A former Obama administration official has lost his job as Minneapolis’s top communications executive after an internal investigation tied him to the alleged theft of cash and credit cards from his own colleagues. Adam Fetcher, 42, was terminated on July 1 from his role as Chief Communications Officer for the City of Minneapolis. Mayor Jacob …
President Trump is no longer negotiating with Iran. He is issuing terms. Tehran has until Saturday to publicly acknowledge that every channel in the Strait of Hormuz is open, toll-free, and that its forces will stop firing on commercial ships. The demand was delivered directly to Iran and through regional mediators. American officials made the …
When a politician under federal criminal investigation hires a private defense attorney and simultaneously can’t produce five years of promised tax returns, there’s a word for that. It isn’t “transparency.” It isn’t “nothing to hide.” It’s called a tell. Nearly a month has passed since Gavin Newsom announced, unprompted and out of nowhere, that he …
The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling barely had time to settle before the birth tourism industry moved in. Billboards and signs advertising birth tourism packages, with deliveries starting at $4,000, are already appearing along the southern border and across Mexico. Chinese birth tourism operations are ramping back up. Russian nationals are booking flights. An industry …
A California congressman is floating a potential run for the White House in 2028, and the catalyst may be one of the most dramatic moments of his political career: being detained by armed settlers in the West Bank. Rep. Ro Khanna, a progressive Democrat representing Silicon Valley and a consistent critic of Israeli policies, said …
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas to four New York Times journalists, ordering them to testify before a federal grand jury in Manhattan on July 16, 2026. The four reporters named are Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager, and Eric Schmitt. The subpoenas instruct them to appear “in regard to an alleged violation of …
A woman identified as Maria Santay was arrested on camera at a Southern California gas station after federal agents accused her of following and interfering with immigration enforcement operations. The dramatic footage, captured during her own livestream, spread rapidly across social media and sparked protests, a city council confrontation, and a fierce debate over the …
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz thought he had shielded a convicted child rapist from deportation with a last-minute pardon. The Trump administration had other ideas. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Tue Lue Vang, a Laotian national living in the country illegally, has been deported after federal officials stepped in to override the clemency. Rubio …
Sixty days. That’s how long California taxpayers have been waiting for an answer to a simple question: how did one well-connected nonprofit land a multimillion-dollar state diaper contract? And the Newsom administration is still not talking. The program in question is called “Golden State Start,” announced in May. The idea is straightforward enough: California hospitals …
Eight South Carolina National Guard Apache pilots found themselves briefly grounded after what millions of Americans considered an unforgettable Independence Day moment. Now, thanks to swift action from the top of the Pentagon, they are back in the cockpit. The pilots had taken part in South Carolina’s annual “Salute from the Shore” event, a patriotic …
A judge’s order meant to keep evidence under wraps backfired in spectacular fashion Thursday, when a handwritten confession note allegedly left by accused killer Tyler Robinson flashed briefly across a courtroom livestream for the public to see. The slip happened during a high-stakes preliminary hearing for Robinson, 23, who faces the death penalty if convicted …
When the Assistant Attorney General puts a state election official on five-day notice with criminal prosecution on the table, it signals the federal government has seen enough. That is exactly where Oregon finds itself right now. A letter directed at Secretary of State Tobias Read lays out a stark demand: comply with federal election law, …
They live in one of America’s most economically battered neighborhoods. But residents of Los Angeles’ Skid Row had something powerful to say this Fourth of July weekend, and it wasn’t what many might expect. Journalist Jonathan Cho spent time in the area conducting video interviews for Frontlines, Turning Point USA, and the Discovery Institute, asking …
A live television debate about a New York City mayor’s thermostat recommendation turned into a moment of on-air embarrassment this week, after a conservative guest called out the CNN studio’s own climate-controlled comfort while the host was busy defending the policy. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani kicked things off on July 1, 2026, asking …
The Trump administration is sounding the alarm on what it describes as a fraud crisis of staggering proportions, and officials say the numbers they are finding are every bit as alarming as they feared. Speaking from the White House, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller praised Vice President JD Vance for his leadership of the …
The Department of Homeland Security has announced the arrest and deportation of an illegal immigrant with ties to two of the most violent criminal organizations operating in the Western Hemisphere, a man who had been known to authorities since 2024 but was left free during the Biden administration. The individual, identified as Isaias Jose Rodriguez-Manzanares, …
The audacity is remarkable. And the voting record makes it impossible to hide. One year ago, every single Democrat in Congress voted against the Working Families Tax Cuts. Not most. Not a slim majority. Every last one. While Republicans were pushing through no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security, …
The Supreme Court has delivered a significant blow to one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent second-term initiatives, ruling against his executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship. The decision reaffirms the longstanding legal interpretation that nearly all individuals born on U.S. soil are automatically American citizens. Notably, conservative-leaning Justices John Roberts and Amy Coney …
Paul Pelosi, the 86-year-old husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is facing a recommended misdemeanor charge after allegedly striking a parked car and driving away from the scene in Yountville, California. The incident happened on July 3, when a witness spotted a brown convertible heading northbound on Yount Street hit the rear of a …
The Michigan Democratic Senate primary just got a lot simpler. State Senator Mallory McMorrow announced Sunday she is suspending her campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, trimming the August 4 primary down to a straight two-person contest between U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and former Wayne County health official Abdul El-Sayed. In a video …
John Fetterman has never been a perfect fit for the modern Democratic Party. The Pennsylvania senator votes with his caucus often enough, but he has also broken ranks in ways that matter, backing efforts to keep the government funded and supporting the president’s authority on foreign policy matters involving Iran. Now he’s gone further, publicly …
The National Republican Congressional Committee is going on offense, and it is aiming straight at House Democrats over their unanimous vote against the Working Families Tax Cuts. One year after President Trump signed the tax cut package into law on July 4, 2025, the NRCC is launching a new ad campaign designed to make sure …
President Trump is making history again, this time with a move no Republican has ever tried before. He’s announced plans for the first-ever GOP midterm convention, a high-energy gathering designed to fire up the Republican base and drive voter turnout ahead of the 2026 elections. It’s worth noting Democrats aren’t strangers to the idea. They …
The FBI is throwing significant manpower at its ongoing federal investigation into the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia, assigning hundreds of intelligence analysts to the effort. An unclassified internal memo issued Wednesday directed all FBI field offices to immediately surge support to an FBI Atlanta priority investigation. The memo came from the Directorate of …
President Donald Trump is pointing to a new roadmap for restricting birthright citizenship, this time through Congress rather than an executive order. The pivot comes after the Supreme Court struck down his administration’s earlier attempt to limit the century-old practice of granting citizenship to nearly anyone born on U.S. soil. On June 30, the Supreme …
A 16-year-old wanted in the fatal shooting of a Penn State student has been captured, but his alleged accomplice remains on the run. Azzubair Outen-Fleming was arrested on July 1 by the U.S. Marshals Service Colorado Violent Offender Task Force in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Investigators tracked him to the home of a distant relative after …
Kamala Harris marked America’s 250th birthday with a post on X, and it may be the most hollow piece of political messaging to emerge from the holiday weekend. While celebrations were unfolding across the country, the former Vice President offered this as her contribution to the occasion: “When America is at our best, we look …