A political outsider has rocketed to the top of Kansas’s Republican gubernatorial primary, reshaping the race overnight and challenging the bipartisan image Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly projected in her final State of the State address this week. Philip Sarnecki, a Johnson County businessman and first-time candidate, has smashed every fundraising record in Kansas gubernatorial history, … Read more

The State Department will permanently terminate U.S. foreign assistance to Somalia after the country’s government demolished a warehouse holding 76 metric tons of American donated food, a senior administration official told The Daily Wire. According to a diplomatic cable from the U.S. Embassy in Somalia dated January 6, Somali authorities demolished the World Food Programme … Read more

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has ended protective services for Lance Twiggs, the romantic partner and former roommate of Tyler Robinson, the man charged in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to law enforcement sources. Twiggs had been under FBI protection for several months following Robinson’s arrest in connection with the Sept. … Read more

The State Department announced that it has barred five prominent European officials and activists from entering the United States, accusing them of leading coordinated efforts to pressure American tech companies to censor U.S. citizens’ speech online. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the move marks the first enforcement action under a new visa policy, unveiled in May, … Read more

Former federal prosecutor Joe diGenova said Saturday that the U.S. House of Representatives could vote to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas to provide testimony regarding Jeffrey Epstein, but he predicted that criminal charges from a Washington, D.C., grand jury would be … Read more

Minneapolis’ long-term housing strategy is under federal scrutiny after the Department of Housing and Urban Development opened a fair housing investigation into the city’s Minneapolis 2040 plan, the federal government announced Thursday. HUD said it is examining whether elements of the plan violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair … Read more

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem clashed with CNN anchor Jake Tapper over her remarks following a deadly shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minnesota. After a Minneapolis ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, Noem said at a news conference that Good was engaging in “domestic terrorism” and attempting to … Read more

The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest that disrupted a church service Sunday at Cities Church in St. Paul, federal officials said, raising questions about the balance between protest activity and protections for religious worship. Video of the incident shows a group of demonstrators entering the church sanctuary during … Read more

House Speaker Mike Johnson said that “Bidenomics,” which is marked by high government spending, caused inflation and the current economic problems. Johnson pointed to several successful Republican policies that he says lowered inflation and grew the economy, particularly lower gas prices and strong growth. During an interview Monday on Fox News, Johnson spoke with co-hosts … Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed with the conviction of a Montana man who hit a police officer. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the unanimous opinion for the court in Case v. Montana. The court said that police officers in Anaconda, Montana, did not break the Fourth Amendment when they entered William Case’s home without a warrant. The … Read more