POLITICS

NOTE: ProPublica has identified the two ICE agents who shot Alex Pretti. ICE has not confirmed the report. (Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A leftist pundit sparked backlash Friday after suggesting it was unprecedented for authorities to withhold the identity of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents involved in the fatal shooting...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Rumors swirled on social media that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani might be the son Jeffrey Epstein after newly released documents showed Mamdani’s mother may have partied with the millionaire pedophile. Mamdani, 34, is the son of director Mira Nair, whose name appeared at least 12...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A newly unearthed photo of Eric Swalwell with a senior Chinese diplomat has renewed scrutiny of the embattled Democrat lawmaker’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party.  Reported Saturday by Fox News, the photo was posted by China’s San Francisco consulate in 2013, during the period when Swalwell...

(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...