POLITICS

(Headline USA) Democratic state parties announced Monday that they are launching an operation for the midterm elections they're calling the "New Battlefield Project,” intended to recruit 10,000 volunteers to interfere at polling places in case armed federal officers show up. Liberal activists are planning mass protests if the Trump administration tries...

(Headline USA) U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, a candidate for Wisconsin governor, wiped away tears and laughed while sharing how thankful he was Sunday to survive a harrowing late-night emergency landing into a lake of the small plane he was riding in. The pilot “said we are going down,” Tiffany, a Republican,...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump's proposal to send $5,000 to every American adult if his Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the November election needs congressional approval, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday, while pledging to try to make it happen. Trump made the unusual pitch...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will look into requests from families of Sept. 11 victims to release records that could shed light on Saudi Arabia’s alleged role in the attacks 25 years ago. Several families have long alleged that a group of extremist religious leaders in...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) President Donald Trump issued two fiery demands to the Smithsonian on Friday: install a 30-foot statue of George Washington and launch a five-year exhibition honoring his legacy. Trump made the demands in two separate Truth Social posts, ahead of Constitution Day, which falls on Sept. 17, and months...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., faced a wave of backlash after they were captured on television smiling and laughing during New York City’s solemn 9/11 commemoration ceremony Friday. The two socialist darlings appeared to rejoice as families and loved ones mourned...

(Headline USA) A Republican congressman said he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday. U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says he was returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner when the light aircraft lost power...

(Headline USA) In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal court on Friday ruled that the Energy Department exceeded its authority when it forced a Michigan coal-fired power plant to stay open past its scheduled retirement date last year. Energy Secretary Chris Wright had said the 64-year-old J.H. Campbell...

(Joelle Webb, The Center Square).Students across Colorado recently participated in protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but according to a Colorado congressman, one demonstration got violent – to the point he's seeking a federal investigation. Five assaults were reported when a large crowd protested Sept. 4 at La Alma-Lincoln...

(Headline USA) A federal judge has ruled that a plan by the Trump administration to slash staffing at the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters by 50% was unlawful. The opinion issued late Friday marked a victory for labor groups who had sued the agency. The labor organization had...

(Headline USA) Several dozen presidential briefing documents declassified Friday, the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, detail intelligence government officials had gathered about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida leading up to the hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people and upended American national security. The documents illustrate security analysts' tracking...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Thursday issued the strongest indication to date that embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., could face consequences in connection with allegations that she married her brother in a potential immigration fraud scheme. Speaking with podcaster Benny Johnson at the GOP’s midterm convention,...