Feds charge 12 in alleged $10 million daycare fraud scheme in San Diego

Federal prosecutors arrested a dozen individuals in San Diego for allegedly running sham home daycare operations that siphoned more than $10 million in taxpayer-funded childcare subsidies, a case officials say left real families and honest providers holding the bag. More than 250 federal, state, and local law enforcement officials swept through San Diego early Thursday, […]

Joe Manchin backs Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan's toss-up Senate race

Former Democratic senator Joe Manchin voiced his support for Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan's open Senate contest, a cross-party move that signals trouble for Democrats in the most competitive seat on the 2026 map. Manchin made the declaration Monday on CNBC's "Squawk Box," where co-host Joe Kernen repeatedly pressed him to say the word "endorse." […]

Massachusetts judge gets only a reprimand after allegedly helping illegal immigrant escape ICE custody

A Massachusetts judge who allegedly let a twice-deported illegal immigrant slip out a courthouse back door to dodge an ICE officer in 2018 has finally faced consequences, a formal reprimand and nothing more. The Department of Homeland Security issued a sharp rebuke of Judge Shelley Joseph after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court handed down that […]

Nancy Mace demands public execution for Lindsay Clancy after mistrial in triple child murder case

Rep. Nancy Mace is calling for Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother who allegedly killed her three children, to face a public death sentence, a demand that goes far beyond anything the legal system currently allows in the state. Mace, the outgoing South Carolina Republican, told TMZ on Monday that Clancy "should get the death penalty" […]

China Gas locks in 20-year deal for American LNG despite Beijing's tariff

A major Chinese energy company just signed a two-decade agreement to buy half a million metric tons of American natural gas per year, even as Beijing keeps a 15% tariff on U.S. LNG in place. China Gas Holdings and Louisiana-based Venture Global announced the 20-year supply deal on Monday, committing to 500,000 metric tons of […]

Newsom pledges to step aside in 2028 if Harris enters the Democratic primary

California Governor Gavin Newsom says he would not challenge former Vice President Kamala Harris for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, a concession that reveals just how narrow and California-centric the party's bench has become. Newsom made the declaration Monday during a CNN interview with Jake Tapper, conducted while the governor was fly fishing in Montana. […]

Trump orders Smithsonian to replace abstract sculpture with 30-foot George Washington statue

President Trump is giving the Smithsonian days to remove a 1967 modernist sculpture from its flagship history museum and begin honoring George Washington with a towering new statue, a demand that tests the limits of executive power over the nation's most prominent cultural institution. In a series of social media posts late Friday, Trump called […]

FOIA records show Kash Patel directed FBI staff to find and respond to his social media critics

Newly released government records reveal FBI Director Kash Patel instructed his public affairs team to hunt down social media accounts criticizing him and fire back with bureau statistics, raising questions about how the nation's top law enforcement official spends his time. The text exchange, dated February 5, surfaced in the latest batch of records the […]

Gorka claims global jihadi movement losing ground after 1,081 kills and 110 hostage rescues under Trump

President Trump's top counterterrorism adviser says the U.S. has killed more than a thousand jihadists and freed 110 American hostages in eighteen months, numbers he argues no prior administration can match. Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism on the National Security Council, laid out the case during a […]

Ohio Sen. Jon Husted drops campaign staffer after Nazi SS profile photo surfaces

Ohio Republican Sen. Jon Husted's campaign cut ties with its 25-year-old political director after reports revealed he had used a photograph of Nazi SS soldiers as his Facebook profile picture, raising fresh questions about vetting failures in competitive Senate races. The Washington Post first reported that Stephen B. Woytek, who joined Husted's Senate campaign as […]