POLITICS

Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a case challenging President Donald Trump's order banning asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border. Justices on the high court agreed to hear Mullin v. Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, a case centered...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A group of 12 senators has written to congressional leadership urging the removal of provisions from the House and Senate versions of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would mandate increased US-Israeli military and intelligence cooperation. The idea of the amendments is to further integrate...

(Headline USA) The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights nationwide Friday afternoon because of communications problems at regional air traffic control centers. The FAA notice said the ground stop was being imposed “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety.” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said there is a communications issue...

(Headline USA) SpaceX is launching Starship to orbit on Friday in its boldest test yet: a 22-hour flight that aims to recapture the entire rocket in a move meant to accelerate moon and Mars travel. If all goes well, Elon Musk's company will perform a double catch with the massive...

(Headline USA) Democrat Eileen Laubacher defeated Rep. Lauren Boebert for a Colorado U.S. House seat on Friday, ousting a three-term Republican and staple of conservative media. Laubacher is a former Navy rear admiral. Her win in the 4th Congressional District race is just one of several surprising Republican losses in...

(Headline USA) The Trump administration has declared three Guatemalan gangs to be terrorist groups for financing violence and crime with proceeds from drug trafficking. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday imposed the terrorist designations on Los Lorenzanas, Los Huistas and Los Mendoza, all of which the U.S. says have...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A Reuters investigation has examined whether gasoline trader John Addison’s relationship with Vice President JD Vance helped Vitol secure permission to market Venezuelan crude after January’s American military operation. A source told Reuters that Addison and Vance discussed potential oil sales during a December 27, 2025 ...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Authorities arrested former University of Texas at Tyler student Ciro Stephen Tomlian, 19, following an alleged assault at a Turning Point USA gathering Tuesday, according to The College Fix. He faces two aggravated assault counts and one count of assault causing bodily injury. A jail...

(Headline USA) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has finalized his divorce from his wife, Angela, one of his lawyers said Thursday. It comes nearly a week after Paxton, a Republican, lost his U.S. Senate race by double digits to Democrat James Talarico in one of the most expensive contests of the...

(José Niño, Headline USA)  A Rutgers University student who once defended Turning Point USA in conservative media now accuses fellow members of the movement of assaulting her at a national summit. TPUSA flatly rejects her account. Megyn Doyle, 18, describes herself as the former vice president of the Rutgers TPUSA...

(Headline USA) Democrats in the Montana House have elected a transgender/nonbinary state representative as their minority leader and a well-known "trans advocate" to a top leadership post. State Rep. SJ Howell of Missoula is the first trans/nonbinary party leader in the U.S., state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, also of Missoula, posted on...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) said on Monday that the “beauty” of the nearly five-year-old Russia-Ukraine war is the fact that the US is “paying Ukrainians to kill Russians.” Gallego, who joined the Senate last after serving in the House for about 10 years, made the comment on...