Alaska voters head to the polls Aug. 18 for one of the final primary elections before the November midterm elections, with competitive races for the Senate, House, and governor drawing national attention. Here’s what to know before election day: Senate: A key race for control of the chamber The Senate race is expected to be […]
Democrats have erupted over the Trump administration’s plans to outfit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers with gloves that are capable of delivering an electric shock. The plan was meant to give federal immigration officers a nonlethal way to deal with violent agitators and illegal immigrants who interfere with law enforcement operations following four fatal […]
The second round of August Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in three days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, Aug. 19. The first round went out on Aug. 12 to those born between the […]
The Trump administration’s decision to let a Texas gun ruling take effect without an emergency appeal opened a limited path for people covered by the order to acquire suppressors and certain other firearms without the burdensome requirements of going through the National Firearms Act’s registration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives preapproval […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) touted a new campaign website on Saturday meant to highlight the ascension of socialism in the Democratic Party as he embarks on a nationwide campaign tour ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Johnson said voters around the country understand the “common sense vs. crazy” contrast between Republicans and […]
The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday that Iran attacked a state-owned oil vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz for the third time this week. Two ships owned by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company were also struck by drones on Thursday, reflecting a late-week escalation in tensions over the international waterway. Iranian forces have […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), a potential 2028 presidential candidate, called on Democrats to investigate bank officials from the 2008 financial crisis, leaders who started the war in Iraq, and other “powerful” Americans if Democrats take back the House as a result of the 2026 midterm elections. “The bankers who caused the great financial crash in […]
Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher slammed Democratic socialists’ progressive agenda, arguing that it’s ‘so divorced’ from what everyday Americans actually want. “Like men and women’s sports, like voter ID, it’s an 80/20 issue. It’s so divorced. Progressive activism is just so divorced from what ordinary people want, which is ‘don’t lock up the […]
At least 47 people were killed and dozens were injured in eastern Indonesia after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, one of the largest the region had experienced in decades, struck north of Flores Island on Saturday. The initial earthquake hit at 5:58 a.m. local time, according to the United States Geological Survey, about a thousand miles east […]
Anthony Fauci has declined to appear for a second congressional testimony before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee following a vote to hold him in contempt of Congress. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), the chairman of the committee’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, announced on Friday that Fauci’s lawyers informed him that the former top […]
