Category: Politics

On Wednesday, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum credited President Donald Trump with transforming Washington, D.C., calling the nation’s capital “safe and beautiful” while highlighting progress on restoring monuments, repairing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and launching America’s 250th anniversary celebrations. Burgum stated: “It’s looking really good. It just takes leadership. President…

By Michael Katz | Tuesday, June 23, 2026 President Donald Trump shifted his focus to the economy during his first public rally since the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding last week to halt hostilities in the Middle East and negotiate a permanent deal. Trump toured a Mack…

More than a year after the House approved the SAVE America Act, House and Senate Republicans are intensifying pressure on the Senate to bring the voter ID measure to the floor. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., announced Tuesday that she and 24 other lawmakers have pledged to oppose all Senate…

By Jim Thomas | Tuesday, June 23, 2026 A retired teacher from Petersburg, Alaska, named Dan Sullivan, asked an Anchorage Superior Court Monday to put him back on the August primary ballot for U.S. Senate days after the state’s top election official disqualified him. Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher…

Two candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani scored major victories Tuesday in Democratic primaries, with two of his endorsed candidates ousting incumbent U.S. House members. A third candidate backed by the mayor won the primary for a seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Nydia Velazquez. In what…

President Donald Trump told workers at a Mack Trucks plant in Pennsylvania on Tuesday that sharply lower prices for popular weight-loss drugs could improve Americans’ health, reduce healthcare costs, and help Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections. The president stated Medicare beneficiaries will gain access beginning July 1 to GLP-1…

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been accused of using antisemitic tropes after he called the American Israel Public Affairs Committee “monsters” at a rally last week. Mamdani criticized the pro-Israel lobbying group while campaigning for progressive candidates in New York City congressional primaries. He stated that AIPAC moves “millions…

Charleston City Council member Jenny Honeycutt won the Republican runoff for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, securing a seat that opened after Rep. Nancy Mace’s unsuccessful bid for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. With approximately 65 percent of votes counted early Tuesday, Honeycutt received 52.9 percent to state Sen….

David Hearn, 67, a former U.S. Olympian, denied on Monday that he damaged government property after reaching into the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to inspect part of its liner. Hearn stated he was never advised of his Miranda rights during detention by U.S. Park Police for nearly five…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, has gained a narrow lead over state Representative James Talarico in two recent surveys released this week. The polls indicate that Republican voters are increasingly consolidating behind Paxton following a contentious primary contest that ended four-term Senator John Cornyn’s…