Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said Jonathan Powell had no role in the substance or evidence behind the collapsed spying case against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry, who deny the claims. The Crown Prosecution Service said the trial failed because the government did not provide evidence describing China as a national...
Former L.A. schools chief Austin Beutner is preparing to challenge Mayor Karen Bass in 2026, arguing the city failed residents on crime, housing costs and the deadly Palisades fire. The blaze killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes, damaging Beutner’s house and leveling his mother‑in‑law’s. Citing an after‑action report...
Rep. Thomas Massie condemned President Donald Trump’s bid to pressure elite universities, applauding MIT for rejecting a White House compact that would tie priority federal funding to conditions such as curbing international enrollment and barring transgender athletes from competing by gender identity. In a post on X, Massie praised his...
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff’s Tel Aviv address was drowned out by jeers at a rally in Hostages Square, where families awaited the expected release of 20 surviving hostages from Gaza. Joined by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Witkoff stumbled and paused for over a minute, even mangling the prime...
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin urged New Yorkers to vote for mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, reiterating a prior endorsement and praising his affordability message. The encouragement comes as some national Democrats have withheld endorsements, even as Gov. Kathy Hochul and Kamala Harris have offered support. Martin has acknowledged disagreements...
An appeals court ruled Saturday that National Guard troops sent to Illinois by President Donald Trump may remain under federal control but cannot patrol or guard federal property for now. The court paused the case pending further arguments, following Judge April Perry’s temporary block for lack of evidence of a...
Former Rep. Katie Porter’s 2026 bid for California governor came under fresh scrutiny after two videos fueled complaints about her temperament: one showing her brusquely threatening to end a CBS interview and saying she didn’t need the support of the 6.1 million Californians who voted for President Trump in 2024;...
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff praised President Trump and urged deploying the National Guard to address crime in San Francisco as he arrived for Dreamforce, where he said he hired hundreds of off-duty police. His remarks came amid legal limits on federalized Guard policing and a recent ruling that Trump’s Los...
Ukraine and the U.S. are weighing new measures to boost Kyiv’s air defenses after a massive Russian strike on energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, following a "very positive" call with U.S. President Donald Trump. Talks touched on Tomahawk missiles and follow Trump’s first military aid package under NATO’s Prioritized...
On day 11 of the shutdown, the Senate remains stuck after seven failed votes on two plans to reopen government, with no negotiations and a 60-vote hurdle. Democrats are holding out to renew expiring health insurance subsidies, but the threshold keeps plans stalled. Frustration simmered in quotes from both sides,...
