President Trump reposted a video on Truth Social that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys/apes, and then deleted it after a wave of backlash that included Republicans on Capitol Hill. It was one of those moments that, unfortunately, are common in this White House: something unreservedly…
William "Bill" Stevenson, the 77-year-old ex-husband of former first lady Jill Biden, was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Linda Stevenson. He is being held on $500,000 bail. Linda Stevenson was 64 years old. Her daughter, Christine Vettori,…
The Trump administration drew a hard line this week: the 252 Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador's maximum-security prison last March are owed no additional due process, and the government will not comply with a federal judge's order to facilitate their legal hearings. Full stop.…
Rep. Mark Amodei, the Nevada Republican who chairs the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, announced Friday that he will not seek reelection — walking away from Congress after 15 years and a seat he's held since 2011. According to Fox News, Amodei released the…
President Trump used the 74th annual National Prayer Breakfast to announce a major prayer event on the National Mall scheduled for May 17, 2026, and new Department of Education guidance protecting prayer in public schools. Speaking Thursday morning at the Washington Hilton, Trump framed the…
A wind turbine at the University of Minnesota's Eolos Wind Energy Research Field Station dismembered a bald eagle into three pieces — and the Department of the Interior has now slapped the university with a violation notice and a proposed civil penalty of $14,536. According…
The Small Business Administration dropped a hammer on California on Friday, suspending more than 111,000 borrowers tied to a staggering $9 billion in suspected pandemic-era loan fraud. SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced the action following a visit to San Diego, calling it the most significant…
A notable number of Republican lawmakers broke sharply with the White House on Friday after President Trump posted — and later deleted — a video on social media that included a clip depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes.…
The United States and India struck an interim trade deal Friday that will slash tariffs on American industrial and agricultural exports while committing India to $500 billion in purchases of U.S. products over the next five years. The agreement marks the most significant breakthrough in…
Former President Bill Clinton took to X on Friday to challenge House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, calling for a public hearing on the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and accusing Republicans of running a partisan operation behind closed doors. The post came days after the House…
The U.S. Virtual Embassy in Iran issued a security alert Friday telling Americans in the country to get out — now — and to do it by land. The alert directed U.S. citizens to depart Iran via land crossings into Armenia or Turkey, as airlines…
A federal court in the Northern District of Florida entered a consent decree on Feb. 4 that bars the federal government from enforcing Biden-era immigration parole policies in the state — for the next 15 years. The Washington Examiner reported that the settlement, reached between…
Mark Wolf, the 79-year-old senior judge who made headlines last year with a sweeping opinion piece denouncing President Trump as his reason for leaving the federal bench, was quietly the subject of a misconduct inquiry before he resigned. Fox News reported that the probe was…
The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled unanimously on Wednesday that Nashville must allow public inspection of the Covenant School shooter's writings — overturning a lower court decision that had kept the documents sealed for nearly three years. The Daily Wire reported that the ruling, issued…
