A federal appeals court rejected President Donald Trump‘s bid to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, issuing an order on Thursday that downplayed the Trump administration’s claims of unrest over federal immigration operations in the city. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit declined to lift a lower district […]

Pope Leo XIV has appointed a prominent liberal bishop from the United States to the commission responsible for managing Vatican City’s civil governance. The Holy See announced on Wednesday that it selected Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, to join the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, the governing body. Some Catholics frustrated by Cupich’s […]

The Justice Department charged voting machine company Smartmatic with conspiring to bribe foreign officials and money laundering in an alleged effort to win business in the Philippines. Several executives from the company allegedly bribed election officials in the Philippines with more than $1 million. The payments were made between 2015 and 2018 and were aimed at […]

Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is consistently leading in GOP primary polling for the state’s 2026 Senate election despite raising far less than his other Republican opponents. Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) is leading the pack in fundraising, raising over $1.3 million in the third quarter. Businessman Nate Morris trailed Barr, bringing in over $1.006 […]