POLITICS

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday defended his wife after social media activity appeared to show her endorsing content tied to the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack against Israel carried out by Hamas.  Speaking to reporters in New York City, Mamdani sought to downplay the likes by...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) A recent hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee brought renewed attention to a taxpayer-funded initiative to make maps “more gay” by allowing visitors to pin LGPT hookup spots in central Europe and elsewhere. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., pressed Sarah B. Rogers, undersecretary of State for...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Democrats in Virginia announced the latest blow in their reign of terror since regaining the governor’s mansion in January: forcing classroom teachers to promote the unsubstantiated claim that the Jan. 6, 2021 uprising at the U.S. Capitol was an “insurrection.” A proposed bill from Delegate Dan...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) With Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., ignoring calls to use a talking filibuster to help pass the SAVE Act, conservatives are speculating about ways to force the hand of the RINO leader. Pro-MAGA Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., suggested that the legislation to close election-integrity...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Journalist Alan MacLeod argued that a Channel 4 headline reporting on Israel's latest invasion of Lebanon used "carefully constructed language aimed at manufacturing consent for Israeli atrocities," according to his post on X. Israel has ramped up operations against Hezbollah, an ally of Iran, in...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Rep.Thomas Massie, R-Ky., alleged the Trump administration orchestrated what he called a "360-pressure campaign" that included offering his staffers prestigious government positions and lucrative private sector jobs to undermine his push for releasing Jeffrey Epstein documents, The Daily Beast reported. The apparent goal was to strip...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Controversial Texas judge Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez will formally be out of a job this November after losing her Democratic primary bid while facing an indictment on allegations that she illegally ordered an attorney to be handcuffed in court. Speedlin-Gonzalez, a Democrat and openly gay judge, is currently suspended without pay from...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A Democrat lawmaker appeared to revel in defiance by inviting an illegal alien to the State of the Union address. But the moment of defiance recently unraveled when it emerged that the guest had been mentioned in police reports involving sexual assault and juveniles.  The illegal alien, Marcelo Gomes...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A former North Carolina lawmaker was indicted Monday on child sex abuse charges, according to court records reviewed by Headline USA.  Cecil Brockman, a former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, was indicted by a grand jury in Guilford County on two counts of statutory...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A bombshell report from the Wyoming Highway Patrol found more than 600 violations involving commercial drivers who failed English proficiency interviews during inspections. The findings come from a state audit launched after several high-profile crashes involving drivers who barely spoke English.  The WHP found that 676 out of...

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) President Donald Trump has said he will accept nothing less from Iran than unconditional surrender, according to a social media post on Friday morning. “There will be no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender!” the president wrote on Truth Social. He also wrote about the selection...

(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Removal of flyers associated with Charlie Kirk at a private Christian liberal arts institution in the North Carolina Sandhills has drawn rebuke from a nonprofit free speech organization known as FIRE. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression says removal of law student Justin Booker’s...