POLITICS

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Billionaire Elon Musk had a peculiar reaction to a new documentary’s insinuation that he may have used Starlink to meddle in the 2024 presidential election to benefit President Donald Trump. "Lmao," an acronym for "laughing my ass off," Musk wrote via X. He was responding directly to...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Michael Cohen, a key witness in the New York criminal and civil cases against President Donald Trump, has “fully recanted” his testimony in both cases, the Republican president announced Friday via Truth Social. Previously known as Trump’s longtime fixer, Cohen was used by New York Attorney General...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Democratic Party has long attracted peculiarly strange individuals who have been floated as potential presidential candidates, including convicted felon Michael Avenatti, disgraced former first son Hunter Biden, Jerry Springer and anti-Trump filmmaker Michael Moore. Add former CNN anchor Don Lemon to that list. Lemon, now a...

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Despite a backlog of legislative responsibilities, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has canceled the final two weeks of the September legislative session. That leaves House lawmakers only one more week of business before the midterm elections. The chamber won’t reconvene until mid-November. While Johnson justified...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Billionaire investor Leon Black skipped a sworn deposition before House investigators on Thursday and asked a federal judge instead to void the two subpoenas the Oversight Committee served on him in June.  His complaint landed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia the...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A bombshell report published Aug. 31 in the Columbia Journalism Review accused New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani of using tax dollars to recruit an army of social media influencers to push his socialist policies through a series of social campaigns. The apparent pay-for-play arrangement is concerning, as...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Researcher Steven Camarota told lawmakers Tuesday that as many as 300,000 babies were born on American soil to visiting foreigners over the past 10 years, according to Breitbart. Camarota, who directs research at the Center for Immigration Studies, delivered the figures before a House Oversight...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) Federal prosecutors are charging an ICE agent with making false statements in connection with a shooting during Operation Metro Surge, according to an anonymous AP source. ICE agent Christian Castro is also facing state charges for the Jan. 14 shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis...

(Headline USA) The U.S. Secret Service dealt with several drone-related incidents without adjusting its protection policies or documenting why it didn't, according to a government report released Thursday. That information may have helped illustrate the emerging threat of civilian drone use before one was used in the 2024 assassination...

(Headline USA)  The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Thursday in a dramatic sixth day of deliberations. Her defense lawyer told the judge that the panel’s foreperson said in a note that a single juror won’t follow the court's instructions about reasonable doubt...

(Headline USA) Fox News Media has parted ways with politically influential financial journalist Maria Bartiromo after more than a decade, the company announced Thursday hours after Fox Business Network aired the final episode of the show that bears her name. The company did not specify the reasons for her...

(Headline USA) An 18-year-old in Washington state has been arrested for the investigation of manslaughter and arson in connection with a deadly July 4 fire, a county sheriff said Thursday. The teen from Kent was among a group of people setting off illegal fireworks from the back of a truck...