Category: Politics

By Theodore Bunker | Thursday, 30 July 2026 01:27 PM EDT Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, stated on Thursday that she hopes the Justice Department will pursue a contempt case against Dr. Anthony Fauci following his repeated invocation of the Fifth Amendment 111 times during a Senate hearing on the coronavirus…

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday that she plans to skip next month’s Michigan Democratic Party convention, stating she fears harassment if she attends. Nessel made the remarks during a roundtable discussion with Jewish leaders and community members from across the state. She said she no longer believes she…

It was widely reported last week that Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was on his 40th day of convalescence after a fall at his home on June 14 that led to his being rushed to George Washington University Hospital in the nation’s capital. His office told reporters the onetime Senate Republican…

Hawaii Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke was indicted Friday on multiple felony charges, including bribery and conspiracy, following a state investigation into allegations that she accepted campaign contributions in exchange for helping advance a state COVID-19 testing contract while serving in the Hawaii Legislature. A Hawaii grand jury returned a 12-count…

Senate Republican Sen. Ron Johnson has stated that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will be “very forgetful, completely unrepentant, and arrogant to the extreme” during his testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee this week. Johnson said…

Ruby Chen, father of a U.S. citizen killed after being abducted by Hamas terrorists, has told reporters that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani should focus on public safety and issues that matter to New Yorkers instead of matters outside his authority. “I think Mr. Mamdani is a good politician,”…

Employers across healthcare, construction, hospitality, and food processing are bracing for a fresh wave of workforce losses as the Trump administration moves to end Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of foreign workers following the Supreme Court’s June ruling in Mullin v. Doe, which stripped federal courts of authority…

Rep. Nick Langworthy said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s recent remarks about Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are making Jewish residents in New York less safe and fueling antisemitic sentiment. During an interview on Saturday, the Republican congressman criticized the mayor for threatening to arrest Netanyahu if he…

Late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., spent his final months privately urging President Donald Trump and foreign leaders to escalate hostilities against Iran. Unreleased documentary footage reveals that on March 4—days after the U.S. and Israel launched their campaign against Iran—Graham attempted to secure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approval for…

Alina Fernandez, daughter of late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and a prominent anti-communism activist, stated that socialism serves as the first step toward communism and urged young Americans to study history before embracing socialist policies. “My message is to discuss and have conversations about what they really know about socialism…