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In many respects — from their backgrounds and policy positions to their ages — President Donald Trump and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani are starkly different. Yet the parallels in how both men built their political appeal set the stage for their first face-to-face meeting in the Oval Office on Friday. In a remarkable shift … Read more
Texas’ newly redrawn Republican-friendly congressional map is back in place, at least for now, after Justice Samuel Alito temporarily restored the map while the full U.S. Supreme Court considers whether a lower court was correct in striking it down. The map is expected to net Republicans up to five additional seats in the 2026 midterm … Read more
It’s not often that a Grammy-winning artist finds himself at the center of one of the largest campaign-finance scandals in modern American politics. But that is exactly where Prakazrel “Pras” Michel — rapper, producer, and founding member of the iconic group the Fugees — landed. After years of investigations, hearings, and legal twists, Michel has … Read more
The connection between Jeffrey Epstein and some of thmost recognizable political figures of the past several decades is once again in the national spotlight. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has taken a major step in expanding his committee’s investigation into the disgraced financier, formally ordering former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of … Read more
Bill Gates maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, but his former wife, Melinda French Gates, prohibited further contact between the two, according to newly disclosed text messages. The communications — part of Gates’s exchanges with Epstein — were included in the latest batch of Epstein-related documents released this month, according to materials reviewed by RadarOnline.com. … Read more
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Thursday that although he holds significant policy differences with President Donald Trump, he intends to work with the administration on any initiatives that he believes will benefit New Yorkers. Mamdani is scheduled to meet with Trump at the White House on Friday at 3 p.m. ET. It will … Read more
A resolution denouncing the “horrors of socialism” was approved by the House by a vote of 285-98 on Friday morning, just hours before President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Zohran Mamdani, the incoming Democratic socialist mayor of New York. Republicans and 86 Democrats approved the measure. Two others voted present. No Republican voted … Read more
With less than a week before candidates can begin filing for the 2026 elections, a panel of three federal judges in El Paso has yet to decide whether Texas will use its newly approved congressional maps or revert to the existing 2021 boundaries. The judges held a 10-day hearing in October to review the legality … Read more
Top House Republicans have quietly barred Rep. Dan Crenshaw from participating in any foreign travel for the next three months after what sources described as an alcohol-related incident during an official congressional delegation to Mexico, according to new reporting from Punchbowl News. The restriction, imposed by GOP leadership, prevents the Texas congressman from joining any … Read more
Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, a member of the Fugees, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in illegally directing millions of dollars in foreign funds into Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. Michel, 52, declined to make a statement before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly announced the sentence on Thursday. He was convicted … Read more