National Politics

Republicans have waged war in the name of election integrity, and the Save America Act just barely received a nudge towards the finish line. In a 216 to 215 vote, the House has voted in favor of a rule to approve the Save America Act. The Save America Act, which would require proof of citizenship […]

A long-running effort to rein in pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) reached a major milestone last week when President Donald Trump signed landmark federal PBM reforms into law. Included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, the bipartisan package represents the most significant federal action on prescription drug middlemen in decades. The provisions aim to increase […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided a Fulton County, Georgia, elections office in January, seizing voter records and ballots at the request of an attorney who worked with President Donald to try to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a newly unsealed affidavit written by an FBI agent and revealed on […]

The US Department of State (DoS) announced this week that it was barring two high-profile public officials from Palau and the Marshall Islands for “significant corruption,” as the US confronts Beijing’s efforts to grow its influence across the Pacific. According to a DoS statement, Palau Senate President Hokkons Baules and his immediate family have been […]

The U.S. Department of State (DoS) announced this week that it would impose new sanctions on Hizballah operatives accused of exploiting “Lebanon’s informal financial sector” to produce earnings for the Iran-backed terrorist group. “These actors have supported sanctions evasion schemes involving Hezbollah-controlled financial institution Al-Qard Al-Hassan (AQAH) and an Iran-based Hezbollah finance team operative,” the […]

The Department of War announced on Feb.9 that U.S. military forces “tracked and hunted” a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean Sea. The Pentagon’s statement via the Department of War’s X account confirmed that it performed a "right-of-visit, maritime interdiction" after the vessel defied a quarantine order […]

Ghislaine Maxwell, the former confidante and longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from Congress, invoking her Fifth Amendment right during a private virtual deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Feb. 9. "This is obviously very disappointing," Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R., Ky.) told reporters following the deposition. "We had many […]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to dismiss its criminal case against the former adviser to President Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, related to his refusal to testify before the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, US Capitol riots. The "government has determined in its prosecutorial discretion that dismissal of this criminal […]

Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) held a campaign rally over the weekend to gather support ahead of this year’s senatorial election. In his remarks, the Senator heavily criticized the Trump Administration over the rising costs of healthcare and the escalation of immigration enforcement.  Posting to X, Sen. Ossoff highlighted a moment of his speech where he […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on Feb. 6, condemned New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for issuing an executive order that he says will protect New Yorkers from “abusive immigration enforcement” and uphold sanctuary city laws. “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) condemns New York City’s Mayor Zohran Mamdani for signing an […]

Burundi and the United States have agreed to a historic bilateral health cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), pledging more than $129 million in U.S. aid to fortify health systems and combat major infectious diseases. The deal, signed on Feb.6, helps promote the “America First Global Health Strategy,” which emphasizes mutual benefits, self-reliance, and the protection […]

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Feb.6 the conviction of a Nigerian national for his involvement in a years-long fraud scheme targeting elderly and vulnerable individuals. Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha was sentenced to eight years in prison for the crime. Nnebocha, 44, of Nigeria, and his accomplices conducted a “lucrative transnational inheritance fraud scheme” […]

The Trump administration unveiled TrumpRx.gov on Feb.5, a direct-to-consumer website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs at a discounted rate if they pay cash rather than through their health insurance. “You’re going to save a fortune,” President Donald Trump said during the launch event. “And this is also so good for overall health […]

Democratic leaders outlined their requirements for funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Feb. 4, threatening to block funding when it expires less than two weeks later unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal enforcement agencies involved in the Trump administration's immigration crackdowns […]

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, challenged Republican members of the House Oversight Committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein to take their testimony in a public hearing rather than a closed session, as officials originally planned. Hillary Clinton took to social media to address the committee chair, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), […]

U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon sentenced Ryan Routh, the man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump in September 2024, to life in prison. Routh was convicted on five counts for his assassination plot on President Trump in 2024, during his election campaign, while the president was golfing at the Trump International Golf Club in […]

A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attorney was removed from her post with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Feb. 4, after declaring to a Minnesota judge during a hearing on immigration enforcement that the “system sucks” and that her “job sucks.” She also stated that she wished the judge would hold her in […]

The Trump administration is withdrawing 700 federal immigration agents in Minnesota “effective immediately,” White House border czar Tom Homan announced on Feb. 4 during a press conference in Minneapolis. Despite the reduction in personnel, Homan affirmed that immigration crackdowns will persist within the state. Nearly 25% of the total number of federal officers deployed to […]