The Department of Homeland Security reportedly spent $172 million on two private jets for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and other officials, intensifying scrutiny of her use of public funds. Noem also required personal approval for any DHS expense over $100,000, creating a backlog, the New York Times reported. In a...
At a Washington, D.C., rally backing the nationwide 'No Kings' protests, Sen. Bernie Sanders accused President Donald Trump and a cadre of billionaires of 'hijacking' the economy and democracy. Citing Trump’s troop deployments and disregard for due process, he named Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, alleging their wealth...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered intermittent closures of a 17-mile stretch of I-5 near Camp Pendleton, citing public safety as Marines planned to fire live artillery over the highway during a showcase attended by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Marine officials insisted the exercise was safe...
Republican leaders were largely quiet as No Kings rallies against Trump administration policies unfolded Saturday with bands, “We the People” banners and inflatable frog costumes, rejecting GOP claims of a “hate America” day. The third mass mobilization since Trump’s return came amid an 18‑day shutdown and warnings about authoritarian drift....
Vermont state senator Samuel Douglass resigned Friday after Politico published racist and antisemitic messages from a Young Republicans group chat, marking another consequence in a scandal that also saw New York’s Young Republicans lose their charter. The 26-year-old apologized, said his resignation takes effect Monday, and cited his family’s safety....
Chicago’s deployment of federal agents amid President Trump's immigration crackdown is under scrutiny after viral clips of crashes and forceful takedowns. Former acting ICE director John Sandweg said the administration put agents trained for high‑risk border work “in a city where they don’t belong.” After tear gas was used on...
President Donald Trump said two survivors of a U.S. strike on a suspected drug-carrying submersible in the Caribbean will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia for detention and prosecution. The Thursday attack — at least the sixth since early September — killed two others, bringing the toll to at least...
Denmark is grappling with a surge of drone sightings near airports and military bases, with recent incidents at Aalborg and Billund halting scheduled flights. Similar reports have emerged around Copenhagen Airport. A weeklong ban on civilian drone flights precedes an EU summit on October 1. Officials say the flights aim...
In Kansas City, volunteers led by Leann Villaluz are racing door to door to force a statewide vote on Missouri’s newly enacted congressional map, which targets Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II’s Kansas City seat and would divide the city into three Republican-leaning districts. People Not Politicians Missouri says it has collected...
Graham Platner, a U.S. military veteran and oyster farmer running for Maine’s Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, is apologizing for now-deleted Reddit posts in which he called himself a communist and suggested some political resistance should include firearms — comments he says no longer reflect him. He attributed the rhetoric to...
