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MTG says she was denied security detail despite 773 death threats

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) revealed she was denied an extra security detail despite reporting over 700 death threats over the course of four years. U.S. Capitol Police received 773 reports of death threats from Greene’s office since she joined Congress in 2021. According to Greene, “all of the death threats came from the ‘left’ […]

Bessent says Omar ‘gaslighting’ public as Treasury investigates alleged Minnesota welfare fraud

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ripped Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for “gaslighting the American people” about allegations of widespread fraud from the Minnesota Somali community. After reports surfaced of a widespread fraud scheme in Minnesota allegedly largely orchestrated by Somali asylum-seekers, President Donald Trump terminated temporary protected status for Somalis in Minnesota. Bessent followed Trump’s announcement […]

Cuellar says he doesn’t ‘vote party’ after Trump cries betrayal following pardon

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) described himself as “probably the most bipartisan individual” in response to President Donald Trump’s questioning his “loyalty” for remaining a Democrat after the president pardoned him. Cuellar drew Trump’s ire on Sunday when he announced he would seek reelection as a Democrat, days after he and his wife received a presidential […]

Omar hits Trump over ‘unhealthy obsession’ with Minnesota’s Somali community

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) called President Donald Trump’s comments on the American Somali community “completely disgusting” on Sunday. During a Cabinet meeting last week, Trump railed against Somalis, saying he doesn’t “want them in our country.” His tirade came after reports of fraud within the Minnesota Somali community led Trump to terminate temporary protected status […]

Duckworth accuses US of murder over ‘double tap’ on boat strike survivors

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) said the Trump administration committed a “war crime” over the report of its “double tap” order to kill survivors of an alleged drug-carrying vessel. War Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon are the target of scrutiny over the strikes on boats suspected to be carrying narcotics from Venezuela, with a recent […]

Trump rips Cuellar’s ‘lack of loyalty’ for running as Democrat in reelection bid after pardon

President Donald Trump railed against Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) for running for reelection as a Democrat after Trump pardoned him. Trump pardoned Cuellar and his wife on Wednesday after the couple was indicted on corruption charges under former President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice. The Texas border district congressman was indicted in May 2024 on charges of […]

GOP senator ‘can’t answer’ whether he would confirm Hegseth today

Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) refused to answer whether he would vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of war when asked Sunday. CNN anchor Dana Bash posed the question to the freshman Utah senator on State of the Union. Bash’s question comes on the heels of a Senate briefing regarding a follow-up strike that targeted […]

Ukraine hit by ‘massive’ Russian attack hours after US-Zelensky call

Following a successful phone call between the U.S. peace delegation and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, Russia launched another aerial attack on Ukraine, Ukrainian officials say. Zelensky confirmed the Russian attack on X on Sunday, saying it was the latest series of strikes in a week that saw over 1,600 attack drones hit the nation. Zelensky’s […]

Trump launches investigation into whether anti-competition affects food affordability

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday to establish a task force to “remedy any anti-competitive behavior” in the U.S. food supply. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson will create the Food Supply Chain Security Task Force. Trump instructed the force to “take all necessary and appropriate actions to […]

Lawfare targeting Trump’s gender order threatens protected status for women

A federal lawsuit filed against President Donald Trump’s executive order defining sex by biology could threaten women’s status as a protected class. Alongside left-wing litigator Democracy Forward, the American Civil Liberties Union lodged a class action complaint last month on behalf of lead plaintiff LeAnne Withrow, a transgender member of the Illinois National Guard, and […]
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