President Donald Trump appointed Judge Jeanine Pirro to be the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia on Thursday hours after withdrawing the nomination of Ed Martin for the top D.C. prosecutor job.
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A new Democratic-led Congressional caucus focused on energy and housing appears to have employed multiple frequently-used GOP policy points in its introductory press release Thursday.
The bipartisan Build America Caucus‘ creation was spurred in part by its chair, Democratic California Rep. Josh Harder (pictured here), and some other Democrats’ efforts to fix their “post-2024 message” and recognize the “potential failure of governance in blue cities and states,” Politico reported. In a press release, Harder’s office bills the caucus as “pro-growth” and supportive of “unleashing American energy” and “cutting red tape,” policy positions frequently echoed by Republican lawmakers and the administration of President Donald Trump.
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Jack Windsor, president and editor-in-chief at The Ohio Press Network, said businessman and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s bid to be the next governor of the Buckeye State has displayed how the Ohio Republican Party is deeply split between the “old guard” and the “new guard.”
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Member of the Metro Nashville Council on Wednesday condemned the joint immigration enforcement operation by Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which have reportedly resulted in more than 80 arrests, and suggested the city should develop protocols to offer illegal immigrants advanced warning of future operations.
The condemnation occurred in a Wednesday meeting of the Metro Public Health and Safety Committee, when Nashville Director of Law Wally Dietz explained that Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) had no advanced knowledge of the traffic stops and arrests made starting on May 3 until the following day.
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Kari Lake, former Arizona Republican candidate and now Senior Advisor at the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), announced a partnership with One America News Network (OAN) to provide free newsfeed and video services to USAGM outlets.
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State Senator Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) on Wednesday blamed Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy after a Hamilton County jury acquitted three former Memphis police officers who were charged with second-degree murder for the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being pepper sprayed, tasered, and beaten when he attempted to flee from a routine traffic stop while on foot.
Despite being acquitted by the Tennessee journey, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith nonetheless face years in prison after the federal trial over Nichols’ death last year. Bean and Smith were found guilty of witness tampering, and now face up to 20 years in prison, while Haley was additionally found guilty of witness tampering and civil rights violations, which could result in a life sentence.
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The Papal conclave has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Here’s what we know about him so far.
After just two votes, the College of Cardinals elected Prevost, who has taken the name Pope Leo XIV and is the first ever pope elected from the United States. Pope Leo XIV succeeds Pope Francis, who passed away April 21.
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The Madison Police Department in Wisconsin announced on Thursday that Jeffrey Rupnow, the father of 15-year-old Abundant Life Christian School shooter Natalie Rupnow, was arrested early in the morning on charges related to his alleged role in the shooting that occurred on December 16, 2024.
Jeffrey Rupnow, 42, was arrested at about 3:45 a.m., MPD announced Thursday, revealing the father was charged with one count of contributing to the delinquency of a child, and two counts of providing a dangerous weapon to a person under 18 resulting in death.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona announced on Friday in a press release that immigration related criminal charges against 287 defendants were brought within 10 days, April 26 through May 5. Part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, known as Operation Take Back America (OTBA), the charges were for entering the country illegally, reentering the country illegally, and human smuggling.
The office has been steadily bringing illegal immigration related charges against defendants since OTBA launched in March. Some of the previous weeks have surpassed the average weekly numbers during the Biden administration last year. Between April 12-18, the office brought 329 charges, far more than the weekly average under President Joe Biden last year of 250 charges per week.
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Republican Tennessee Rep. Diana Harshbarger is reintroducing the Pregnancy.gov Act to create a website that provides women with a range of pregnancy and post-natal resources, from adoption information and tax preparation to domestic violence services, based on nothing more than their zip code.
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The first U.S. pope was named on Thursday, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost from Chicago, who will be called Pope Leo XIV.
Prevost, 69, was elected the 267th pope, CNN reported.
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President Donald Trump announced Thursday the U.S. has reached a trade agreement with the U.K., the first deal since Trump imposed broad tariffs on foreign nations last month.
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Associated Press White smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday, signaling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. That means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers. READ THE LATEST UPDATES
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The Nashville-based Beacon Center of Tennessee published results of a poll on Thursday revealing how registered Tennessee voters feel about a number of legislative issues and political figures at both the state and federal levels.
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Rebutting the “Statement of Opposition” published by former members of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, leading center-right lawyers have issued a counterstatement of support for Ed Martin’s nomination. The Statement of Opposition is really not just opposing Ed Martin, but is yet another effort by Washington insiders to oppose President Trump observed those signing “A Statement from Center-Right Lawyers In Support of Confirmation of Ed Martin as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.”
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that Dr. Casey Means would be nominated as the next surgeon general of the U.S.
“I am pleased to announce that Dr. Casey Means, will be nominated as our next Surgeon General of the United States of America,” Trump wrote on TRUTH Social.
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President Donald J. Trump is doing what the radical Left refuses to do — putting the safety of American families before the so-called “rights” of violent criminal illegal aliens.
While the Biden-Harris Administration chose chaos, lawlessness, and open borders, President Trump is once again restoring order — and he’s doing it with decisive action, not empty rhetoric. Under his renewed leadership and pressure, we are already seeing dramatic results: illegal border crossings have dropped by more than 90% in recent months in some sectors due to the return of strong border security policies and credible threats of swift deportation.
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Virginia Republicans Gov. Glenn Youngkin and state Attorney General Jason Miyares launched an investigation into Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) Tuesday after several male students expressed discomfort with a female student using the boys’ locker room.
The district reportedly opened a Title IX investigation into the three boys attending Stone Bridge High School, questioning whether they perpetrated sexual harassment by complaining about the girl’s presence, according to ABC7 News. The girl, who had allegedly used the boys locker room several times before, also purportedly filmed “the reaction of male students” during the incident, per to the AG’s press release.
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