President Donald Trump likely got everything he was hoping to gain from his meeting with avowed socialist New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, according to a noted political analyst. In an interview Monday with Fox News’ Jesse Watters, commentator and Valuetainment founder Patrick Bet-David described how he thought the meeting went behind closed doors. “I … Read more
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken into custody on Saturday after a judge concluded there was credible evidence suggesting he might attempt to flee Brazil to avoid serving a lengthy prison sentence. Bolsonaro, who has remained a polarizing and influential figure in Brazilian politics, has been under legal scrutiny for more than a year … Read more
For years, thousands of veterans’ family members struggled through long, frustrating delays while seeking health care coverage through the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs — a program more widely known as CHAMPVA. Under the previous administration, applications often piled up for months at a time, leaving many dependents, caregivers, … Read more
The Justice Department announced that it has charged 14 members of an “extensive alien smuggling organization,” while eight other people were also arrested for smuggling hundreds of illegal migrants into the U.S. A grand jury in Las Cruces, New Mexico, returned an indictment against 14 individuals for conspiracy to transport, harbor, and bring illegal aliens … Read more
All twelve members of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board resigned over President Donald Trump’s crackdown on the broken foreign student system that’s taken over America’s colleges and universities. “Effective immediately, members of the Congressionally mandated Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board voted overwhelmingly to resign from the board, rather than endorse unprecedented actions that we believe are impermissible … Read more
Democratic Tennessee congressional candidate Aftyn Behn was dragged out of the office of Republican Gov. Bill Lee as she screamed and sobbed during a 2019 protest, according to resurfaced footage. Behn and other women with the activist group Enough Is Enough Tennessee staged a sit-in inside the state capitol and demanded to speak with Lee … Read more
The administration is reaching out to Democratic mayors and governors to broaden President Donald Trump’s crime-fighting initiatives nationwide. Attorney General Pam Bondi, in Memphis, Tenn., this week as part of that effort, touted the success of the Memphis Safe Task Force, the Washington Reporter noted. She was joined by Sens. Bill Hagerty (R., Tenn.) and Marsha … Read more
China has dismissed its outspoken trade negotiator Li Chenggang as the country’s lead representative to the World Trade Organization. The move comes just days after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly referred to him as “unhinged” following a heated outburst. Li, 58, was dismissed from his post as part of a wider diplomatic reshuffling ordered … Read more
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is turning up the heat on Bill and Hillary Clinton, ordering the former first couple to sit for depositions next month as part of the panel’s deep dive into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — or risk being held in contempt of Congress. Comer first subpoenaed the Clintons … Read more
U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) announced Thursday that she will not be seeking re-election in 2026. Velázquez, who was first elected in 1992, joins a number of longtime Democrats whom have also announced their retirements ahead of the pivotal midterm cycle. Velázquez, 72, told the New York Times that she felt it was necessary to … Read more