U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs in April, doubling forecasts as private sector drives growth

The American economy added 115,000 jobs in April, roughly twice what economists had predicted, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3 percent. The private sector accounted for all the gains, and then some, as federal payrolls continued to shrink under President Donald Trump's push to slim down the government workforce. Wall Street Journal economists […]

Virginia Democrats refuse to back down after state Supreme Court strikes down redistricting scheme

Virginia Democrats poured roughly $62.5 million into a constitutional amendment designed to let them redraw the state's congressional map before the 2026 midterms. On Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court threw the whole thing out, and Democrats say they are not finished. The court ruled 4-3 that Democratic lawmakers failed to follow the constitutional procedures required […]

Former Fauci adviser David Morens pleads not guilty to destroying COVID records

Dr. David Morens, the 78-year-old former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, stood before a federal magistrate judge in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday and entered a not-guilty plea to five criminal counts, including conspiracy against the United States, tied to allegations he concealed and destroyed government records about the origins of COVID-19. Morens told the […]

Brian Glenn leaves White House press role after Trump's public jab at Marjorie Taylor Greene

Brian Glenn, the White House reporter for Real America's Voice and fiancé of former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, has quit his job and is leaving Washington, D.C., telling the Daily Mail he wants to "slow everything down" and build a life in Georgia. The departure comes after President Donald Trump publicly praised Glenn during an […]

Trump calls for Jeffries to face incitement charges over 'maximum warfare' rhetoric before assassination attempt

President Donald Trump accused House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of inciting the most recent assassination attempt against him and called for the New York Democrat to be charged, posting the demand on Truth Social alongside images that juxtaposed Jeffries' combative rhetoric with surveillance footage of the armed suspect who rushed a Secret Service checkpoint days […]

North Carolina man admits to doxing Supreme Court justice, posting threats online

A 59-year-old North Carolina man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to posting the home address of a Supreme Court justice online with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite violence against the jurist, the Justice Department announced. Kyle Andrew Edwards now faces up to five years in federal prison for a campaign of menacing […]

White House rips Jayapal for working with foreign ambassadors to get oil to Cuba despite U.S. sanctions

Rep. Pramila Jayapal told a Seattle audience she had been talking with ambassadors from Mexico and other countries about how to get oil to Cuba, a country under U.S. sanctions and on the State Sponsor of Terrorism list. The White House responded with a blistering rebuke, and the remarks set off a firestorm over whether […]

Obama warns Colbert about Justice Department politicization — while his own record tells a different story

Former President Barack Obama sat down with Stephen Colbert for a nearly 25-minute interview that aired Tuesday night and delivered a lecture on executive restraint, Justice Department independence, and the dangers of political prosecutions, all without mentioning President Trump by name. The performance was polished. The irony was thick. Obama told Colbert that America can […]

Walz ousts Minnesota DHS commissioner just before confirmation hearing amid fraud scrutiny

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz removed Shireen Gandhi from her role as commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services on Monday, one day before she was set to face an official confirmation hearing, as his administration faces a continuing firestorm over major fraud losses tied to state-run social services funding. Walz moved Gandhi back into […]

Vivek Ramaswamy takes Ohio GOP governor nomination, setting up race against Democrat Amy Acton

Vivek Ramaswamy won Ohio’s 2026 Republican gubernatorial nomination on Tuesday, defeating long-shot rival Casey Putsch and moving into a November general-election matchup against Democrat Amy Acton. The win locks in a high-profile, high-contrast contest in a state that Fox News noted has shifted to the right over the past decade, with President Donald Trump carrying […]
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