A new public appearance has brought a familiar political fight back into view, along with a request for financial help. The message was defiant, but it also acknowledged that the road ahead could become expensive and difficult. Rep. Ilhan Omar resurfaced in a Tuesday night video, asking supporters for donations as a federal immigration investigation […]
A private exchange reportedly gave investigators an opening, turning scrutiny of old records into a search of an official’s home. Now, the evidence trail reaches across family communications, seized devices, and immigration documents dating back three decades. Texts recovered from Ilhan Omar’s sister’s phone helped secure the warrant for her Washington home, the New York […]
Federal authorities moved after a public tip brought a series of alarming online comments to their attention. What investigators found included an alleged threat with a disturbing reference to preparations near an upcoming public appearance. The messages appeared beneath local news coverage, where readers had gathered to discuss a highly anticipated visit. Within days, the […]
A donation from former President George W. Bush’s daughter has stirred controversy in Texas’s closely watched United States Senate contest. Barbara Bush contributed $2,500 to Lone Star Rising PAC, an outside organization supporting Democratic nominee James Talarico. Federal Election Commission records date the contribution to September 23, according to reporting by Texas Public Radio and […]
The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a legal development this week, declining to revisit his dismissal of a Democratic appointee. The justices rejected an appeal from Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relations Board. Their decision leaves standing a lower court ruling that upheld Trump’s authority to remove her. The action could […]
The Trump administration is continuing its crackdown on non-citizen voting, even as Democrats continue to claim that it’s a “rare” occurrence. The Justice Department has charged 28 noncitizens in California with federal election-related crimes, escalating the Trump administration’s battle with state officials over voter eligibility just two weeks before the November 3 midterm elections. Federal […]
A long-time Democrat who left the party to become an Independent as it shifted further to the left is embracing a former GOP colleague as she fights for reelection. Former Sen. Joe Manchin is campaigning alongside Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine this week, providing the endangered incumbent with a prominent display of bipartisan support […]
Veteran CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour announced Monday that she will leave the network next summer, ending a 43-year run that made her one of the cable news giant’s longest-serving and most recognizable journalists. Amanpour, 68, said she will gradually scale back her responsibilities before officially departing CNN at the end of June 2027, […]
Republican candidates in key races that will determine whether the party retains control of the U.S. Senate have pulled ahead of their Democratic opponents just days before the November 3 midterms. New polling shows GOP candidates taking narrow leads in Texas, Kansas, Iowa, and at least one recent survey in Ohio and Michigan each. The […]
Not surprisingly, Democrats are coming to the aid of left-wing ‘Squad’ Rep. Ilhan Omar following an investigation and a Department of Homeland Security raid on her Washington, D.C., home last week. But what’s also true is that their criticisms of President Trump over the raid are monumentally hypocritical, given the Biden administration’s investigations into the […]
