EXCLUSIVE — A watchdog group is investigating the State Department over its crafting of an internal memo reportedly used to try to discredit reporting on its ties to activists accused of censoring conservative media outlets, documents show. Functional Government Initiative, a group “dedicated to improving the American public’s awareness about the officials, decisions, and priorities […]

Fans at Wednesday’s American League playoff game in Detroit will be buzzed by a Democratic National Committee banner declaring former President Donald Trump a labor “scab.” In the hours leading up to the 3:08 p.m. game between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians at Comerica Park, the DNC said it would fly a banner that […]

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Wednesday for the first time in several weeks as the Middle East teeters on the brink of an all-out conflict. The two leaders have a relationship dating back decades, but it has strained over the course of the last year, since Hamas carried out […]

The Illinois secretary of state revoked five residents’ license plates that reference the Oct. 7 attacks. The office of Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, a Democrat, said the plates were revoked after being deemed “hate speech or fighting words,” as some believe the plates paid homage to Hamas’s attack on Israel last October. Some […]