Category: Politics

By Alex Chen | Tuesday, 17 February 2026 Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote U.S. senators on Monday urging Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, to bring the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act to a floor vote without abolishing the filibuster. The legislation passed the House 218-213 with one…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged the state on Tuesday to raise taxes on New York’s wealthiest residents and largest corporations, warning that his city is facing what he described as a looming fiscal crisis. “Today, I’m releasing the City’s preliminary budget,” Mamdani wrote on X, claiming that “after…

Rep. Randy Fine on Tuesday rejected mounting calls from Democrats and Muslim leaders for him to resign from Congress after he posted on X that he would choose dogs over Muslims, stating that the Democrats should not be able to change Americans’ values. “It’s not enough for Democrats to think…

By Theodore Bunker | Tuesday, 17 February 2026 11:26 AM EST Kentucky Republicans vying to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have turned the state’s May 19 primary into a high-stakes argument over what his four decades of power should mean to a party increasingly shaped by President Donald Trump. McConnell,…

Rep. Buddy Carter said four years of open border policies under the Biden administration and efforts to encourage non-cooperation with law enforcement have led to a deadly car crash that killed Linda Davis, a kindergarten through eighth-grade teacher at Hess Elementary School in Savannah-Chatham. The incident occurred when authorities reported…

By Charlie McCarthy | Monday, 16 February 2026 01:38 PM EST President Donald Trump on Monday said the federal government will cover “not one dollar” in cost overruns for the Gateway rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey. In a Truth Social post, Trump blasted the $16 billion Hudson…

President Donald Trump on Monday, February 16, 2026 criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom over his newly announced clean energy agreement with Great Britain, calling the deal “inappropriate” and criticizing the Democrat’s environmental record. Trump made the comments in an interview following Newsom’s announcement of a memorandum of understanding with Great…

Tom Homan, the White House border czar, stated on Monday that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents could be deployed to additional sanctuary cities despite the administration winding down its enforcement surge in Minnesota. During a CBS “Face the Nation” interview, Homan emphasized that sending more agents elsewhere would depend…

A federal judge on Monday ordered the National Park Service to restore slavery-related displays it removed from the President’s House site at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. The judge ruled that the agency likely acted unlawfully and in excess of its authority. U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, a George…

Monday, 16 February 2026 07:49 PM EST President Donald Trump stated on Monday he would play an “indirect” role in upcoming negotiations between Iran and the United States regarding Tehran’s nuclear program, which begin Tuesday in Geneva. Trump added he believes Iran is motivated to reach a deal. “I’ll be…