanon, after two weeks of avoidance. Stressing the danger posed to soldiers, […]
President Donald Trump claimed Iran pledged that it will not pursue any tolls or charges of any kind through the Strait of Hormuz, and that negotiations would end if it did. “Iran has informed the U.S. that, despite troublemaking Fake News reporting to the contrary, there are ‘NO TOLLS, NO INSURANCE COSTS, & NO OTHER […]
