Politics

Vice President JD Vance stopped short of confirming a 2028 White House run during an appearance on The View with Lara Trump Saturday night, but he acknowledged the possibility—noting if he does his job well, "the politics will figure itself out."Vance, whose resilience amid an upbringing marked with family turmoil and economic hardship won over the nation, said he "doesn't like thinking about" a potential presidential bid and insisted his […]

A California woman illegally registered her dog to vote and cast two ballots under the canine's name, according to officials.Laura Lee Yourex, 62, of Costa Mesa, faces five felony charges, including perjury, procuring or offering a false or forged document to be filed, casting a ballot when not entitled to vote and registering a non-existent person to vote, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.Yourex submitted mail-in ballots under […]

A viral photo showing Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in Astoria lit up social media on Saturday. Senator Sanders is set to headline a Brooklyn town hall on his "Fighting Oligarchy" tour where he is expected to stump for Mamdani, according to reporting from the New York Times. The post went up around 3:36 p.m. and quickly drew more than 350,000 views. The three progressive […]

President Donald Trump on Saturday gave possibly his strongest hint yet that he may deploy federal troops to Chicago by posting a parody meme of himself as a commander at war with Chicago. The post drew a swift rebuke from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and other officials who said it amounted to a threat.In the image, Trump, known to provoke his opponents with his savvy use of social media, is […]

Social media erupted across the political spectrum following Thursday's federal immigration raid at a Hyundai mega plant in Georgia that resulted in the arrests of about 475 suspects, most of whom were Korean nationals.The raid, about 20 miles outside of Savannah, was part of a long-term investigation and is one of many notable worksite operations that have occurred amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Hyundai officials said they do not […]

Philanthropist and billionaire heiress Liz Simons, who donated $250,000 to New Yorkers for Lower Costs, a PAC supporting Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, oversees a foundation that is reportedly behind the push to bring "woke math" to public schools.Critics told the New York Post that the math program was aimed at turning children into socialist revolutionaries.While a typical math problem challenges a child to answer a quantitative question, race-neutral math incorporates […]

The looming possibility of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s latest deportation led to global Google searches for the small African nation of Eswatini.Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is largely surrounded by South Africa and is partially bordered by Mozambique. It has a population of over 1.2 million, according to the World Bank. At just 6,704 square miles, it’s a similar size to the land area of Hawaii.Abrego Garica was originally going to […]

The National Rifle Association (NRA) has sounded off on reports that the Trump administration is mulling a way of limiting transgender people’s ability to purchase firearms.The gun lobby group, the largest in the U.S. with 5 million members according to its website, released a statement Friday reinforcing its commitment that all law-abiding Americans have a right to bear arms. It comes as Department of Justice officials have had several internal meetings about […]

Top Biden administration officials questioned and criticized the way the former president’s team handled pardons and made use of an autopen in the waning days of his White House term, a report said, citing internal emails.A person familiar with the clemency process told Axios that after President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter on Dec. 1, 2024, "There was a mad dash to find groups of people that he could then […]