Donald Kinsella was sworn in as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York on Wednesday. By that evening, he was out of the job. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the firing on X with a message that left no room for ambiguity:…
A clip of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. telling comedian Theo Von that he "used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats" ripped across social media Thursday afternoon, racking up more than 2 million views in three hours. The usual suspects pounced. The context,…
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis is asking the Supreme Court to step in before New York's judiciary dismantles her congressional district weeks ahead of the 2026 midterm cycle. The New York Republican filed an emergency application this week, urging the Court to block a state judge's order…
Another Department of Homeland Security shutdown clock is ticking down to midnight Friday. We've seen this movie before: politicians posture, frontline workers and ordinary travelers take the hit, and nobody's actual policy goals get met. But this time the theater is particularly transparent. Democrats want…
Senate Democrats will block a short-term continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security, Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer announced, setting up a potential DHS shutdown on February 13. The stated reason: Republicans haven't agreed to the Democrat-demanded overhauls of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.…
House Speaker Mike Johnson declared Tuesday that six Democratic lawmakers "should be indicted" for their joint video urging military and intelligence personnel to disobey illegal orders — hours after a federal grand jury refused to bring charges against any of them. The grand jury's rejection…
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters Wednesday morning that she has received no information about cartel drones crossing into U.S. airspace from Mexico. Her claim followed action by U.S. authorities to close airspace in El Paso, Texas, and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, over fears that…
The U.S. economy added 130,000 jobs in January — nearly double what economists projected — handing the White House a headline it was eager to claim. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the delayed report Wednesday, and the administration wasted no time framing it as…
The Mamdani administration is now actively scouting locations across all five boroughs for city-backed grocery stores — the centerpiece of the self-described democratic socialist's mayoral campaign and a proposal that drew comparisons to Soviet-style central planning before a single site has been named. Julie Su,…
The Housing for the 21st Century Act sailed through the U.S. House on Monday with a 390-9 vote — and without the one provision the White House wanted most. President Trump's push to ban large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes didn't make the cut.…
Lance Twiggs, the 22-year-old partner of Tyler Robinson — the man charged with assassinating Charlie Kirk — has been spotted in a quiet suburban neighborhood in Texas, roughly six months after the fatal shooting that stunned the conservative movement. Twiggs, a biological male transitioning to…
A pair of black gloves discovered near the home of Nancy Guthrie — the 84-year-old Arizona woman who has now been missing for 11 days — is being tested for DNA, the Pima County Sheriff's Department confirmed Wednesday. According to KGNS TV, the find came…
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons answered Rep. Eric Swalwell's dramatic call for his resignation with three words on Tuesday: "No, sir, I won't." The exchange came during a House Homeland Security Committee oversight hearing that was supposed to be about border security. Instead, Swalwell —…
Attorney General Pam Bondi turned the House Judiciary Committee into a courtroom Wednesday — and Democrats were on the stand. In a combative hearing that centered on the release of Jeffrey Epstein-related files, Bondi clashed with lawmakers from both parties, but reserved her sharpest fire…
