Melissa Robey, the Department of Labor's director of advance, has been placed on administrative leave for allegedly misusing taxpayer dollars on official travel, making her the fourth DOL staffer swept up in an expanding inspector general investigation of Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and her inner circle.…
Senate Democrats killed a Republican-backed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of fiscal 2026, pushing the agency's shutdown into a fourth week with no resolution in sight, Newsmax reported. The Senate voted 51-45 on the measure Thursday, falling short of…
Corey Lewandowski is expected to depart the Department of Homeland Security following President Trump's decision to fire Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, ending a turbulent chapter at the agency where he operated as Noem's de facto chief of staff. Lewandowski, classified as an unpaid special…
President Trump nominated Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin to take over as Homeland Security Secretary, replacing Kristi Noem and installing a close ally at the helm of a department that remains partially shuttered due to a lapse in congressional funding. Mullin will enter his new role…
Nikita Casap, 18, was sentenced Thursday to two life sentences without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to murder charges for fatally shooting his mother and stepfather in their Wisconsin home in February 2025. The killings were part of a broader plot to assassinate…
Rep. Jasmine Crockett conceded to state representative James Talarico on Wednesday in the Texas Democratic Senate primary, ending a contest that had threatened to drag on into litigation and clearing the path for Democrats to focus on their long-shot bid to flip a Texas Senate…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton laid down a marker in the Texas Republican Senate primary runoff, announcing Thursday he would consider dropping out of the race if Senate leadership agrees to lift the filibuster and pass the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. The voter…
President Donald Trump called on Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "today," pressing the case in a phone call with Axios on Feb. 5. Trump's demand came days after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, and he made…
The House on Wednesday passed the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act, a bill backed by Senate Majority Leader John Thune, with 176 Republicans voting in favor. Thirty-nine GOP lawmakers voted against it. As reported by The Daily Caller, the vote landed just a week after…
Mary Nolan, a 71-year-old Oregon Democrat on the Metro Council, has been dialing into council meetings from Spain for more than a year while collecting a $68,000 annual salary funded by taxpayers. Records obtained by The Oregonian reveal that Nolan attended Metro Council meetings remotely…
A Salvadoran man testified under oath that a hitman hunted his family for years. Shot two of his brothers and demanded money. Physically assaulted him. The immigration judge heard every word — and believed every word. The judge denied asylum. Then the lawyers got to…
Support for President Trump's military strikes on Iran has surged to a virtual dead heat with opposition, according to two new surveys shared Wednesday by Fox News and Politico's Playbook. The shift marks a significant tightening from earlier polling that showed lopsided disapproval of military…
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz sat before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday and could not answer basic questions about billions of dollars in alleged fraud that metastasized under his watch. Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace of South Carolina pressed Walz on the explosive growth in Minnesota's…
Massachusetts racked up $364 million in SNAP payment errors in Fiscal Year 2024, and Gov. Maura Healey says COVID is the reason. A pandemic that officially ended years ago. Healey addressed the figures after a USDA letter, dated Feb. 8, 2024, urged the state to…
