Texas Democrat Talarico leans into 'Talafreako' label as GOP lines up against him
James Talarico, the Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate, held a general election kickoff rally in Houston this week, and spent a good chunk of it selling T-shirts printed with an insult coined by his Republican opponent. The crowd at the event chanted "Talafreako" as Talarico left the stage, turning a jab from Texas Attorney […]
Mamdani reverses course on NYPD, approves 12-hour shifts for World Cup security
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has reportedly approved a plan to put the majority of uniformed NYPD officers on 12-hour shifts during the World Cup, a decision that carries significant overtime costs and has drawn sharp backlash from the same left-wing supporters who helped put him in office. The move, reported by the Daily […]
Alabama files emergency Supreme Court appeal to reinstate GOP-drawn congressional map
Alabama officials asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to reinstate a Republican-backed congressional map that a lower court blocked one day earlier for intentionally discriminating against Black voters, the second time the same panel has struck down the same map. The emergency appeal, filed by Attorney General Steve Marshall, sets up yet another high-stakes […]
Judge delays Comey's federal trial over '86 47' seashell post until October
A federal judge has pushed former FBI Director James Comey's trial on charges of threatening President Donald Trump to October 21, granting a delay that neither prosecutors nor the defense opposed. The case centers on an Instagram post Comey made in May 2025, an image of seashells arranged on a beach to spell out "86 […]
ICE pepper sprays Sen. Andy Kim outside Newark detention facility as Democrats stage protest
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers pepper sprayed U.S. Sen. Andy Kim and a crowd of demonstrators outside Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, N.J., on Monday, turning a Democratic oversight visit into a chaotic confrontation that both sides are now framing on their own terms. Videos circulating online showed mutual aid volunteers pouring water into […]
Democrat Auchincloss refuses to back his own party's Maine Senate candidate over Nazi tattoo
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, a Massachusetts Democrat, went on CNN Monday and publicly refused to support Graham Platner, his own party's Senate candidate in Maine, calling Platner's tattoo and his remarks about it "personally disqualifying." It was a striking moment. A sitting Democratic congressman, asked point-blank whether he would rally behind the party nominee to defeat […]
Kai Trump obtains restraining order against alleged stalker in Palm Beach County
A Palm Beach County judge granted 19-year-old Kai Trump a temporary restraining order against a 26-year-old man she accused of stalking and harassing her, according to a report detailing the court action. The order bars the man, Gabriel Garza Jr., from coming within 500 feet of Kai Trump's home, her job, and the University of […]
