An offhand remark from the prime minister of Japan has roiled Beijing, unleashing an onslaught of accusations and even threats of decapitation from Chinese officials. The Chinese Communist Party is demanding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract an assertion she made last week, calling a hypothetical invasion of Taiwan a “survival-threatening situation” to Japan. Under […]
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino slammed Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Thursday for implying that the bureau is targeting investigators in the Washington, D.C., pipe bomb case. Massie posted a letter on Wednesday from an FBI whistleblower’s attorney who raised concerns about the bureau allegedly moving to retaliate against his client for making a protected […]
A Georgia mayor on Wednesday stood by an ordinance prohibiting guns in unlocked vehicles after a state judge issued a ruling declaring it unconstitutional. The policy, which has been challenged by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, requires firearms left in vehicles to be “securely stored” in compartments or in a locked trunk. Savannah Mayor Van […]
Seattle‘s mayoral election was called on Wednesday night in favor of self-described socialist Katie Wilson, who took down incumbent Bruce Harrell by a razor-thin margin. Wilson campaigned on the platform of making Seattle “Trump proof,” advocated strict gun reform, promised city-owned grocery stores, and pledged to raise taxes on wealthier households. She has often been […]
Rev. Jesse Jackson, a Civil Rights activist recognized as a leader on the Left, was hospitalized this week with a neurodegenerative condition. Jackson, 84, was admitted to a local hospital, where he is under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy, a condition he has faced for over a decade, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition announced Wednesday evening. […]
Former Department of Government Efficiency leader Elon Musk threw his full support behind Rep. Byron Donalds’s (R-FL) bid for Florida governor. Donalds has already been endorsed by President Donald Trump, but Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has yet to make an endorsement in the race, as there’s been speculation that his wife, Casey DeSantis, is weighing […]
The senators who bucked their fellow Democrats to help reopen the government are largely immune from progressive fury due to retirements and the absence of 2026 reelections, but the plotline could thicken for some midterm Senate candidates. In particular, the contentious battleground primary already in full swing in Maine may be supercharged by the shutdown-ending […]
EXCLUSIVE – Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is pressing his Republican challengers in Georgia’s 2026 Senate race to take a stand on whether they’ll support a House effort to force the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. “Even Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling out President Donald Trump’s broken promises,” Ossoff said in a statement to the […]
Bill Pulte’s days with the Trump administration seem numbered, as MAGA allies have soured on proposals coming out of his office aimed at solving President Donald Trump’s affordability problem. Pulte, Trump’s Federal Housing Finance Agency director, has been the subject of several damaging headlines after successfully petitioning Trump to back a 50-year mortgage option as […]
The Democrats’ aggressive response to the redistricting war with the GOP has helped the party stave off dramatic losses of congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, as they seek to retake control of at least one branch in Congress. Yet the successful counterattacks against the GOP could be wiped out next year if […]
