Pete Buttigieg says anonymous hoax report led authorities to remove his children

Pete Buttigieg claims Michigan State Police and child protective services showed up at his Traverse City home, arranged forensic interviews for his four-year-old twins, and ordered him not to be alone with them, all based on an anonymous tip that authorities later determined was false. The former Transportation Secretary described the ordeal in a Substack […]

Small plane crashes into Beijing's tallest skyscraper as Chinese authorities scramble to censor the evidence

A small aircraft slammed into the side of Beijing's tallest building Friday afternoon, killing the pilot and injuring thirteen others in a crash that sent debris raining onto one of China's busiest business districts, and triggered an immediate government effort to suppress nearly every trace of it from public view. The plane, identified as a […]

Carville calls for Democratic Party split over Mamdani-backed socialist primary winners

James Carville wants a divorce. The veteran Democratic strategist said on his podcast Thursday that he can no longer share a party with candidates like Darializa Avila Chevalier, the democratic socialist who just unseated a nine-term incumbent congressman in a New York primary, and he wants the break to be formal. "Let's negotiate a terms […]

Senate hands Trump a win on Iran war powers after closed-door clash and White House lobbying

The Senate rejected a Democratic war powers resolution aimed at curbing President Trump's military authority over Iran, flipping a vote that had gone against the administration just weeks earlier. The late-night result came after a contentious closed-door meeting between Trump and Senate Republicans, and a round of White House lobbying that turned two key Republican […]

French national pleads guilty to voting illegally in 2022 midterms, blames New Jersey's automatic registration

A 39-year-old French citizen living in Toms River, New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to casting an illegal ballot in the November 2022 federal midterm election, and his attorney says the state's automatic voter registration system is what put him on the rolls in the first place. Eliezer Kadoch entered his plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge […]

Lionel Richie hospitalized after dizzy spell ends St. Paul concert early

Lionel Richie was rushed to a hospital Wednesday night after a dizzy spell forced the 77-year-old singer off stage roughly 55 minutes into the opening night of his summer tour in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Grammy-winning performer has since postponed his next two scheduled shows on doctor's orders. Richie was performing "Dancing on the Ceiling" […]

Top Army general in Europe steps down as Hegseth moves to downgrade his command

General Chris Donahue, the four-star officer who commands all U.S. Army operations in Europe and Africa, is retiring from the military after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moved to downgrade his post from a four-star to a three-star billet, a structural change that would have forced Donahue out regardless. The Daily Mail reported the retirement announcement […]

Social media users mock slain Texas teen with knife dances and viral rap in disturbing online trend

Within twenty-four hours of Karmelo Anthony's first-degree murder conviction for stabbing seventeen-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Texas track meet, a rap song called "Austin Bop" appeared on Apple Music. Its lyrics celebrate the killing. Its fans are dancing with knives on TikTok, miming the act that ended a teenager's life. The trend has spread fast. […]

Warren melts down on live TV after Trump delays housing bill over SAVE America Act

President Trump cancelled a scheduled signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing bill on Wednesday, posting on Truth Social that he will not put pen to paper until Congress passes the SAVE America Act. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), one of the bill's key sponsors, went on CNBC within hours and delivered a rambling, frustrated response that […]

Senate passes Iran war powers resolution as four Republicans side with Democrats in 50–48 vote

Four Republican senators crossed party lines Tuesday to help Democrats pass a concurrent resolution directing President Trump to withdraw U.S. armed forces from hostilities against Iran, a symbolic but politically charged rebuke that marks the first time both chambers of Congress have approved such a measure since the conflict began. The Senate voted 50, 48 […]