Democrats flee Graham Platner's Senate bid after rape allegation surfaces in Maine

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner watched his party abandon him Monday after a 41-year-old Maine woman accused him of rape in interviews published simultaneously by Politico and CNN, triggering a cascade of endorsement withdrawals, funding threats, and public demands that he exit the race immediately. Jenny Racicot told both outlets that Platner entered her […]

Michael Rapaport admits he was wrong about Trump after years of public attacks

Michael Rapaport spent years making a second career out of bashing Donald Trump. Now the 56-year-old comedian says he was wrong, and he's willing to say so out loud, which puts him ahead of most of Hollywood. Rapaport laid out his reversal on Jamie Kennedy's podcast "Hate To Break It To Ya," as Fox News […]

Trump's legal team moves to merge Carroll cases — and her attorneys fear it could erase both judgments

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan issued an order on July 4 directing Donald Trump to release a $5.8 million civil judgment held in escrow to E. Jean Carroll by the following Tuesday, or explain to the court why he would not. The order came as Carroll's legal team raised alarms about a separate maneuver they […]

Sen. Mark Kelly draws conservative fire for wearing Mexico jersey during World Cup

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly posted photos of himself and his wife, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, decked out in Mexico jerseys at a World Cup watch party in Tucson, and the response from the right was swift and unsparing. Kelly shared the images on X on Sunday evening, writing from a venue called La Rosa as […]

Missing Florida woman found dead in McDonald's parking lot as questions mount

A McDonald's manager in Tampa arrived for the Sunday morning shift, spotted a vehicle in the parking lot with someone inside who wasn't moving, and dialed 911. By the time Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies reached the East Fletcher Avenue restaurant, they confirmed what the caller feared: the person in the black Volkswagen Tiguan was […]

Georgia teacher collects nearly $300K after celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination on social media

A former Georgia teacher who declared the world was "a bit safer" after Charlie Kirk's assassination has walked away with roughly $287,500 in settlement money from the school district that placed her on leave, courtesy of a lawsuit backed by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Michelle Mickens, a teacher in the Oglethorpe County School District, […]

Josh Shapiro distances himself from Democratic left, wraps his 2028 ambitions in the flag

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro planted himself in Philadelphia, steps from where the Declaration of Independence was signed, and told CNN he has "profound differences" with the socialist wing of his own party. The setting was no accident. Neither was the message. In an interview with CNN host Dana Bash, Shapiro used the nation's approaching 250th […]

Trump personally called FIFA president to overturn Balogun's World Cup suspension, sparking international backlash

President Donald Trump picked up the phone on Wednesday and called FIFA President Gianni Infantino directly, asking him to review the one-game suspension of American striker Folarin Balogun, and by Sunday afternoon, FIFA had reversed the ban, clearing the 25-year-old to play in the World Cup's Round of 16. The Washington Examiner reported that the […]

Swing-district Democrat touts bipartisanship, then tells crowd she wants to 'beat the s*** out of' Hegseth

Rep. Susie Lee told a Las Vegas liberal club audience she wants to "work across the aisle", then, moments later, said watching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testify before her committee made her want to "beat the s*** out of him." The crowd laughed and cheered. The video, first reported by Fox News Digital, captures a […]

FBI's Operation New Dawn nets 305 arrests and 24 recovered children in Chicago crackdown

Eleven federal agencies spent 60 days running a coordinated law enforcement operation across the Chicago area that produced 305 arrests, 179 federal criminal charges, and the recovery of 24 children, many of whom had been reported kidnapped or missing. FBI Director Kash Patel called it a signal that the bureau and its partners are "full […]