Politics

Several Senate Republicans are calling for the Trump administration to revisit vetting standards for Afghan nationals following the shooting of two National Guard members last week.In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, over a half dozen Senate Republicans argued that it was "past time for the United States to revisit the deficiencies of the Biden administration’s vetting process for Afghan nationals," in the wake of former President Joe […]

Vice President JD Vance, who married his wife Usha in 2014, told NBC News their marriage is just as strong as ever.When asked if he was irked by headlines about his wife being spotted out without a wedding ring, the vice president noted on Thursday, "I think that we kind of get a kick out of it," the outlet reported."With anything in life, you take the good with the bad," […]

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Thursday that NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch personally apologized to his team after her brother described him as an "enemy" of the Jewish people during a high-profile charity dinner in Manhattan on Wednesday night.Speaking at his Cocoa Chat community meeting, Mamdani stressed that the apology was received and that he intends to govern for all New Yorkers."The commissioner apologized to my team for those […]

America’s emotional divide over the federal government has never been wider, according to a new Pew Research Center survey showing record-high anger among Democrats, rising Republican contentment and near-collapse levels of public trust, all captured days before the government plunged into a 43-day shutdown.The probability-based, nationally representative poll, conducted Sept. 22-28, 2025, found nearly half of Americans (49%) say they feel frustrated with the federal government, 26% say they are […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Thursday that it had made dozens of arrests in New Orleans just one day after launching Operation Catahoula Crunch, the latest federal immigration operation cracking down on criminal illegal immigrants."Americans should be able to live without fear of violent criminal illegal aliens harming them, their families or their neighbors," Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. "In just 24 hours on the ground, our […]

A former top New York state official accused of spying for China once remarked that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was "much more obedient" than former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.Linda Sun made the remark after she convinced Hochul, who served as Cuomo’s lieutenant governor at the time, to film a Lunar New Year video touting China’s New York consulate, the New York Post reported, citing evidence presented at Sun's corruption trial."She […]

The U.S. military carried out another strike on a suspected drug vessel operated by a designated terrorist organization, killing four narco-terrorists and marking the 22nd strike under Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.The strike on Thursday against a boat allegedly carrying drugs is the first strike in more than two weeks and brings the total killed to 86."On Dec. 4, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern […]

President Donald Trump hosted the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo for the signing of the "Washington Accords" peace deal at the United States Institute of Peace Thursday, saying that the U.S. agrees to buy rare earth minerals from the two nations.Trump said the Washington Accords deal formalizes the terms the two countries agreed to in June, including a permanent ceasefire, the disarmament of non-state forces, provisions […]

Young Americans, feeling the country is off course and their futures unstable, are deeply pessimistic about the nation's two major political parties and about the state of the economy, according to a new national poll.And the 51st edition of the Harvard Youth poll, released on Thursday, also indicates that Americans aged 18–29 heavily disapprove of the jobs President Donald Trump is doing in the White House and Democrats and Republicans […]