Government

Rep. Susie Lee, a four-term Nevada Democrat who represents a district Donald Trump carried in 2024, posted a profanity-lraged late-night social media tirade against the president, then deleted it by morning and tried to reframe the outburst as constitutional principle. The 59-year-old lawmaker fired off her post shortly before 1 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday, reacting […]

Britain’s Labour government faces growing accusations of a cover-up after reports surfaced that Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff told police his personal phone was stolen, a phone that could contain key communications with Peter Mandelson, the Epstein-linked ex-diplomat whose appointment to Washington has become a full-blown political crisis. Morgan McSweeney, Starmer’s top […]

The Chicago City Council voted to raise the tourist tax on hotel rooms in the downtown area to 19%, up from 17.5%, as city officials and tourism boosters position the Windy City to land major events, including a return of the Democratic National Convention. The 1.5-percentage-point hike, passed under Ordinance 2026-0022544, applies to properties with […]

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health told beachgoers to stay out of the water at some of Southern California’s most popular beaches. The March 17 advisory flagged bacteria levels that exceed state health standards, and the timing could not be worse. Temperatures across parts of the West are running as much as 35 […]

President Trump put every member of Congress on notice Tuesday: vote against the SAVE America Act and lose his backing forever. The threat landed just as Senate Republicans prepared a test vote on the voter-eligibility bill, one that faces long odds and fractures inside the GOP itself. The Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act […]

Nearly half a million people entered Australia in a single year, while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told parliament the numbers were falling. The gap between promise and reality keeps growing. An analysis from the Institute of Public Affairs found that net permanent and long-term arrivals hit 57,270 in January alone. Over the 12 months ending […]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wants taxpayers to pour more money into Obamacare’s bloated subsidy machine. He just doesn’t want to talk about the billions already lost to fraud, phantom enrollees, and a system that pays insurers for people who don’t even exist. Schumer made headlines last week with a viral swipe at War Secretary […]

Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation Tuesday morning in a post on X, saying he opposed the administration’s military action in Iran. Within hours, the president’s loudest critics turned his departure into a victory lap. The reaction tells you more about the people cheering than about the man who left. […]

President Donald Trump revealed Monday that White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. Wiles has already begun treatment and plans to keep working from the White House. The president called Wiles “an amazing person, an amazing fighter” and said her prognosis is “excellent.” He made the announcement on […]

Honda just abandoned three battery-powered models it planned to build and sell in America, and wrote down $15.7 billion in the process. The market spoke, and the EV fantasy lost. Japan’s second-largest automaker announced it will restructure its entire electric vehicle business after weak consumer demand made the math impossible. The company will pivot its […]