Category: Politics

By Michael Katz | Thursday, 18 June 2026 10:25 PM EDT The Department of Veterans Affairs is eliminating gender-identity initiatives across its healthcare system and redesignating LGBTQ+ veteran care coordinators as general care coordinators under a new directive intended to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders on diversity programs…

A Boeing jumbo jet that has flown American presidents for over 35 years touched down at Joint Base Andrews before dawn Thursday, prompting senior White House aides to post tributes signaling that a Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8 is about to replace it as Air Force One. The Air Force said, however,…

By Jim Thomas | Thursday, June 18, 2026 U.S. Customs and Border Protection data reveals that authorities have completed a 13th consecutive month without releasing any illegal border crossers into the country to pursue asylum claims. The milestone comes as Border Patrol apprehensions along the southwest border dropped to 9,998…

By Sam Barron | Thursday, June 18, 2026 AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby group, has made its presence felt in a heated New York City Democratic primary campaign, despite not spending any money on the race. Former city Comptroller Brad Lander, running against Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., has run numerous ads…

The York Revolution, a Pennsylvania Minor League Baseball team, forfeited Thursday night’s scheduled contest against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs after several players refused to wear Pride Night jerseys featuring rainbow-colored sleeves. The independent professional club canceled the game under Atlantic League rules requiring uniformed personnel to wear matching uniforms….

By Michael Katz | Thursday, June 18, 2026, 7:26 p.m. EDT A federal judge in Boston has narrowed consolidated lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s election-integrity executive order, allowing claims tied to November’s midterm elections to proceed while dismissing challenges involving future elections as premature. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani wrote…

President Donald Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., as the Republican leader repeatedly informed the president that several of his top priorities lack the votes necessary for passage. The dispute centers on the SAVE America Act, a Trump-backed election integrity measure requiring proof of…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated Thursday that Israel will not withdraw from its security zone in southern Lebanon despite provisions in the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding calling for an end to military operations on all fronts. A senior U.S. official confirmed the agreement mandates “the immediate and permanent termination…

On Wednesday, Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., described ousting Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff as “the fight of our lifetime to maintain the Senate,” warning that even with President Donald Trump’s planned Georgia rallies, Republicans face a difficult contest against a well-funded incumbent in what he called “a 50-50 state.” McCormick, who…

The Denver Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously on Wednesday to terminate Jennifer Honka, a French language and culture teacher at Northeast Early College, following an investigation and independent review that found she exercised poor judgment by assigning classroom skits involving kissing scenes and sharing sensitive personal information with…