Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has instructed U.S. intelligence agencies to evaluate the feasibility of conducting random polygraph tests for employees and contractors, according to officials familiar with the directive. The proposed tests would include questions aimed at determining whether individuals have leaked classified information to the media, part of a broader effort to … Read more
Authorities have arrested a Florida man in connection with the Palisades Fire, the catastrophic blaze that tore through Los Angeles earlier this year, leaving 12 people dead and destroying thousands of homes in one of the city’s most affluent communities. Federal prosecutors identified the suspect as 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht, who allegedly set the fire intentionally … Read more
President Donald Trump has issued a stark ultimatum to congressional Democrats: reopen the federal government or face widespread layoffs and program cuts across multiple agencies. Speaking from the Oval Office on Tuesday alongside Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump signaled that his patience with the ongoing budget standoff was wearing thin, setting a rough deadline … Read more
As the Schumer Shutdown drags on, the woman rumored to be eyeing a 2028 primary challenge against the embattled Senate Minority Leader has been busy making a spectacle of herself. Instead of offering serious leadership or solutions, she’s been stirring up drama and indulging in the kind of obnoxious political antics that perfectly sum up … Read more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for President Trump to remove three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), marking the second time the justices have allowed his terminations at independent agencies to stand. The emergency order overrides a lower court ruling that had blocked the firings and ordered the reinstatement of … Read more
A Florida man has been arrested in connection with the Palisades Fire, the deadliest and most destructive blaze in Los Angeles history, which killed 12 people and caused an estimated $150 billion in damage earlier this year. Authorities identified the suspect as Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, alleging that he intentionally ignited the fire in the Pacific … Read more
A previously united front of Democratic opposition in the U.S. Senate began to break this week as three Democrats crossed party lines to back a Republican proposal aimed at reopening the federal government. The shutdown, now in its seventh day, is nearing the point when federal workers will begin missing paychecks, intensifying pressure on both … Read more
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued a blunt ultimatum Tuesday to Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, warning that the Biden administration’s legal battles with the city won’t stop her from sending “four times the amount of federal officers” if local officials continue to resist cooperating with federal security operations. Noem flew to Portland to tour the … Read more
FBI Director Kash Patel has revealed that the bureau has fired multiple agents who were implicated in a domestic spying operation that targeted at least ten Republican congress members in an effort to “fortify” the 2020 election. The Republican senators, all of them Trump supporters, had their phone activity monitored because they were expected to … Read more
Democratic-aligned voting rights organizations are bracing for what they describe as a potential crisis if the U.S. Supreme Court moves to weaken a central provision of the Voting Rights Act, one of the nation’s cornerstone civil rights laws. The concern centers on Louisiana v. Callais, a case the justices are set to rehear on October … Read more