Politics

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced on Sunday that President Donald Trump will deploy 400 members of the Texas National Guard to Illinois, Oregon and other locations.The deployment came as protests against federal law enforcement ramp up across the country, particularly in Portland and Chicago.In the Windy City, multiple people were arrested in recent days for reportedly ramming their vehicles into DHS and ICE agents' cars.After announcing Trump's deployment on X […]

At a ceremony marking the U.S. Navy's 250th anniversary, President Donald Trump sought to reassure service members affected by the ongoing government shutdown, pledging they would receive "every last penny" of their pay and promising an "across-the-board" raise once the impasse ends."I want you to know that despite the current Democrat-induced shutdown, we will get our servicemembers every last penny," Trump said. "Don't worry about it, it's all coming," he […]

President Donald Trump made a social media post about Hamas on Sunday evening, minutes before the deadline for a peace proposal passed.The deadline was 6 p.m. ET Sunday. In a message on Truth Social, Trump wrote that there had been "very positive discussions with Hamas, and Countries from all over the World (Arab, Muslim, and everyone else) this weekend, to release the Hostages, end the War in Gaza but, more […]

Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears unveiled a new campaign ad Sunday linking her Democratic opponent, Abigail Spanberger, to attorney general hopeful Jay Jones, whose recently resurfaced text messages have drawn widespread backlash.The minute-long ad features clips from news reports detailing disturbing messages Jones sent in 2022 to a colleague. The spot also shows photos of Spanberger and Jones together and includes audio of Spanberger saying, "It's been great to […]

It's mission accomplished for Republicans in a second state they control in the high-stakes political battle over congressional redistricting, pitting President Donald Trump and the GOP against the Democrats.Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe last weekend signed into law a new congressional map that is likely to hand Republicans an additional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives ahead of next year's midterms elections.Missouri, a one-time swing state that has dramatically shifted […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Sunday he will sue the Trump administration over the deployment of 300 California National Guard personnel to Oregon."We’re suing Donald Trump. His deployment of the California National Guard to Oregon isn’t about crime. It’s about power. He is using our military as political pawns to build up his own ego," Newsom wrote in a post on X. "It’s appalling. It’s un-American. And it must […]

"The sky is burnin’" – Burnin’ Sky by Bad Company, 1977Humans have looked for omens since the days when they wore loin cloths and watched shadows dance on cave walls from a crudely constructed fire.Ancient peoples believed celestial events like an eclipse, a full moon or even a violent storm augur signs of a looming disaster.But let’s face it. Contemporary humans really aren’t that much different from our ancestors.REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: […]

President Donald Trump on Sunday placed the blame squarely on Democrats for the government shutdown, which is expected to trigger sweeping layoffs across the federal workforce.Trump told reporters before boarding Marine One that the looming layoffs are "up to them," referring to Democrats who voted against a bill to fund the government and avert the shutdown.The federal government shut down at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday, forcing agencies to send […]

Fellow Democrats are standing by Virginia state attorney general candidate Jay Jones, with none calling for him to exit the race despite his horrific text messages which have recently surfaced.In 2022 text messages to a colleague, Jones said he hoped former Republican House Speaker Todd Gilbert’s children would die. In a series of messages he doubled down, saying that such grief might be "a good thing" if it advanced his […]