Kamala Harris calls for scrapping the Electoral College and packing the Supreme Court as she eyes 2028

Former Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed abolishing the Electoral College and expanding the Supreme Court to 13 justices at a Nashville conference, a sharp leftward lurch that signals the shape of a likely 2028 presidential campaign. Harris made the proposals Friday at the National Urban League Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, telling the crowd she knew […]

George and Amal Clooney evacuate French estate as wildfire burns 130 hectares near Brignoles

George and Amal Clooney fled their sprawling southeastern France estate after a fast-moving wildfire broke out nearby Wednesday evening, and as of Thursday, they still did not know whether their home survived. The fire erupted near Brignoles, a town in southeastern France, forcing more than 600 people to evacuate the area. The Clooneys' property, Domaine […]

Maine Democrat Troy Jackson and longtime partner share two children — and a set of great-grandparents

Maine's newly minted Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson is facing fresh scrutiny after reports revealed he has two children with his longtime partner, Lana Pelletier, who is also his second cousin. The Maine Wire reported Thursday that Jackson, 58, and Pelletier share a set of great-grandparents, making them second cousins under standard genealogical definitions. […]

Six appeals courts reject Trump mandatory detention policy, all but guaranteeing Supreme Court showdown

Two more federal appeals courts ruled Thursday that ICE cannot hold illegal immigrants arrested inside the United States without bond hearings, the administration's fifth and sixth consecutive losses on the policy and a near-certain trigger for Supreme Court review. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Wisconsin, ruled 2-1 that the Trump administration was […]

Trump petitions Supreme Court to overturn $83 million E. Jean Carroll defamation judgment on immunity grounds

President Trump has asked the Supreme Court to throw out an $83 million defamation judgment awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll, arguing his statements denying her allegations were official presidential acts shielded by immunity. Trump's legal team filed a certiorari petition contending that the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals used "procedural contortions" to dodge […]

Rand Paul boots Fauci's attorney from Senate hearing as former COVID czar pleads the Fifth 111 times

Capitol Police physically removed Dr. Anthony Fauci's lawyer from a Senate hearing Wednesday after he repeatedly defied the chairman's orders, and Fauci himself refused to answer a single question, invoking the Fifth Amendment roughly 111 times. The nearly four-hour confrontation before the Senate Homeland Security Committee left Fauci facing a contempt-of-Congress vote and raised fresh […]

Schumer pleads with Fetterman to stay in the Democratic caucus as GOP rolls out welcome mat

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer publicly urged Sen. John Fetterman to remain in the party's caucus on Wednesday, a remarkable plea that underscores how far Fetterman has drifted from his own side over Israel and the left's ideological shift. Schumer, responding to a reporter's question, called the Pennsylvania senator "a very good member of Congress" […]

Trump recalls infamous cellphone stunt that launched unlikely friendship with Lindsey Graham

President Trump used his eulogy for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham to recount the 2015 rally prank that destroyed Graham's phone line, and, Trump said, sparked a decade-long alliance that reshaped Republican politics. Trump stood at the lectern of Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, July 28, to memorialize the South Carolina Republican who died earlier […]

Immigrant business coalition prepares lawsuit against Mamdani's $70 million taxpayer-funded grocery stores

A coalition of 50 chambers of commerce representing immigrant-owned businesses across New York City has voted to sue Mayor Zohran Mamdani over his $70 million plan to open government-run supermarkets, a move that pits the city's own small-business owners against its most ambitious socialist policy experiment. The Multicultural Business Coalition, formed earlier this year to […]

Secret Service employee faces attempted manslaughter charges in alleged fraternity hazing that left two hospitalized

A U.S. Secret Service agent based in Miami now faces felony attempted manslaughter charges after prosecutors say he led a brutal fraternity hazing ritual that sent two men to the hospital, one with kidney failure. Marquez Christopher Pinder, 29, was arrested Monday along with two co-defendants and charged with attempted manslaughter, aggravated battery with a […]