Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., announced Friday that she will resign from Congress in January. In a social media post, she said her last day will be Jan. 5, 2026. On X, she wrote that as a lawmaker, her “only goal and desire has ever been to hold the Republican Party accountable for the promises […]
Federal officers are expected to begin arriving in New Orleans this weekend ahead of a major immigration operation the Trump administration has dubbed Operation “Swamp Sweep.” The Associated Press reported the crackdown will launch Monday and be led by Border Patrol, with Commander Greg Bovino increasingly becoming the public face of these high-profile deployments in […]
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump, who have strongly criticized each other from afar, met for the first time in the Oval Office Friday afternoon. The meeting lasted a little more than an hour and concluded with a press conference with reporters, where both men appeared friendly. Both Trump and Mamdani […]
Federal housing officials released sweeping new rules that could change how thousands of communities receive and use federal homelessness funding. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the updates for the 2025 Continuum of Care program, which is expected to award about $3.918 billion nationwide. The program is the largest federal funding […]
A small-town Georgia police chief abruptly resigned Wednesday, hours before his arrest on charges connected with the illegal use of automated license plate recognition cameras to stalk and harass multiple individuals. Michael Steffman, 49, had served as the chief of police since April in Braselton, about 45 miles from Atlanta. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation […]
A Houston restaurant claims city officials violated its constitutional rights by forcing the steakhouse to pay tens of thousands of dollars for fire marshals to be present while its employees perform nightly fire dances. The proprietors of Toca Madera, a fancy Mexican restaurant that opened in 2024, argue in a lawsuit that the city’s regulations […]
When Israel and Iran entered a fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire on June 24 after the so-called “12-Day War,” neither side truly believed the conflict was over. In the months since, both governments treated the ceasefire not as closure, but more as a reset — each preparing intensively for the next round. Now, Iran is vowing to […]
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was personally responsible for changes made to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website addressing vaccines and autism. The website now says the scientific conclusion that vaccines don’t cause autism is not “evidence-based.” In an interview with The New York Times, Kennedy […]
Pressure is growing for California regulators to reject electric and gas rate hikes proposed by the state’s largest investor-owned utilities. Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and SoCalGas are collectively seeking nearly $1 billion in additional annual profits. A letter signed Wednesday by 67 advocacy groups calls for the […]
It’s 2 a.m. on Interstate 70 near St. Louis, and an off-duty long-haul truck driver is asleep in his cab. His rig is parked beside two other tractor-trailers on the shoulder of the off-ramp to a rest stop, because there are no truck parking spaces left. Complying with federal regulations that limit a truck driver […]
