Ninth Circuit revives Trump DOJ subpoena targeting clinic accused of prescribing sex-change drugs to minors

A federal appeals court handed the Trump administration its first appellate victory in the fight to subpoena clinics and doctors accused of providing sex-change drugs and surgeries to children, a ruling the ACLU immediately vowed to challenge on remand. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a 2-1 decision Friday reversing a […]

Former ABC News correspondent Terry Moran concedes the network is liberal, says no one in the newsroom voted for Trump

A veteran journalist who spent nearly three decades at ABC News now admits the network operates as a liberal institution where not a single colleague supported Donald Trump, a confession that landed only after the network cut him loose. Terry Moran, the former ABC News senior national correspondent, told "The Fifth Column" podcast that the […]

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's viral dance video draws sharp conservative mockery

A TikTok video of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey dancing to hip-hop at a local fair has drawn a wave of online ridicule from conservative commentators, and renewed questions about his priorities as the city struggles. Frey appeared at the Black Entrepreneur State Fair, held August 9, 15 at Minneapolis's Midtown Global Market, where a clip […]

Democrats erupt over ICE plan to spend $20 million on electric shock gloves

Congressional Democrats and progressive state officials are lining up to condemn ICE's planned purchase of up to $20 million in electric shock gloves, but the agency and border czar Tom Homan say the devices are designed to reduce deadly force, not increase it. Immigration and Customs Enforcement published an acquisition notice this week for thousands […]

Tennessee man indicted for alleged politically motivated arson at historic Florida building

A 28-year-old Tennessee man faces up to 25 years in federal prison after a grand jury indicted him for allegedly traveling across state lines to set fire to a historic building in Florida in what authorities describe as a politically motivated attack. Ian Nathaniel Grice of Dixon, Tennessee, was charged with arson and interstate travel […]

Justice Department labels Iranian missile threat against Air Force One an 'assassination attempt' in Supreme Court ballroom fight

The Justice Department formally characterized an Iranian missile threat against Air Force One as an "assassination attempt" in an emergency Supreme Court filing Friday, using the July incident to argue that a blocked White House ballroom project is a national security necessity. Solicitor General John Sauer asked the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals […]

Federal judge clears Trump border wall to proceed across tribal lands in Arizona

A federal judge denied the Tohono O'odham Nation's bid to block border wall construction along 62 miles of its Arizona reservation, ruling that border security interests outweigh the tribe's claims of harm. U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon, a George W. Bush appointee sitting in the District of Columbia, issued the opinion on Friday, finding […]

Nine Democrats broke ranks to oppose Massachusetts law removing all abortion limits

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed a law eliminating every gestational limit on abortion in the state, and nine members of her own party voted against it, with one calling the measure "barbaric." The Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act passed the Massachusetts state House 119, 33 on July 22, with all Republican members and nine […]

Treasury guts corporate ownership disclosure rule, drawing bipartisan fire over illicit finance risks

The Trump administration finalized a rule scrapping federal requirements that U.S. companies reveal their true owners, a move Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls deregulation but bipartisan critics warn will shield criminals hiding dirty money. Bessent's Treasury Department on Tuesday eliminated the beneficial ownership reporting mandate under the Corporate Transparency Act, a bipartisan law enacted during […]

Rosie O'Donnell says Wynonna Judd is the only Trump supporter she can tolerate

Rosie O'Donnell revealed that country music star Wynonna Judd is the lone Trump supporter in her life, and admitted she cannot understand anyone else who backs the president. O'Donnell, 64, made the remarks on a recent episode of The Tangle with Kyle Ridley podcast, where she described a friendship with Judd that survives only because […]