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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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" […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
South Carolina's newest Republican senator is defying Majority Leader John Thune's plan for a summer break, pledging to stay in Washington until the Senate votes on the election-integrity bill President Trump has made his top legislative demand. Sen. Darline Graham, sworn in just two weeks ago to fill the seat left vacant by her late […]
