Leaders of the U.S. Transportation and Homeland Security departments announced Monday that they are working together, alongside the Department of Justice, to crack down on truck-driving schools they say are operating fraudulently. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he issued an emergency executive shutdown of 110 schools over English-language proficiency violations and another 160 for failing …
A video circulating social media shows a woman uncomfortably speaking for Abdul El-Sayed. The video shows her face is clearly not OK with whatever she’s saying and it appears that El-Sayed is nudging her on, requesting that she say more. Does he have something on her that’s making her act this way? Watch the video …
Fifteen New York sheriffs filed a federal lawsuit against Governor Kathy Hochul on August 25, the day a new state law took effect banning cooperation with ICE. The sheriffs went to court in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, naming Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James, and the State of New …
Jelly Roll broke down in tears on national television after his anti-Trump jokes triggered a wave of boycott threats from his own fans. The Grammy-winning country singer spent several nights as a guest host on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” mocking President Donald Trump. When fans pushed back, Jelly Roll told them to stop listening to his …
Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney publicly attacked Sean Hannity and Nancy Grace outside a courtroom Monday. Kevin Reddington unloaded on the Fox News host and the veteran legal commentator as he entered court ahead of jury deliberations in the Clancy murder trial. He told reporters the weekend media coverage had been “horrific.” Reddington singled out Grace …
Federal investigators will flood nine states with voter fraud probes starting September 1, weeks before the 2026 midterms. The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to dramatically expand its election-related investigations through a formal push it is calling a “coordinated criminal voter fraud surge initiative.” The operation runs through mid-October and will have agents on …
A prosecutor inside Letitia James’ own office put her alleged misconduct in writing. Daniel Wiesenfeld, a former Brooklyn prosecutor now assigned to the Investor Protection Bureau in the New York Attorney General’s office, sent an email to hundreds of colleagues on Friday. In it, he alleges he was instructed by bureau chief Shamiso Maswoswe to …
Remote Alaskan villagers say Murkowski’s core argument against voter ID is simply wrong. Senator Lisa Murkowski has spent months opposing the SAVE America Act with a single geographic claim: that rural Alaskans would be forced to fly 800 miles to Anchorage just to obtain an ID. It sounds like a serious logistical concern. Residents of …
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota are resigning over pressure to investigate the widow of a woman fatally shot by an ICE agent. The Justice Department pushed the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office to open an investigation into Becca Good, widow of Renee Macklin Good, who was killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross after allegedly attempting to run …
Dolly Parton refused to attack Donald Trump on camera, even when an ABC News interviewer pushed her directly. A resurfaced clip from a 2018 ABC News interview shows the country music icon holding firm against repeated attempts to pull her into a political discussion about then-President Trump. She made her position clear from the start: …
The FBI launched a covert probe codenamed “Freshman Fifteen” in March 2014 targeting a suspected Chinese spy’s ties to Rep. Eric Swalwell. That probe, now partially visible thanks to newly declassified records, focused on Christine Fang, also known as Fang Fang, and her alleged efforts to build influence with American political figures through fundraising and …
Donald Trump personally called John Fetterman to ask about the Pennsylvania senator’s father, who has been dealing with serious heart problems. Fetterman revealed the call during an appearance on Greta Van Susteren’s show over the weekend. The detail was striking, given how sharply divided the two men’s parties have become. As originally reported, Fetterman has …
Someone inside the U.S. government handed classified military documents to a newspaper this weekend. The Washington Post published a classified military assessment that revealed six four-star generals formally objected to continuing the Iran campaign. The heads of the Army, Air Force, and Navy, along with combatant commanders for Europe, the Indo-Pacific, and Latin America, each …
Michelle Obama called her daughters leaving for college their “emancipation,” her own word. The moment came during a recent podcast episode featuring Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart as her guest. When Stewart asked whether she missed having her kids around, he offered her an easy opening: “You obviously miss the energy and excitement of the kids …
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was spotted wearing a mask at a Washington, D.C. airport on Friday. The sighting drew immediate attention, coming six years after the pandemic began, four years after the last Democrat-imposed mandates ended, and two years after the last major COVID outbreak faded from public consciousness. As originally reported, Jackson, …
Iceland has voted against reopening European Union membership negotiations, with 52.84 percent opposed. Saturday’s referendum asked voters a direct question: should Iceland restart EU accession talks that have been on ice for over a decade? The answer was no, and it wasn’t especially close. Final results showed 118,040 votes against resuming negotiations and 105,339 in …
Michelle Obama told podcast listeners she does not miss her daughters now that they have left home. The former first lady made the comment during a recent episode of her podcast, IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson. Her guest was longtime Daily Show host Jon Stewart, and her brother Craig Robinson was also part …
Marco Rubio’s State Department revoked the visa of a woman Biden once honored as courageous. Taif Sami Mohammed Al Shakarchi, a former Iraqi finance minister, received the State Department’s International Women of Courage Award in 2022. Four years later, she is banned from entering the United States. Her visa was pulled after the FBI placed …
Alan Ritchson’s new film Motor City earned just $2.94 million worldwide against a $30 million budget. The Reacher star has been vocal in his criticism of Trump supporters, and conservatives have responded by staying away from his work. Motor City is the latest, and most expensive, consequence of that divide. The film is a revenge …
Pete Hegseth says NBC News published a flat-out lie about his political ambitions. The Defense Secretary fired back Friday after NBC reported he had been privately discussing a potential 2028 presidential run with friends and associates. Hegseth did not mince words. “100% false,” he wrote, adding that his only focus was leading the War Department …
Scott Jennings got a CNN anchor to admit he was right, live on air. The conservative commentator took on an entire panel of CNN cohosts who were, effectively, arguing that the Biden-era inflation crisis never happened. The exchange turned into one of the more striking moments of live cable news in recent memory. It started …
Dolly Parton died on August 25, and Tennessee is already moving to rename an airport in her honor. Gov. Bill Lee’s office announced Friday that it is actively working with Nashville International Airport on a proposal to rename the facility, known as BNA, after the country music legend. The move would create a permanent tribute …
Canada’s public broadcaster told its own journalists not to call the September 11 attacks terrorism. CBC circulated an internal memo ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks instructing reporters and editors to avoid describing those attacks as terrorist attacks in their own voice. The guidance was first reported by Toronto Sun columnist Warren …
A Michigan Democratic Senate candidate got into a heated on-air argument with Fox News host Jesse Watters over immigration enforcement. Abdul El-Sayed faced off with Watters on the Fox primetime program, with the two clashing over abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the war effort in Iran, and several other charged cultural topics. Watters opened the …
Carnival Cruise Line issued 24 lifetime bans after a mass brawl, including one against a 9-year-old child. The incident unfolded in April 2026 following a 7-day Western Caribbean cruise aboard the Carnival Jubilee. Passengers had just disembarked at a terminal in Galveston, Texas, when the chaos broke out. A separate but related incident also occurred …
Iowa Democratic candidates laughed when asked if they want Kamala Harris to campaign for them. That was the scene at the Iowa State Fair earlier this month, when Politico’s Jonathan Martin asked two Democratic candidates the same straightforward question. The answers came fast, and they did not require much thought. Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand …
Google Maps is showing “Lake America” where “Lake Ontario” used to appear for users inside the United States. The change went live this week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Great Lake, a move tied to the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada. Google confirmed the update in a …