Politics

Seattle’s socialist mayor Katie Wilson is facing fierce blowback on social media after a 77-year-old man was seen on video being beaten by two individuals in a crime that was captured by closed-circuit television cameras, a tool that Wilson has denounced in the past as something that makes the community feel unsafe and "vulnerable."The elderly man was walking down the street in downtown Seattle last month when two men walking […]

Election officials in Fulton County, Georgia, asked a federal judge to reject a U.S. Department of Justice effort to obtain identifying details for people who worked on the 2020 election in the county.The Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections (FBRE) filed a 27-page motion Monday asking the Georgia federal court to quash a grand jury subpoena issued by the DOJ.The motion to quash called the subpoena "an unprecedented and […]

A federal magistrate judge who apologized to the suspect accused of plotting an assassination attempt against President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner has a history as a sharp critic of Trump-era federal prosecutions, a Fox News Digital review of his background found."To me, it’s extremely disturbing that he was put in five-point restraints, a person with no criminal history. It’s troubling," said Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui, […]

President Donald Trump isn’t happy with Senate Republicans for not pulling the trigger on the one procedural move that could unlock his agenda.Trump, since taking office again last year, has time and again called on Republicans to terminate the filibuster — the 60-vote threshold in the Senate that can either make or break legislation.It’s what’s holding up the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, voter ID and citizenship-verification legislation […]

President Donald Trump said the U.S. hasn’t "been challenged by China" on the conflict with Iran, describing leader Xi Jinping as being "very respectful" with tensions remaining high over the Strait of Hormuz. Trump made the remark Tuesday at the White House ahead of his visit next week to Beijing to meet Xi in person. "I have a very good relationship with President Xi. You know, I find him to be a tremendous guy, and we […]

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new congressional map into law Monday that could flip as many as four additional U.S. House seats to red, escalating a redistricting fight in the second-largest red state to combat the long-running Democratic sweep in the deep-blue Northeast."Signed, sealed and delivered," DeSantis hailed in a Monday X post, sharing an image of Florida’s newly redrawn districts.The GOP-controlled Legislature passed the proposal just days […]

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, second-in-command to Gov. Tim Walz in Minnesota, flamed the Laken Riley Act before a cheering crowd at a "Stop Oligarchy" rally headlined by socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., over the weekend.Flanagan, who is trailing behind Rep. Angie Craig in the latest RealClearPolitics polling average for the Democratic senatorial primary, is seeking to succeed retiring Sen. Tina Smith, who also reportedly endorsed her at the Rochester […]

With six months to go until the midterm elections, President Donald Trump's poll numbers remain underwater.The two-month-long war with Iran, which public opinion surveys indicate is unpopular with many Americans, and a surge in gas prices as a direct result of the fighting have triggered a further slide in Trump's approval ratings this spring.The president's polling woes are a political drag on his party as Republicans work to defend their […]

Former President Joe Biden has endorsed Dan Koh, a candidate running for U.S. Congress in Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District Democratic primary in an open race as Rep. Seth Moulton runs for U.S. Senate.Koh, who served in various roles during Biden's White House tenure, issued a video in which Biden said he was calling because he wanted to endorse Koh.Koh told Biden he is "honored."Biden told Koh, "You will be one […]