Politics

Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the former mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of conspiracy for his role in a six-figure real estate bribery scheme.Lumumba, who served as Jackson's mayor from 2017 to 2025, allegedly accepted tens of thousands of dollars that Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens distributed to him and other city officials after accepting it from FBI agents posing as realtors.Owens, also a Democrat, pleaded […]

Iran attacked commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz Monday and Tuesday, reigniting tensions after President Donald Trump said the U.S. had given Tehran "a week off" during funeral ceremonies for slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.A U.S. official confirmed that three commercial vessels were struck by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz between Monday and Tuesday. The attacks targeted commercial shipping transiting one of the world's busiest maritime choke points. British […]

After Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner was accused of drunkenly raping a woman, a litany of progressive Democrats are tucking tail and heading for the hills as their ringing endorsements of the continuously embattled candidate come back to haunt them.Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said at an April rally that Platner is, "My kind of man."She issued a statement Monday night after allegations emerged that Platner drunkenly raped 41-year-old Maine […]

Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner has lost another high-profile progressive from his corner: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.Mamdani, during a press conference on Tuesday with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, was asked about Platner's race and his own role as an ascendant figure within the Democratic Party after a clean sweep of primary elections where his endorsed candidates toppled Democratic incumbents last month."I believe that it's time for him […]

"Two down and two to go" blared the new wanted poster targeting the two remaining fugitive sons of infamous Mexican cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman-Loera, who is serving life-plus-30-years in Colorado's federal supermax prison.On Monday, ICE posted a new wanted poster for two members of "Los Chapitos" — Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, two of El Chapo's sons with his first wife, Alejandrina Maria Salazar-Hernandez.After […]

America's milestone anniversaries have given generations of Americans an opportunity to reflect on the nation's history, values and progress.From the Centennial in 1876 to the Bicentennial in 1976, celebrations have had parades, fireworks, historical reenactments, speeches and other patriotic traditions honoring the Declaration of Independence and the nation's founding in 1776.As Americans celebrated the country's 250th anniversary on July 4, those traditions carried into the semiquincentennial with the Great American […]

The high-stakes fight between the left-wing and the center-left establishment for the future of the Democratic Party is moving to a much larger stage.After victories by far-left and socialist candidates in dark blue congressional districts in New York City and Colorado the past two weeks drew national attention, the spotlight now shifts to battleground Michigan.That's where moderate Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., who is backed by Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck […]

Senate hopeful James Talarico is on the defensive after remarks resurfaced in which he lavished praise on Texas drag queens as "some of the best" in the country.Talarico, the Democrats' nominee in Texas’ hotly contested Senate race, made the comment in May 2023 while criticizing a bill in the state legislature banning "sexually oriented performances" on public property and in the presence of minors — a measure that would have […]

Controversial and outspoken outgoing Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is facing online backlash after comments she made over the Independence Day weekend revealing what she thinks the United States owes Black women."When it comes to answering the question of what America owes Black women, the answer is everything," the Texas congresswoman said during an interview at the Essence Festival of Black Culture in New Orleans over the Fourth of July holiday […]