(The Center Square) – A Mexican national has been charged with illegally possessing and firing a loaded handgun in Chicago near immigration enforcement actions last year. Federal prosecutors allege Hector Gomez brandished a firearm at a victim on Nov. 8, 2025. Shortly after, Chicago police officers found the gun in Gomez’s lap while he was […]
The United States is facing a crisis as its two allies in Syria clash in the war-torn city of Aleppo, the fiercest fighting yet between the Syrian government and Kurdish forces. The U.S.’s main ally in Syria during the civil war was the Syrian Democratic Forces, a militia network primarily made up of Kurds. After […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) authorized the Minnesota National Guard to assist law enforcement on Thursday as tensions rose following an immigration enforcement officer-involved shooting. The move signals the governor is inching closer to a full mobilization of the state’s National Guard in response to the death of Renee Nicole Good, who was killed by an […]
EXCLUSIVE — Republicans are increasingly bullish on their ability to make inroads in the Democratic stronghold of Minnesota after a fraud scandal that rocked the state and contributed to the retirement of Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN). New internal polling from a GOP campaign arm, first provided to the Washington Examiner, suggests the two declared Democratic candidates for […]
Seventeen House Republicans helped deliver Democrats a rare legislative victory on healthcare Thursday after voting to pass a three-year extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies opposed by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). The outcome served as a rare rebuke of leadership and a display of how Democrats could exploit narrow House margins despite GOP control of Congress […]
A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty on Thursday to killing his parents last year and stealing their money to fund his plot to assassinate President Donald Trump, who survived two assassination attempts before returning to the White House for a second term. Nikita Casap, 18, entered his guilty plea on two counts of first-degree intentional homicide […]
A Democrat-led effort to revive enhanced Obamacare subsidies passed the House on Thursday, marking a high-profile setback for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and the Republicans opposed to the Biden-era benefit. Seventeen Republicans broke ranks with the rest of their party in a House vote on whether to renew the COVID-19-era subsidies for another three years. […]
A shooting at a Salt Lake City Mormon church came after a dispute between attendees of a funeral at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who knew each other, police said. The shooting left two people dead and injured six. Five of the injured remain hospitalized, and no arrests have been made. Authorities […]
The Senate voted Thursday to display a commemorative plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. The vote directs the Architect of the Capitol to display a previously commissioned plaque honoring the Capitol Police who responded Jan. 6 in a publicly accessible location in the Senate […]
January marked the start of the United States of America’s 250th anniversary and an effort to increase volunteer service along with it. Over 50,000 volunteer opportunities nationwide are coordinated by America 250, a bipartisan nonprofit organization commissioned by Congress to celebrate America’s semiquincentennial. This new initiative is in partnership with almost 40 national corporations and […]
