Trump orders Reflecting Pool restoration, scraps $301 million plan for $1.5 million fix

President Donald Trump announced a fast-track project to restore the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, calling the iconic landmark "filthy" and "disgusting" after years of neglect, and rejecting a previous plan that would have cost taxpayers two hundred times more. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on April 23 that contractors […]

Baltimore mayor defends $52,000 in taxpayer-funded skybox spending, calls press scrutiny 'ridiculous'

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott spent more than $52,000 in public money on food, drinks, and skybox access at Baltimore Orioles and Baltimore Ravens games, and when a local reporter pressed him on it, he dismissed the questions as "ridiculous reporting" and accused the line of inquiry of carrying a "racist slant." A City of Baltimore […]

Baltimore mayor defends $52,000 in taxpayer-funded skybox spending, calls press scrutiny 'ridiculous'

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott spent more than $52,000 in public money on food, drinks, and skybox access at Baltimore Orioles and Baltimore Ravens games, and when a local reporter pressed him on it, he dismissed the questions as "ridiculous reporting" and accused the line of inquiry of carrying a "racist slant." A City of Baltimore […]

Trump orders Reflecting Pool restoration, scraps $301 million plan for $1.5 million fix

President Donald Trump announced a fast-track project to restore the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, calling the iconic landmark "filthy" and "disgusting" after years of neglect, and rejecting a previous plan that would have cost taxpayers two hundred times more. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on April 23 that contractors […]

California spent $1 billion on migrant services under Newsom, funneling hundreds of millions to activist groups

Since Gavin Newsom took office as California's governor, the state has handed out more than $1 billion in contracts for migrant-related services, channeling enormous sums to nonprofits and activist organizations that now serve as the infrastructure of resistance to federal immigration enforcement. The spending, detailed in a report drawing on Manhattan Institute data, paints a […]

Senate Republicans side with Democrats to sink SAVE Act amendment during late-night vote

A handful of Senate Republicans broke ranks early Thursday morning and joined every Democrat to defeat an amendment that would have attached voter ID and citizenship verification requirements to the GOP's party-line immigration enforcement bill. The 48-to-50 vote ended weeks of intraparty tension over the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, and handed the […]

Virginia Republicans mount multi-front legal challenge to save House majority after razor-thin redistricting vote

A Tazewell County circuit court judge declared Virginia's redistricting ballot language unconstitutional late Wednesday and blocked certification of the results, handing Republicans a last-ditch legal foothold just one day after voters narrowly approved a referendum that could hand Democrats a 10-1 advantage in the state's congressional delegation. Judge Jack Hurley Jr.'s ruling immediately set off […]

Navy Secretary John Phelan exits Trump administration as Hung Cao steps into acting role

Navy Secretary John C. Phelan departed the Trump administration effective immediately this week, ending a tenure marked by ambitious shipbuilding goals and, ultimately, internal friction that reached the highest levels of the Pentagon. Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced Wednesday that Phelan was leaving, with Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao taking over as acting secretary. The […]

Colorado State Senate candidate Frederick Alfred Jr. arrested in Florida after child nearly drowns in hotel pool

Frederick Alfred Jr., a 38-year-old Republican running for Colorado State Senate District 21, was arrested at a Key West resort on a Monday evening after police say he left his two young children unattended in a hotel pool while he drank cocktails at the bar. His 4-year-old daughter nearly drowned. A witness, not Alfred, pulled […]

Georgia Democrat David Scott dies at 80 after filing for 13th term

Rep. David Scott, the Georgia Democrat who spent half a century in elected office, died Tuesday night at the age of 80, just days after filing paperwork to run for a 13th term in the U.S. House. His office confirmed the death to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday, calling it an "unexpected passing." No cause […]
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