President Donald Trump’s decision to abruptly fire Attorney General Pam Bondi followed weeks of mounting frustration inside the White House, where aides and allies increasingly viewed her as falling short of the president’s expectations for the Justice Department. Trump confirmed Thursday that Bondi would be replaced by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, elevating his former […]

While acting as outside counsel for ActBlue, its then-law firm, Covington & Burling, wrote memos to the Democratic payment processor warning that it may have misled Congress regarding its efforts to block foreign donations, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Back in 2023, Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) and then-Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) raised concerns […]

The leader of a British association was detained this week on allegations of harassment for hanging national flags in public against the local council’s orders. Ryan Bridge, the founder of the U.K.-based group Raise the Colours, was arrested on Tuesday by Thames Valley police “on suspicion of causing racially and religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or […]

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) declared an energy emergency in Michigan counties on Thursday, citing the Iran war’s impact on gas prices.  “As governor, I can’t end a war overseas or undo bad policies at the federal level that led to higher gas prices, but I will do what I can to try to give families […]