Elections
New York City mayor candidate Curtis Sliwa says he was offered money to quit race
Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa attends a protest against a tent shelter for migrants at Floyd Bennett Field in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on August 22, 2023. Paul Frangipane | Corbis News | Getty Images Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee in the race for mayor of New York City, said Wednesday that […]
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Shooting at Dallas ICE detention facility leaves ‘multiple injuries and fatalities’: Noem
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem hosts a roundtable discussion about securing the Northern Border, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook Rebecca Cook | Reuters A shooter opened fire Wednesday morning at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Dallas, causing “multiple injuries and fatalities,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem […]
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Trump to meet top Democrats as their health care demands fuel government shutdown risk
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks with the press on Capitol Hill on Thursday Sept. 11, 2025. Demetrius Freeman | The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump will meet with the two top Democrats in Congress sometime this week as the federal government heads […]
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White House denies Homan received $50k from undercover FBI agents
White House Border Czar Tom Homan talks with reporters on the driveway outside the West Wing on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images The White House on Monday denied reports that border czar Tom Homan allegedly accepted $50,000 in cash last year from undercover FBI agents […]
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TikTok deal won’t include ‘golden share’ or equity for U.S., Trump administration says
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says that a deal is reached between the U.S. and China where TikTok’s algorithm and data are controlled by America and are majority-owned by Americans in the United States. Mike Campbell | Nurphoto | Getty Images A preliminary deal to keep TikTok alive in the United States will not […]
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Bessent made mortgage claims similar to ones Trump cited to try to fire Fed’s Cook: Report
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to call two different houses his “principal residence” at the same time — a similar claim to the one that President Donald Trump cited when he tried to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, according to a report Wednesday. Documents show that on the same day in September 2007, […]
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Trump cannot fire Fed’s Lisa Cook before FOMC meeting, appeals court rules
Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, during the Thomas Laubach Research Conference hosted by the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 19, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal appeals court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump cannot fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa […]
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Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson charged with murder, faces possible death penalty
Utah County Attorney Jeffrey S. Gray speaks during a press conference about the charges and next steps in the case of Tyler Robinson, who is suspected of fatally shooting U.S. right-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, in Provo, Utah, U.S., Sept. 16, 2025. Jim Urquhart | Reuters Utah […]
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Democrats dig in on health care as threat of government shutdown looms
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters as Senate Democratic leaders hold a press conference following their weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 9, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Congressional Democrats are zeroing in on health care as a key sticking point in negotiations with the threat […]
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Fed Governor Lisa Cook sues Trump to block her firing
Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, speaks at the Peterson Institute For International Economics in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook on Thursday sued President Donald Trump, seeking to block his unprecedented move to fire her. The suit, filed in federal […]
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