Senate Democrats and Republicans alike have high hopes for a deal to end the Iran War and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, a proxy of Iran, is complicating Trump’s negotiations with Tehran, leaving lawmakers hungry for more information as they return to Washington. Trump last week indicated… […]
The anti-ICE rioter who allegedly sank his teeth into federal law enforcement officers during a protest at Delaney Hall last week was previously accused of distributing child pornography. The New Jersey US Attorney’s Office charged Brendan John Geier, 26, with assaulting federal officers and causing bodily injury, for allegedly “kicking and biting” Immigration and Customs […]
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Over 30 gallons of generator fuel spilled onto the National Mall following the Freedom 250 event in Washington, DC. The event on May 17 reportedly used a multitude of commercial generators with fuel that later “seeped into underground cisterns that collect rainwater to irrigate the Mall,” at least three sources confirmed to NBC News. The […]
The Trump administration was blocked by a federal appeals court from banning almost 30 transgender-identifying individuals from being able to serve in the United States military. In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that 28 transgender individuals — who had filed a lawsuit when the Trump administration […]
Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly (Ariz.), Adam Schiff (Calif.) and Elissa Slotkin (Mich.) on Monday introduced legislation to block the Trump administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund, which the Department of Justice (DOJ) scrapped earlier in the day. The bill, dubbed the Drain the Slush Fund Act, would bar the use of taxpayer money for payments to President Trump,… […]
Authored by Victoria Taft via PJ Media, Spencer Pratt has a “shot” to win the Los Angeles mayor’s race, according to the latest polling. The first thing Angelenos need to begin the biggest turnaround in L.A. history, however, is to admit the city has a problem: self-imposed dysfunction. Then they need to vote for someone […]
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity, The body of Melissa Casias has been found in a remote area of New Mexico’s Carson National Forest, almost 11 months after the Los Alamos National Laboratory employee walked out of her home and vanished. This discovery marks another chapter in the disturbing wave of deaths and disappearances involving […]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris released her annual LGBTQ+ Pride Month message on social media, calling it an “ongoing fight” for equality. The failed presidential candidate took to X and Instagram on Monday, the first day of June, to recognize Pride Month while the Trump administration ignored it for the second year in a row. […]
‘Sinister’ links suspected in mysterious deaths of scientists House Oversight Chair James Comer expresses concern about a “sinister” pattern in the mysterious deaths and disappearances of 11 U.S. scientists involved in nuclear, aerospace, and defense research. Former FBI agent Nicole Parker analyzes the unusual cases, noting missing cell phones and wiped data. Separately, an Iranian […]
