Sen. Thom Tillis (R…kind of-N.C.) seems determined to make sure his political legacy is crystal clear: a reliable thorn in the side of his own party. He announced last June that he was calling it quits, closing the book on a career that has increasingly looked like a case study in how to alienate allies … Read more
Georgia’s Fulton County — a deep-blue political stronghold that’s already been at the center of federal scrutiny over election records — is now facing serious questions about the integrity of its voter registration rolls. Republican state leaders are sounding the alarm after an investigation revealed registrations tied to impossible or dubious addresses, duplicates, and other … Read more
President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, alleging that the agency unlawfully leaked his private tax returns in what his legal team calls a politically motivated violation of federal privacy laws. The suit, filed Monday in federal court, accuses the IRS of failing to safeguard Trump’s confidential financial information, which … Read more
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said this week that he will not run for elected office again after completing his current term, effectively ending his long career in electoral politics. Walz, a Democrat who was the party’s vice presidential nominee in 2024, made the announcement in an interview, stating that he had “no political consideration” to … Read more
President Donald Trump praised Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan in Truth Social posts, hailing them as central to his administration’s border crackdown and law-and-order push and defending Noem against growing criticism in connection with federal law enforcement efforts in Minnesota. “The Radical Left Lunatics, Insurrectionists, Agitators, and Thugs, are going … Read more
Residents across Virginia are reporting sticker shock on their electricity bills following the inauguration of Gov. Abigail Spanberger, with some consumers saying their monthly costs have soared dramatically. “I just got my energy bill for the month,” one Virginia resident said in a video shared online. “My bill has tripled.” “I usually pay around 200 … Read more
The Senate on Friday passed an amended spending package that replaces a full year of Department of Homeland Security funding with a two-week stopgap to give lawmakers more time to resolve disputes over immigration enforcement. The broader legislation still provides full-year funding for the departments of Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban … Read more
Federal authorities announced Friday that nearly 50 members and associates of the Latin Kings street gang have been arrested as part of a sweeping, multistate operation aimed at disrupting gang-related crime, drug trafficking, and violence across the United States. The effort, dubbed “Operation Broken Crown,” involved more than a dozen FBI field offices working with … Read more
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday threatened to block a government funding package supported by President Donald Trump and Senate Democrats — raising the possibility of a partial federal shutdown as lawmakers work against a looming deadline. Graham said he was frustrated by language in a House-backed version of the funding bill that would repeal … Read more
For once, common sense has broken through the progressive fog in California — and it came not from Sacramento, but from Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell. When Gov. Gavin Newsom signed his latest anti-ICE gimmick into law — a lunatic “No Secret Police Act” banning federal agents from wearing face coverings while doing … Read more