POLITICS

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Maine Democrats on Saturday officially declared socialist Troy Jackson their U.S. Senate nominee after ousting duly-selected candidate Graham Platner two weeks earlier. But according to some, Jackson may be ineligible, opening a potential pathway for challengers like social-media sensation Ashley Webb, a transgender candidate who went...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The cash crunch at the Democratic National Committee is so bad that DNC officials are begging their vendors to not to send bills until after the midterm elections, according to the New York Times. “The bookkeeping maneuver, which was described by three people briefed on it,...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) The Justice Department said that the illegal voters New Jersey Democrats admitted to letting slip through the cracks during the 2024 election were just the tip of the iceberg. “So, our Homeland Security has actually informed the state of New Jersey that there are potentially 35,000...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Ahead of former COVID czar Anthony Fauci’s scheduled appearance Wednesday before the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, committee chair Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., released a tranche of damning records shedding new light on Fauci’s private thoughts and actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. One email...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) A January 2025 briefing memo released Thursday by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., revealed that during his final month in office then-President Joe Biden plotted to deliver de-facto amnesty to some 3.1 million illegal immigrants --- including gang members --- by granting them “temporary protected status.” https://twitter.com/SenEricSchmitt/status/2080381769258275108 “This...

(Headline USA) Former state lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine on Saturday and will face longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins in November in a race that could decide which party controls the chamber. Jackson replaces Graham Platner, who won the Democratic primary in...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Democratic National Committee announced Friday that it will once again hold its first presidential primary contest in South Carolina, doubling down on a controversial primary calendar that prioritizes black voters ahead of the 2028 election. The DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee granted the Palmetto State a...

(John Weeks, Antiwar.com) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, during a Congressional hearing on Tuesday, said a failure to appropriate $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget constitutes the “greatest threat” to US national security. Hegseth, joined by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine and...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Donald Trump has also signaled that he may bomb Picakaxe Mountain, known as Kolang Kouh, where US and Israeli officials have claimed there may be underground nuclear activity, claims Iran has denied. Israeli media reported on Wednesday that the US informed Israel that it intends to...

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) New York City authorities said the attacks of two people stabbed in separate incidents in the Upper West Side on Thursday are being investigated as possible hate crimes. The New York City Police Department said it arrested Raul Morales, 51, after he stabbed an unidentified...

(Headline USA) Federal health officials on Friday said they have linked cases of a diarrhea-causing parasite tied to shredded lettuce to an additional four states, expanding the scope of the largest U.S. outbreak of cyclospora. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak first tied to Taco Bell...

(Headline USA) The Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military to help replace the tens of thousands of immigrant drivers who lost their licenses in a crackdown this year. A new campaign launched Friday will promote programs that let veterans who recently drove...