WASHINGTON — Three weeks into Sen. Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization, his office continues to release only limited updates, insisting the 84-year-old Republican is improving while declining to disclose the nature of the medical emergency that sent him to the hospital. As questions about his condition mount, attention is increasingly turning to a deadline in Kentucky law […]
A coalition of conservative organizations is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny the renewal of ABC’s broadcast licenses, accusing the Disney-owned network of partisan bias, discriminatory employment practices, equal-time violations, and conduct they argue is inconsistent with the public interest. The petitions come after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr opened the license renewal process […]
WASHINGTON — The three-month ceasefire between the United States and Iran has seemingly collapsed after U.S. forces launched a sweeping campaign targeting roughly 90 military sites inside Iran in response to attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting President Donald Trump to declare the truce officially “over.” The escalation quickly spilled across […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to immediately rehear its recent decision striking down his executive order on birthright citizenship, escalating his fight over one of his signature immigration policies. The dispute stems from Trump v. Barbara, in which the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against the administration, blocking Trump’s […]
Good morning. A Democratic Senate campaign in Maine unraveled after new sexual assault allegations surfaced, a former Wisconsin judge convicted of obstructing federal immigration agents avoided prison despite a felony conviction, and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is pressing Sen. Mitch McConnell to publicly disclose more about his health as he remains hospitalized. Maine Democrat Suspends […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered a state investigation into a South Texas hospital accused of advertising birth tourism services to foreign nationals in Mexico. In a directive issued Wednesday, Abbott instructed the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to investigate allegations that Mission Regional Medical Center in the Rio Grande Valley promoted maternity […]
Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner suspended his campaign Wednesday after mounting sexual assault allegations triggered a wave of calls for him to step aside from Democratic leaders and allies. Platner announced the decision in a video posted to social media, insisting the allegations against him are false while accusing the political establishment and corporate […]
President Donald Trump dramatically escalated his pressure campaign against NATO allies on Wednesday by ordering Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to immediately halt all trade with Spain, accusing the country of refusing to meet its defense obligations and abandoning the United States during the Iran War. The extraordinary exchange took place during Trump’s meeting with NATO […]
With abortion deaths hitting record highs, the Trump administration is fighting against the Republican Party’s pro-life base to keep mailing abortion pills into states where they are illegal. The Trump Justice Department is fighting a lawsuit from officials in Louisiana seeking to stop the United States Postal Service from mailing abortion pills into the state, […]
Maine state Rep. Valli Geiger, a Democrat from Rockland, told local media Wednesday that embattled Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner is backing her as a potential replacement on the November ballot. Geiger is serving her third term in the Maine House and was among Platner’s early supporters. Geiger told Maine’s Total Coverage, the ABC […]
Fox News host Mark Levin is publicly breaking with President Donald Trump over the administration’s apparent shift in policy toward Turkey, warning that easing sanctions and reviving F-35 fighter jet sales would be a “big mistake.” Levin’s criticism came after Trump met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during the NATO summit in Ankara, where […]
Small Minds, Small Imagination: Washington’s Height Act Was Never A Cap On National Ambition
On July 9, the National Capital Planning Commission took up File 8778, a submission from the U.S. Department of the Interior with an unadorned name: New Monumental Arch. The project would place a 250-foot triumphal arch in Memorial Circle on Columbia Island, at the western terminus of Arlington Memorial Bridge. The commission’s staff did not […]