Shaheen, Meeks hold up $2.8 billion Israel weapons deal

The Hill reports Sen. Jeanne Shaheen has held up a $2.8 billion weapons package for Israel, adding another Democratic roadblock to the Trump administration’s planned sale. Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, placed her hold in July. Rep. Gregory Meeks, her House counterpart from New York, announced his own hold Wednesday. […]

Illegal immigrant rideshare driver charged with raping underage girl in Maryland had prior sex abuse arrest in NYC

An illegal immigrant from Guinea who entered the country through Arizona in 2023 and was released by the Biden administration now faces first-degree rape and kidnapping charges in Maryland, after a prior sex abuse arrest in New York City failed to stop him. Montgomery County police arrested Abdoulaye Dia on Wednesday after an underage teenage […]

DSA-backed New York congressional candidate pledges to bring Mexico's independence fight to Capitol Hill

A socialist candidate running for an open House seat in New York City posted on Instagram that she would "carry" the fight of Mexican independence from Spain to Congress, a pledge that raises an obvious question about whose interests she plans to represent. Claire Valdez, who is seeking New York's 7th Congressional District seat being […]

Appeals court greenlights warrantless phone searches at the U.S. border

An appeals court ruled Thursday that border officers may search travelers' phones without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion, a decision civil-liberties advocates warn leaves Americans' most private data exposed at every port of entry. The ruling, reported by Just the News, strips away the legal barriers that typically protect the contents of […]

Iowa Democrat who called Back the Blue law an 'overreaction' launches third bid for Congress

Christina Bohannan, the Iowa Democrat twice rejected by voters in one of the nation's tightest congressional races, is running again, and a resurfaced 2021 video shows her dismissing the state's landmark police-protection law as an "overreaction" to the riots that followed George Floyd's death. Fox News Digital reported on the clip, recorded during a 2021 […]

Trump signs two executive orders expanding hunting and fishing access on federal land

President Trump signed a pair of executive orders at the White House on Thursday evening that expand hunting and fishing access on millions of acres of public land and loosen federal fishery regulations, a move he framed as returning government property to the people who own it. More than 100 hunters, anglers, and outdoor industry […]

White House pulls ICE director nominee after confirmation stalls in Senate committee

The White House withdrew President Trump's pick to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ending a nomination that stalled when the Senate committee chairman demanded answers about a federal shooting investigation in Minneapolis. Richard Lance Shroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper tapped to run ICE as assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, saw his […]

Maryland Democrat senator told police his driver parked the SUV — surveillance footage tells a different story

Maryland State Senator C. Anthony Muse told police his driver had parked his SUV on a sidewalk after a hit-and-run in Annapolis, but surveillance footage obtained by a local news station appears to show the Democrat parking the vehicle himself. Muse, a 68-year-old Democrat representing Prince George's County's District 26, allegedly struck a parked car's […]

Golden and Gluesenkamp Perez break ranks again, handing Republicans a second procedural win in two weeks

Two House Democrats defied their party's leadership for the second time this month by voting with Republicans to advance debate on a Russia sanctions bill and EPA rollback measures, and Democratic leaders are now openly threatening consequences. Reps. Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington crossed the aisle Tuesday to help the […]

Barack Obama announces death of family dog Sunny at age 13

Former President Barack Obama said his family is "heartbroken" after their Portuguese Water Dog, Sunny, died Tuesday at age 13, ending a chapter that began during his second term in the White House. Obama shared the news in a social media post, calling Sunny "a cherished member of our family" and describing the dog's thirteen […]