POLITICS

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, now the Democratic nominee for California governor, has for years omitted a major detail when recounting his father’s purported “immigrant” story. The truth? The elder Becerra was an American citizen. The revelation came to light through an investigation by independent journalist...

(José Niño, Headline USA)  Georgia’s State Election Board executive director has asked the Trump administration to examine the state’s voting system weeks before Election Day. The request puts QR code ballot tabulation, election software, voter data sharing, and access to records under renewed scrutiny, per a report by the...

(José Niño, Headline USA)  Newly released FBI records have renewed debate over the methods used in former special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents investigation of President Donald Trump. The documents describe monitoring of Susie Wiles’s communications, internal disagreement over the Mar-a-Lago search, and an unexplained lack of substantive notes...

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) U.S. bombers being moved back to the U.S. from the UK are the latest in American military assets being shifted in Europe, as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told The Center Square that he expects more troops to be moved back to the Western...

(Headline USA)  Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has found her next chapter: She is heading to Fox News. Leavitt will serve as an on-air contributor beginning Nov. 1, the network said Monday. “Karoline’s firsthand experience in the White House and on the presidential campaign trail gives her a distinct...

(Headline USA) Dennis Hastert, whose congressional legacy as the longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84. Hastert, who was speaker from 1999...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., may soon have to switch phone numbers. President Donald Trump publicly released what seemed to be Cotton's cellphone number Saturday as part of an online pressure campaign in a bid to get the GOP senator to back legislation making daylight saving time permanent. Trump...

(Headline USA) Four astronauts pulled up at the International Space Station on Thursday after launching on an eight-hour express that set a U.S. speed record. The fresh arrivals include a Canadian whose wife will give birth while he’s away. SpaceX launched commander Jessica Watkins and her crew for NASA after a...

(Headline USA) Jack Pearadin is the first to admit that his diamond-hunting hobby hasn't paid off, despite sifting rocks for more than a dozen years. But earlier this year, the Navy reservist and his friend shoveled a six-carat diamond from a field in Arkansas where he's found over 300 gems...

(Headline USA) A National Guard member deployed to Washington, D.C., as part of a mission launched by President Donald Trump has been arrested for carrying an unauthorized firearm after a traffic stop by U.S. Park Police. Spec. Jakob Noonan, 22, of the Oklahoma Guard, was arrested Monday and charged with...

(Headline USA)  Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from her husband of 34 years. Noem, who was tasked with leading President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown from January 2025 to March 2026 and previously served as South Dakota's governor, is seeking a divorce from Bryon...

(Headline USA) The Federal Reserve’s internal watchdog said Wednesday that the central bank has broadly mismanaged an expansive building renovation project but did not find any criminal violations, as alleged by Trump administration prosecutors. A variety of missteps by the Fed's Board of Governors and staff inflated the cost of...