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A top official in President Donald Trump’s Justice Department told colleagues that he has been asked to look into clemency granted by former President Joe Biden to members of his family and death row convicts during his final days in office. Ed Martin, the Justice Department’s pardon attorney, stated in an email obtained by Reuters … Read more
Two Chinese nationals have been charged with acting as agents of the People’s Republic of China’s government, accused of gathering intelligence on U.S. Navy personnel and bases while recruiting other military members to work for China’s primary foreign intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), according to a Monday report. The Department of Justice … Read more
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced on X on Monday that President Donald Trump backs her bill calling for an immediate new census to exclude non-citizens from the population counts used for congressional districting. “I just got off the phone with President Trump!!” wrote Greene on X, adding, “I told him about my new bill … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer forced a name change for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” just before it cleared the upper house of Congress. While Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., chaired the Senate, Schumer raised a point of order against lines three through five on the first page of the legislative plan, which read, “SHORT … Read more
Freshman Republican Congressman Brandon Gill of Texas ignited a political firestorm this week after publicly calling for the deportation of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a U.S. citizen and elected lawmaker, to her country of birth, Somalia. In a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Gill wrote: “America would be a better place if … Read more
A majority of Americans disapprove of the job Democrats in Congress are doing, according to a Marist/NPR/PBS News poll released Tuesday. Only 27% of registered voters approved of congressional Democrats’ performance, down from 39% in February 2024. Meanwhile, 58% disapproved of Democratic leadership in Congress, and 15% remained unsure, the survey found. Democrats were nearly … Read more
A quiet but consequential development in Washington this week may signal a new direction for America’s long-term energy strategy. While partisan gridlock remains the norm across many key issues, one recent vote revealed a striking exception: the U.S. Senate, in a rare moment of broad bipartisan agreement, passed a piece of legislation aimed at transforming … Read more
A former congressman who once supported eliminating the IRS has just been confirmed as the agency’s new leader. Billy Long, the former Republican congressman from Missouri, was confirmed by the Senate in a 53-44 vote to become the next IRS Commissioner. He now takes the reins of an agency in chaos—staffing cuts, internal meltdowns, and … Read more
World leaders from across the globe convened in The Hague on Tuesday, 24 June, for a pivotal NATO summit—an event set against a backdrop of high-stakes diplomacy and pressing global tensions. With delegates from 32 member nations in attendance, including major players such as U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister … Read more
A high-profile public figure has made headlines after commenting on the immigration status of a well-known British royal living in the United States. Questions have recently surfaced regarding the royal’s U.S. visa eligibility, sparked by a Washington-based think tank’s claim that past admissions of drug use may have conflicted with immigration policies. Despite the ongoing … Read more