(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Former Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., a staunch supporter of the conservative Freedom Caucus, is slated for appointment to become a U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Senior White House officials confirmed the news that President Donald Trump planned to nominate Bishop, The Federalist...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The congressional campaign of Rep. Ilham Omar, D-Minn., gave more than a thousand dollars to a nonprofit linked to a Palestinian university, new Federal Election Commission filings revealed.
Omar’s campaign paid $1,559.25 to the anti-Israel Palestine House of Freedom for “event tickets” in September, confirmed by Headline USA...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Senate on Thursday rejected a resolution to stop President Trump from launching an attack on Venezuela without authorization from Congress.
The resolution, led by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Adam Schiff (D-CA), failed to pass the chamber by a vote of 49-51, with...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The federal government asked an appeals court Friday to pause a lower court ruling that required the Trump administration to fully fund benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, provides federally-funded food benefits to about 42 million low-income families...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) As the government shutdown drags into its 38th day and forced flight reductions begin taking effect, the number of daily flight cancellations Americans are experiencing has skyrocketed.
By noon Friday, airlines had slashed 850 flights within, into, or out of the United States – quadruple...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) A new lawsuit accuses Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., of pushing a gang-rape hoax and spying on her ex-fiancé in order to extort him out of millions of dollars.
Mace’s former lover, Patrick Bryant, filed suit on Thursday in Charleston County, saying that she and another woman...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) At the first hearing for alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson in September, 4th District Court Judge Tony Graf has issued a gag order on both the prosecution and defense—preventing them and any witnesses they want to use from speaking to the public.
Judge Graf’s order...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US is planning to establish a military base in Damascus, Syria, Reuters has reported, as the Trump administration continues to strongly back the new Syrian government that’s led by former al-Qaeda leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.
The report said that the US will establish a military presence at...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A US State Department spokesperson told Shafaq News on Wednesday that the US is not withdrawing from Iraq but shifting its military role to a “bilateral relationship” under a deal that will end the mission of the US-led anti-ISIS coalition in the country.
The official made the...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US is asking the UN Security Council to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda leader, and other members of his government, before he visits the White House next week, The Associated Press has reported.
Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani, was...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) In another highway operation targeting dangerous drivers, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Oklahoma Department of Public Safety arrested 70 foreign nationals driving on interstate highways in Oklahoma.
In two days, they arrested drivers from 15 countries – all in the U.S. illegally. The...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump said Tuesday that federal food benefits won't go out until the government reopens, a statement at odds with what his administration has said publicly and told federal judges who ordered the government to use emergency funds to keep benefits flowing.
Trump made...