House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is meeting with President Donald Trump on Thursday in a bid to iron out a debacle involving a bipartisan housing reform bill and election integrity legislation. The controversy sparked on Wednesday morning, when Trump shocked Capitol Hill by canceling the signing of the major housing bill, which the lower chamber […]
The Department of Justice is giving California the chance to avoid a federal lawsuit one week before the state implements a ban on semiautomatic Glock-style handguns. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Wednesday, asking them to enter pre-suit […]
Microsoft founder Bill Gates viewed Jeffrey Epstein as an enigmatic figure with inexplicable wealth but met with him over a dozen times in a bid to collect sweeping donations for global health, according to his testimony to Congress. Gates testified on his relationship with Epstein on June 10 before the House Oversight and Government Reform […]
The SAVE America Act barely came up at a Wednesday lunch with Senate Republicans that turned into a vent session for President Donald Trump. The Iran war consumed much of the closed-door meeting, which took place one day after the Senate passed a measure to limit his war powers, and Trump was fuming over the […]
France confirmed an Ebola case on Wednesday, marking the first recorded case in Europe since the outbreak began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May. The infected individual is a French humanitarian doctor who had been working in the Congo. Authorities said he was transported to a specialized medical facility equipped to treat […]
Billionaires can buy television ads, consultants, and campaign infrastructure. What they can’t buy is votes. That’s the lesson Maryland congressional candidate David Trone learned Tuesday night after dumping millions of his own dollars into a losing race. Trone is part of a growing list of wealthy candidates who discovered that personal wealth is no guarantee of political […]
President Donald Trump’s administration appears unconcerned with the Islamic Republic of Iran’s gloating and insults about the peace plan signed this month, but is willing to make serious threats when Tehran negotiators consider breaking the agreement. Iranian leaders seem to have zero fear that trash-talking the Americans could blow up their memorandum of understanding with […]
New York socialist House candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier co-founded a pro-Hamas group that led protesters at Columbia University and called for “death to America.” Chevalier, who won the Tuesday Democratic primary for New York’s 13th Congressional District, “helped launch” the radical group in 2016 as a Columbia graduate, according to her profile on the anti-Israel publication The […]
Postmaster General David Steiner ran into a fiscal hawk wall on Wednesday as he pleaded for the Senate to help the U.S. Postal Service out of its dire financial situation. The USPS head has been warning that the service would run out of funds by the end of 2026 since the start of the year, […]
The owner of a Northern California winery asked the Supreme Court to halt the collection of nearly $4 million in fines levied against it by Napa County, as she appeals the penalties the county imposed for hosting routine wine tastings. She says the fines, which she notes punish ordinary activity for which her business was […]
