President Donald Trump is standing by politically problematic loyalists, keeping them in his administration despite, in some cases, congressional misgivings. Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to become U.S. special counsel until this week, withdrew his nomination on Tuesday, one day before his delayed confirmation hearing, because he lacked support from Republican senators after reports from CNN […]

President Donald Trump called for the “federal government” to be deployed in Chicago, Illinois, after a weekend of violence in the city in which 25 people were shot. Four people were killed and 21 others were wounded, according to reports. A 14-year-old boy and a 68-year-old senior citizen were among the shooting victims in the […]

New York City mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa tried to land a decisive blow against Zohran Mamdani one last time in the last debate before early voting began. Mamdani leads the two by double digits, a clear lead that hasn’t budged since a largely unremarkable debate last week. While analysts have largely said […]

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the U.S. military carried out its second strike in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday on a vessel he said was part of a terrorist organization engaged in “narco-trafficking.” Like previous operations, this strike was approved by President Donald Trump. “Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War […]