A new round of legal challenges involving Tim Mynett, the husband of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), has renewed public attention on the couple. Mynett, a political consultant turned venture capitalist, is named in a lawsuit alleging fraud and breach of contract related to eStCru, a California-based wine company in which he is a partner. … Read more
A Utah judge on Monday ordered the release of a transcript from a closed-door hearing held in October that addressed whether the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk should be shackled during court proceedings. State District Judge Tony Graf said public transparency is “foundational” to the judicial system before directing the release of … Read more
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who was sworn in at midnight and again publicly several hours later, used his first full day in office on Thursday to issue new executive orders focused on landlords and housing development. Mamdani said the city would also pursue what he described as “precedent-setting action” to intervene in a … Read more
President Donald Trump spent the first year of his second term issuing an unprecedented volume of executive orders aimed at rapidly advancing his policy agenda, including sweeping reductions to federal agencies, a hardline immigration crackdown, and the use of emergency authority to impose broad tariffs on U.S. trading partners. The pace of Trump’s executive actions … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a 5-4 ruling to uphold a California animal welfare law passed by state voters, which requires all pork sold in the state to meet certain humane standards. California voters passed the measure in 2018, which strengthened space requirements for egg-laying hens, breeding pigs, and calves raised for veal that were … Read more
A great deal of attention has rightly been focused on the massive fraud scandal engulfing Minnesota’s social services system. The scale alone has been impossible to ignore. But that’s no longer the only red flag. A report from Scott Presler, founder of Early Vote Action, has shifted some of the spotlight to another deeply troubling … Read more
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Tom Homan shared some tragic news when he spoke at the Republican National Lawyers Association’s annual policy conference. At the event on Friday, he shared the story of ICE recently rescuing a pregnant 14-year-old girl who had been trafficked. “We just found one two days ago. A 14-year-old little … Read more
The Department of Justice announced Friday a two-count indictment against a Florida man accused of making online threats to kill interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba. The suspect, identified as 58-year-old Salvatore Russotto of Orlando, allegedly posted a series of threats on the social media platform X. According to law enforcement, Russotto repeatedly … Read more
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), one of the few remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald Trump after the January 6 protests, announced Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, marking the end of a three-decade political career in Washington state and Congress. “I am announcing today that I will not seek … Read more
The husband of the Biden-appointed judge who ruled earlier this week that federal immigration agents must obtain individual arrest warrants on all suspected illegal aliens before detaining them has a financial interest in seeing President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts halted, according to a new report. Independent journalist Laura Loomer, in a lengthy X post, … Read more