There’s an easy way to see who’s really responsible for the Schumer shutdown: just look at the media coverage. Despite Democrats’ efforts to blame Republicans — who currently hold the House, Senate, and White House — the usual wave of sympathetic media stories about suffering federal workers has been conspicuously absent. The press has gone … Read more

Politics Commentary In a rare show of unity, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a decisive victory to President Donald Trump’s administration this week, ruling 8–1 in favor of the White House on a major immigration case that could reshape executive authority over border policy. The decision — which saw several liberal justices side with Trump … Read more

Politics Commentary The modern Democratic Party has reached a level of irony so staggering it could power the Capitol dome for a year. As the so-called “Schumer Shutdown” enters yet another painful week, the same Democrats who love to chant “for the children!” are now holding those very children hostage to their political theater. For … Read more

Republican firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is set to make a high-profile appearance on The View next week. Host Whoopi Goldberg announced the news Thursday morning as the panel discussed the ongoing government shutdown and the latest political turmoil in Washington. “People in Washington are starting to say ‘my constituents.’ You know, they’re starting to … Read more

Senate Republicans delivered a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump’s trade policy on Tuesday, even as they continue to largely back him during the ongoing government shutdown. Five GOP senators joined Democrats in voting to end Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose 50% tariffs on Brazil, Fox News reported. The resolution, led by Sen. Tim … Read more

Federal prosecutors have launched a sweeping criminal investigation into whether senior leaders of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation defrauded donors who poured more than $90 million into the movement after the 2020 death of George Floyd. The Associated Press first reported that the Justice Department’s inquiry — led by the U.S. Attorney’s Office … Read more

President Donald Trump achieved a significant triumph at the U.S. Supreme Court, garnering support from normally liberal justices. The court annulled a lower court injunction that was obstructing the president from revoking the protected legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants presently living in the United States. The ruling was 8–1 in support of … Read more

FBI Director Kash Patel announced Friday that the bureau has arrested several individuals in connection with an alleged terror plot in Michigan that authorities believe was planned for this weekend. “This morning the FBI thwarted a potential terrorist attack and arrested multiple subjects in Michigan who were allegedly plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend. … Read more

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has shifted his strategy in the ongoing government shutdown, now embracing a version of a plan Republicans briefly considered — and later abandoned — to ease the shutdown’s impact on some federal workers and aid recipients. After previously withholding Democratic votes in a bid to secure an extension of … Read more

A senior aide to Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, rumored to be a possible 2028 candidate, has been arrested in a major cocaine trafficking scheme that allegedly funneled drugs into a state office building. LaMar Cook, the deputy director of Healey’s western Massachusetts office since 2023, is charged with trafficking more than 200 grams of cocaine, illegal gun … Read more