JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — An overnight exchange of fire between Afghan forces and Pakistani troops along the two countries’ tense border killed five Afghan civilians and wounded five others, while three civilians were also wounded on the Pakistani side, officials from the two countries said Saturday. Each side has blamed the other for triggering the clash in […]
The Trump administration on Friday announced plans to audit thousands of “disadvantaged” businesses contracted with the federal government, as part of an effort to root out diversity, equity, and inclusion measures embedded in the federal government. The Small Business Administration sent letters to all 4,300 participants within its 8(a) Business Development Program requiring them to […]
A proposed merger that would form the biggest local TV company the country has ever seen risks driving up monthly TV bills for tens of millions of Americans, undercutting President Donald Trump’s affordability drive ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The proposed merger between Nexstar Media Group and Tegna would put nearly 80% of U.S. […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has been conspicuously absent from Washington since her shock announcement that she would step down from Congress, missing a full week’s worth of votes as she prepares for an early retirement. Greene, who announced her resignation last month amid a messy political divorce from President Donald Trump, has missed all […]
Cellphone data helped the FBI crack the years-old Jan. 6 pipe bomber case this week. However, for years, the FBI claimed that the data didn’t exist. That detail, along with several others in a seven-page affidavit filed in the case of Brian Cole Jr. this week, has raised questions about an investigation that has captured public fascination for nearly […]
During the same week that President Donald Trump repeatedly denigrated Somali immigrants as “garbage,” he also welcomed a group of African leaders to Washington to champion a peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, ending their decadeslong bitter conflict. The contrast between Trump’s disgust at the Somali immigrants in Minnesota and his […]
New York City Councilman Chi Ossé announced Friday he is dropping plans to oust House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), citing a lack of support from left-wing colleagues. Ossé, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, filed to challenge Jeffries in the primary this fall. His campaign is now ending after failing to garner […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) on Friday warned Republicans against banking on victories during the 2026 elections in areas President Donald Trump won last year. “I think Republicans have an issue that Donald Trump has created a big pool of voters, but some of them are unique to him, right?” the Florida governor said during an […]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) on Friday revealed that he will forgo a bid for reelection, putting to rest questions about his future that were triggered after Texas’s political maps were redrawn this year. “I will continue working with the same urgency and determination as if next year were my last, which in public office it […]
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) on Friday asked New Orleans police to cooperate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other government agents targeting illegal immigrants in the city. The Trump administration sent ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents to Louisiana’s largest city earlier this week to detain illegal immigrants and violent criminals […]
