POLITICS

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said in an interview with “60 Minutes” that aired on Sunday that he agreed with Vice President JD Vance’s assessment that the Iran war and the US relationship with Israel hurt the Republicans in the midterm elections, but said that he wished the...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court slapped down a ruling that said the rights of a transgender inmate in a Colorado prison were violated when the prison did not accommodate the inmate's preferences for treatment.  Justices on the high court vacated a lower court's ruling in Roybal...

(Headline USA) A judge on Monday denied a motion to dismiss charges against Lindsay Clancy in the deaths of her three young children, potentially clearing the way for a retrial in the case next year. Clancy’s defense team had asked the court to end the case based on an unusual...

(Headline USA) A fraternity at Ohio State University has been temporarily suspended while authorities investigate a video that appears to show two panicked men engulfed in flames. A video shared on social media shows one individual with his sweatpants on fire who then lunges at a second individual and tackles...

(Headline USA) Rep. Thomas Massie moved Monday to force a vote to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, setting the stage for a dramatic vote on whether to remove one of the Trump administration’s most prominent figures following sweeping election losses. The impeachment resolution was introduced by Massie, a Kentucky Republican,...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Democrats intend to investigate alleged corporate favoritism and consider impeaching senior Trump officials after winning both congressional chambers, according to the Financial Times. Their majorities are set to take office in January. Robert Garcia, the leading House oversight Democrat, identified Elon Musk’s federal workforce cuts, corporate...

(Headline USA) Former U.S. President Joe Biden writes in his White House memoir that Donald Trump, at once his predecessor and successor, has deeply damaged the country and world with an administration determined to “tear down institutions and inflame hatreds.” And the 83-year-old Democrat said the 80-year-old Trump's claims about 2020...

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The Republican-controlled 119th Congress is facing a backlog of legislative duties it can no longer ignore – yet it has only eight weeks left in session until Democrats take the helm in both chambers. While all of the legislative tasks are supposed to be bipartisan,...

(Kim Jarrett, The Center Square) Seminole County election officials failed to upload a memory card to the county's election management system, and 388 uncounted votes changed the outcome of a state House election, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said. Incumbent state House Rep. Gerald Greene, a Republican, was declared the...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) While Harry Truman and Frank Church are remembered as two of the most consequential investigators in congressional history, the incoming Democrat chairman of the House Oversight Committee is looking elsewhere for inspiration: Pennywise. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., who is expected to take the helm of the Oversight...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The wife of the so-called decoy Dan in Alaska was revealed Thursday as a donor to Mary Peltola, the Democratic candidate for Senate who is facing growing questions about her knowledge of efforts to recruit candidates with names similar to incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan. The decoy Dan,...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday swiftly denied claims from anonymous sources that he is currently planning to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2028. DeSantis, whose term as governor is set to end on Jan. 5, 2027, has long been viewed as a potential contender for...