Tensions escalated outside the ICE facility in South Portland on Tuesday night, where federal officers deployed pepper balls from the roof, patrolled nearby streets, and arrested at least four individuals. The four people were taken into the facility, though at least one was later released. Authorities did not immediately disclose what charges, if any, the … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is increasingly drawing heat from both sides of the aisle for his refusal to back a clean continuing resolution bill to keep the government funded into November. Schumer, who in the past has opposed shutdowns, is being waylaid by Republicans as expected, but also from some Democratic circles and … Read more
Utah State University briefly evacuated one of its landmark buildings on Tuesday after a suspicious package was discovered just hours before a scheduled Turning Point USA event featuring several high-profile Republican figures. Police and bomb squad officers detonated the device as a precaution, declaring the campus safe roughly an hour later. The incident unfolded at … Read more
About two months before the 2021 Virginia governor’s race, Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s campaign imploded when he said the quiet part out loud: “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” In one sentence, McAuliffe perfectly summed up the Democratic Party’s arrogance—dismissing parents and siding with the education bureaucracy over families. That … Read more
A Texas judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining order preventing former congressman Beto O’Rourke and his nonprofit from providing financial support to state Democrats who left Texas to delay a contentious redistricting plan. The decision, handed down in response to a suit brought by Attorney General Ken Paxton, represents an immediate legal setback for … Read more
Donald Trump is going all in on his crackdown on crime in major cities. On Tuesday, he suggested to a gathering of military leaders to use these American cities as “training grounds” for the military due to “a war from within.” Donald Trump met with top generals and admirals in Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday. That … Read more
Three members of the Senate Democratic caucus broke with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday and voted for a House Republican-drafted bill to fund the government through Nov. 21, showing that Democrats disagree on how hard to go after the Trump administration. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), who is part of the Senate … Read more
America is in the middle of a government shutdown, fueled largely by intransigence from two New York Democrats: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. For Schumer, the shift is especially striking. Just months ago, he warned that even the threat of a shutdown would be catastrophic — a position Senate … Read more
Vice President JD Vance used a decades-old video clip of then-Rep. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to rip the current Senate minority leader over his refusal to back a spending plan to keep the government open. Vance retweeted a clip of Schumer on the floor of the House of Representatives in 1996 railing against providing taxpayer-funded benefits … Read more
Senate Majority Leader and South Dakota Sen. John Thune has predicted a mutiny in the Democrat Party, with enough Democrat senators joining Republicans to reopen the government as soon as Wednesday. “I honestly, you know, I think there are a lot of them over there who know that their leadership is walking them off the … Read more