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Heritage Foundation Losing Staff to Mike Pence
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (347+ words) Mike Pence is quietly turning his post-vice-presidential nonprofit into a refuge for conservatives breaking with the Heritage Foundation. The Wall Street Journal reports that about 15 staffers are jumping ship to Advancing American Freedom, the advocacy group Pence launched in 2021. Those…...
Bondi Could Face Contempt, Impeachment Over Epstein Files
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (404+ words) Lawmakers from both parties say they're considering contempt proceedings against Attorney General Pam Bondi over the Justice Department's failure to meet a court-ordered deadline for releasing documents in the Jeffrey Epstein case. The DOJ on Friday released thousands of documents…...
Expect More ICE Raids of Workplaces in 2026
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (779+ words) President Trump is preparing to widen his immigration crackdown in 2026 with a major funding boost and an increased focus on workplace raids, even as public resistance grows and Republicans head into a risky midterm election year, Reuters reports. Under a…...
At Turning Point, Vance Urges Unity, Invokes Kirk's Killing
23+ hour, 34+ min ago (740+ words) Vice President JD Vance used a Sunday appearance at Turning Point's AmericaFest in Phoenix to urge members of the pro-Trump movement to stop attacking each other and concentrate on defeating Democrats. Vance told thousands of attendees that President Trump built…...
Coast Guard Tries to Seize Fleeing Tanker
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (278+ words) US authorities were pursuing an oil tanker off Venezuela on Sunday, after the ship did not submit to being boarded by American forces and sailed away in the Caribbean Sea. Officials said the US Coast Guard approached the vessel, which…...
Fast-Moving Comedian Owns trumpkennedycenter.org
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (438+ words) A satirist moved faster than the rebranding team at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts when it came to securing a web address that reflected its name change . After the center's board voted Thursday to rename the Washington, DC,…...
New South Wales Weighs Ban on IS Symbols After Massacre
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (550+ words) The Australian state of New South Wales is proposing to ban public displays of Islamic State group flags or extremist symbols after a mass shooting driven by antisemitism killed 15 people celebrating Hanukkah at Sydney's Bondi Beach. Under draft laws to…...
Early Takeaways From the New Epstein Files
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (242+ words) Journalists have been poring over thousands of Jeffrey Epstein files newly released by the Justice Department , a mix of documents, photos, phone recordings, and videos. It's only the first part of a release mandated by Congress, but it will still…...
Recipients of Trump's Pardons Also Off the Hook for Restitution
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (877+ words) President Trump's latest wave of clemency isn't just slashing prison terms'it's erasing debts owed to people who were told the law would help make them whole. A Washington Post review found that at least 20 people granted pardons or commutations by…...
Kennedy Family Blasts Plan to Rename Kennedy Center
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (592+ words) Members of the Kennedy family are strongly objecting to a move to rebrand the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the "Trump-Kennedy Center." White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the name change Thursday , saying a board appointed…...