Friday, June 26, 2026

POLITICS

Research Confirms Migration Fueled Housing Crisis

(José Niño, Headline USA) A Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas study concluded that the wave of illegal immigrants arriving during President Joe Biden's tenure inflated housing prices and rental costs for Americans, Breitbart News reported. Biden's immigration policies ushered millions of migrants onto American soil at historic speed. When his...

Trump Demands DOJ Investigate Oil Price Gouging

(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump instructed the Justice Department to launch an inquiry into petroleum corporations he accused of artificially propping up gasoline prices while crude oil costs tumble, ABC News reported. The president vented his frustrations on Truth Social, alleging that energy companies exploit motorists at the...

Lawmakers Clash Over Prediction Market Restrictions

(José Niño, Headline USA) Republican members of the House Administration Committee advanced legislation Wednesday that would stop members of Congress and their family members from wagering on politically oriented prediction markets, Politico reported. The GOP majority backed the proposal along strict party lines. The legislation would block representatives, their spouses,...

Newsom Hints at Support for Packing Supreme Court

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday gave his strongest indication yet that he could support expanding the Supreme Court if elected president in 2028. Newsom, widely viewed as a viable contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, appeared to embrace the idea during an interview with left-wing influencer...

New Mexico Governor Calls for Criminal Probe of DEA Allowing Fentanyl to Hit Streets

(Headline USA) New Mexico’s governor on Wednesday called for a criminal investigation into the Drug Enforcement Administration after an Associated Press investigation found federal agents allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach the streets over a two-year period while pursuing larger drug-trafficking cases. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham asked...

Reflecting Pool Liner was Cut with a Sharp Knife or Razor, National Park Service Says

(Headline USA) A liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a sharp knife or razor this month, causing damage to the foam sealant installed as part of a $16 million rehabilitation project, a top official at the National Park Service says. The U.S. Park...

Trump Asks Congress for Additional $87.6 Billion, Mainly for Iran War

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The White House sent a letter to Congress on Wednesday requesting an additional $87.6 billion in supplemental funding, with the vast majority going toward “costs incurred” by the US-Israeli war against Iran. The White House Office of Budget Management told House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that the...

Walz Files for Information on Trump ‘Retribution Campaign’

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square)  Gov. Tim Walz has filed 16 Freedom of Information Act requests with federal agencies seeking records he says could reveal what he has labeled as the Trump administration’s “campaign of retribution” against Minnesota. The requests seek records, communications and other documents referencing terms including “Minnesota,”...

Ex-Fire Chief Sues Los Angeles Mayor for Defamation

(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) The former Los Angeles fire chief is suing Mayor Karen Bass for defamation related to the devastating Palisades Fire. Kristin Crowley was removed from her position on Feb. 21, 2025, weeks after the blaze began. The fire, which hit the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los...

Ex-Mayor Adams Aide Charged in Bribery Probe

(Headline USA) A chief of staff to former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged with accepting more than $100,000 in bribes to steer a lucrative migrant shelter contract to a Queens hotel, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday. Frank Carone’s arrest Wednesday was the latest in...

Vegan Cult Member Charged in Parents’ Murders

(Headline USA) A member of the cultlike group known as Zizians has been charged with murder in the shooting of her parents at their Pennsylvania home on her 30th birthday, and a prosecutor said Wednesday that authorities don’t believe she was acting alone. Michelle Zajko, who has been jailed in...

Top Army General is Suddenly Leaving his Post

(Headline USA) The Army's commander of its forces in Europe and Africa — who was famously the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan in 2021 — is unexpectedly stepping down from his post after just 18 months in the job, the Army confirmed late Tuesday. Gen. Christopher Donahue, commanding general...
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