President Donald Trump announced Friday he intends to ban CNN, MS NOW, Politico and other news outlets from covering the White House, his strongest threat yet against a free press.

In a statement on Truth Social, Trump attacked the reporting of the three outlets which he described as “FAKE NEWS!”

“Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — One of the candidates running in the race for Idaho’s 1st Congressional District had “hundreds of images” of child pornography, court records showed, and he entered a plea deal in his criminal case.

Brendan Gomez, a member of the Constitution Party, was charged with 10 felony counts of possession of child sexually ...Read more

Dan Driscoll resigned as secretary of the Army on Aug. 31, 2026. His departure leaves the Army without a Senate-confirmed civilian leader six months into the war with Iran, its busiest period since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Driscoll’s resignation was reportedly motivated, at least in part, by his frustration with Defense ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has donated $300,000 to New York State Democrats and plans to campaign for Democrats in upstate New York ahead of the coming congressional midterm elections.

The progressive NYC congresswoman says she will make forays to places like Syracuse, Utica and Buffalo to help Democrats mobilize young voters ...Read more

President Donald Trump won a surprising number of Gen Z voters in 2024, with a particularly strong performance among young men. Although Kamala Harris still won a majority of the 18-29 age cohort, Trump received the largest share of the youth vote for a Republican candidate since George W. Bush in 2004. But as the midterm elections approach and ...Read more

Heard the latest? President Donald Trump, after deciding that Lake Ontario will henceforth be known as Lake America, has floated the idea that New Mexico should be renamed New America. This continues a trend that began on Trump’s first day in office, when he issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Can ...Read more

President Donald Trump threatened to withhold Helene relief funding for North Carolina if Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley does not win the seat — after which the president said he’s “only kidding.”

Trump on Wednesday held a rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport in Gaston County where he spoke about crime in the state and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senators from both parties emerged from a classified briefing with the Pentagon’s policy chief on Thursday morning expressing outrage at what they described as the official’s stonewalling.

The stated purpose of the briefing by Elbridge Colby, the undersecretary of Defense for policy, was to update the Senate Armed Services ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar chastised President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda and warned him against listening to his advisers in a new campaign ad released Thursday — just seven weeks before she’s up for re-election for a congressional seat that Democrats are hoping to flip this year.

“Mr. President, ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte leaders are pushing back on President Donald Trump’s portrayal of the city and North Carolina as extraordinarily violent, saying his description clashes with recent crime trends.

Trump made crime a centerpiece of a Wednesday rally in Gastonia for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley. The president ...Read more

WASHINGTON — High-profile legislation amounting to lawmakers’ first real stab at addressing voter anger over data centers stalled in the Senate on Thursday after securing overwhelming support in the House a day earlier.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources ranking member Martin Heinrich objected to a unanimous consent request by Sen. Jon ...Read more

Federal and state agencies are investigating an explosion that destroyed a building at a shuttered munitions plant in North Florida owned by beleaguered U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, the Central Florida Republican who lost his reelection bid in last month’s primary.

The explosion occured Wednesday night in Perry at the ALS-Pacem Defense plant, which...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, of Washington, again voted alongside Republicans to advance their legislative priorities, marking the second time this month that the centrist Democrat has defected from her party during a key vote.

Gluesenkamp Perez on Tuesday voted alongside Republicans to pass a procedural measure — ...Read more

President Donald Trump won 43% of the Hispanic vote in 2024, up from 35% in 2020 – a big gain for Republicans. Now, as the midterms approach, Hispanic Americans across party lines are losing faith in the American Dream, and his administration’s immigration crackdown appears to be part of the reason.

Arrests by Immigration and ...Read more

A husband in Taiwan suspected his wife of having an affair. In September 2023, he found a used toothbrush at their holiday home, and garage video showed an unfamiliar man driving his wife there. Three months later, he opened their robot vacuum’s app to speak with her and saw an intimate encounter through its live camera.

He recorded...Read more

WASHINGTON ― Legislation introduced this week by Michigan U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens would allow for compensation for political prisoners who have returned after being held abroad against their will.

The bill is largely inspired by the experience of Michigan's Paul Whelan, a former security executive from Novi who was held by Russia for more ...Read more

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is struggling to strike a deal to fund the Israeli military’s request for $8 billion before next month’s election.

Israel’s military is seeking about $8 billion in additional funding, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is struggling to strike a deal to unlock the money ...Read more