Virginia voters may be asked to approve a proposed constitutional amendment that could transform the state’s congressional delegation from its current 6-5 Democratic-Republican split to a 10-1 Democratic advantage. The amendment would let the Virginia General Assembly redraw the state’s U.S. House map in 2026, sidelining a bipartisan commission on redistricting. Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger, a […]
The Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear arguments over President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship. Signed early in his second term, the order states that children born in the U.S. to parents who are undocumented or in the country temporarily are not citizens. Lower courts have said the order is unconstitutional, […]
Although a federal grand jury declined Thursday to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges, the case isn’t necessarily over. At the urging of President Donald Trump, the Justice Department says it will again try to bring charges against James, one of the president’s most prominent perceived enemies. The grand jury’s […]
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the University of Wyoming nearly $1 million to develop what the college calls a “historically grounded” school curriculum on the Second Amendment. The university’s Firearms Research Center said the initiative will give educators nationwide tools to better understand the constitutional right to bear arms. The two-year, $908,991 grant […]
The new National Security Strategy from President Donald Trump calls for invoking the Monroe Doctrine and adding a “Trump Corollary.” Among many things, the new strategy calls for U.S. dominance of the Western Hemisphere. What is the Monroe Doctrine? “We will assert and enforce a ‘Trump Corollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine,” the strategy reads. Trump’s […]
President Donald Trump has replaced the architect leading his $300 million White House ballroom project, bringing in a veteran D.C. firm after months of tension and missed deadlines. The switch, first reported by The Washington Post, comes as demolition of the East Wing and site prep continue ahead of a formal federal review. Architect swap […]
Brian Cole Jr., the man accused of planting pipe bombs near the RNC and DNC headquarters ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, is due in federal court on Friday. His arrest is the first major break in a nearly five-year investigation that baffled law enforcement and fueled conspiracy theories. Arrest after nearly five-year investigation […]
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), an independent group of physicians and public health officials that develops guidance about the use of vaccines in the country, voted on Friday 8-3 to upend the current practice of administering the hepatitis B vaccine to all newborns. Instead, the panel recommended that pregnant women undergo hepatitis B […]
New Zealand law enforcement recovered a James Bond-inspired Fabergé egg pendant after a suspect swallowed it, forcing police to wait six days for it to … reappear. Officials said the pendant passed through the suspect’s gastrointestinal tract naturally, without medical intervention. Officials recovered the pendant, inspired by the 1983 James Bond film “Octopussy” and valued […]
In this Media Miss Minute, a former immigration judge is suing the Trump administration, saying she was fired for being the child of immigrants, and President Donald Trump is tripling pension benefits for some of America’s most decorated veterans. Media Miss by the right: Immigration judge fired by Trump admin files discrimination lawsuit Former immigration […]
