WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is increasingly signaling that Vice President JD Vance is his preferred heir to the MAGA movement, according to multiple White House insiders, though the president has stopped short of offering a formal endorsement for the 2028 Republican nomination. The reports suggest Trump has moved away from privately weighing Vance against Secretary of […]
Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith said this week that while he remains sharply critical of President Donald Trump’s behavior, he believes the tens of millions of Americans who voted for the president should not be condemned simply because of their political choice. Smith made the remarks during a conversation with Barrett Media CEO and founder Jason Barrett […]
The Trump administration is suing Maryland and accusing the state of deliberately obstructing federal immigration enforcement through a recently enacted law that limits cooperation between local authorities and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court, argues that Maryland’s Community Trust Act unlawfully interferes with the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration […]
A coalition led by the National Rifle Association has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois’ 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases, arguing the law violates the Second Amendment by forcing law-abiding citizens to delay taking possession of firearms even after passing background checks. The lawsuit, Pearlstein v. Raoul, was filed in the U.S. District Court […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) says he and a congressional delegation were briefly detained by armed Israeli settlers while visiting the occupied West Bank, describing the incident as an unfiltered, firsthand look at the conditions Palestinians face under occupation. Khanna told Reuters the encounter occurred Wednesday while he was touring the ruins of Khirbet Zanuta, a […]
A Christian advocacy group is sounding the alarm after reporting that a West Bank village came under attack Thursday, warning the violence could spread to the region’s last entirely Christian town. According to the Vulnerable People Project, more than 100 Israeli settlers entered the Palestinian village of Deir Jarir under the protection of Israeli security […]
Pennsylvania’s two senators are taking bipartisan cooperation to a level rarely seen in Washington. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman and Republican Sen. Dave McCormick have launched a joint fundraising committee, an uncommon move for sitting senators from opposing parties that highlights their growing political partnership. Joint fundraising committees are normally used by members of the same […]
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) has granted a full pardon to an Albanian refugee whose decades-old second-degree murder conviction placed him at risk of deportation, a move that supporters say could allow federal immigration authorities to terminate removal proceedings against him. Whitmer issued the pardon on July 2 to Deda Malota Margilaj, 74, who was […]
This will be one of the more embarrassing stories on the cell block. According to numerous reports (and Luke McCoy), convicted felon Brandon Harper of Atlanta opened fire on another man during a verbal altercation. His intended victim returned fire and, as it turns out, was a better shot. The 38-year-old Harper apparently missed the […]
FBI Director Kash Patel was summoned to the White House on Friday after abruptly canceling a planned trip to Chicago, fueling fresh speculation about his standing inside the Trump administration as questions continue to mount over his alleged use of government resources for luxury perks. According to a report by MS NOW, Patel had been […]
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign is drawing attention after criticizing Rep. Haley Stevens for voting in favor of a House resolution honoring Charlie Kirk following his assassination, injecting another flashpoint into an increasingly rancorous Democratic primary. The social media attack centered on Stevens’ support for a bipartisan congressional resolution condemning Kirk’s killing and […]
Europe’s Unelected Machinery Overruled Its Own Parliament Twice In One Morning Last Week
Imagine Congress votes on a bill. The nays win, 314 to 276. Now imagine the speaker announces that the nays actually lost, because under an obscure rule the nays needed not a majority of votes cast but a majority of every seat in the chamber, including the members who stayed home that day. The bill […]