(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Outgoing D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was spotted drinking at a bar Thursday while large portions of the nation’s capital remained blanketed in snow and ice days after a winter storm.
Bowser enjoyed the drinks at the annual U.S. Conference of Mayors event as residents continued to struggle with icy sidewalks and poorly...
(Headline USA) From tech titans to Wall Street power brokers and foreign dignitaries, a who’s who of powerful men make appearances in the huge trove of documents released Friday by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein.
Many have denied having close ties to the late financier,...
(Mark E. Johnson, Contributor) Days after a Los Angeles non-profit executive was arrested on federal charges of embezzling $10 million in funds intended to help the homeless, an L.A. city council member has been ordered to stand trial on felony public corruption charges of his own.
A state judge ruled...
(Mark E. Johnson, Contributor) When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Or in the case of the once tough-talking governor of Minnesota, taking his ball and going home.
Gov. Tim Walz announced yesterday that he is never, ever, ever getting back together with voters. The failed Democrat veep...
(Headline USA) A man falsely claiming to be an FBI agent showed up to a federal jail in New York City on Wednesday night and told officers he had a court order to release Luigi Mangione, authorities said.
Mark Anderson, 36, of Mankato, Minnesota, was arrested and charged with impersonating...
(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Thursday morning that she will be running for Minnesota governor in the 2026 election cycle.
This comes after current Gov. Tim Walz unexpectedly announced earlier this month that he would not be seeking reelection.
“Minnesotans, we’ve been through a lot....
(Emily Rodriguez, The Center Square) The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Wednesday to consider the reauthorization of a surveillance tool that has improperly collected citizens' private conversations.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was first established by Congress in 1978 to mitigate foreign terrorist threats.
Section 702, established in 2008 to...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. Senate failed to advance a package of the six remaining federal funding bills Thursday, leaving less than 40 hours until the federal government partially shuts down.
More than $1.2 trillion is at stake in the House-passed legislation, funding State-Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Defense,...
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to raise taxes on the city's wealthiest to help reduce a projected $12 billion deficit he says was inherited from the previous administration.
In a highlight of his upcoming budget, Mamndani told reporters on Wednesday that his administration...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump renewed his threats to attack Iran if the Islamic Republic does not comply with his demands. The President claimed that Iran must agree to a new nuclear deal or would be attacked by the “armada” Trump has assembled in the Middle East.
“A massive...
THE NEW YORK TIMES – George Cabot Lodge, who unlike four of his ancestors lost in his attempt to gain a Massachusetts seat in the U.S. Senate, enabling a member of a rival dynasty, Edward M. Kennedy, to begin a five-decade congressional career, died on Jan. 4. He was...
(Mark E. Johnson, Contributor) Spencer Pratt, who rose to fame and fortune as star of the MTV reality show ‘The Hills,’ has announced his run for mayor of Los Angeles.
Pratt and his wife, actress Heidi Montag, lost their Pacific Palisades home to last year’s devastating wildfire, which destroyed their...