Independent Dan Osborn announced his second Senate run in Nebraska, aiming to challenge Republican Senator Pete Ricketts. Osborn's campaign last year, though competitive, ultimately fell short. He criticizes Ricketts' wealth and the high cost of campaigning. Republicans plan to again portray Osborn as a Democrat, despite his claim...
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's rescission of nearly $800 million in grants for violence reduction and crime victim programs. While Judge Amit Mehta called the Justice Department's actions "shameful," he ruled the court lacked jurisdiction and the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate a constitutional violation....
President Trump dismissed questions about a Justice Department memo concerning Jeffrey Epstein, calling inquiries a "desecration," particularly given the Texas floods. Trump's statement follows a memo stating no evidence exists of an Epstein "client list" or his murder. Attorney General Bondi, previously suggesting she possessed such a list, clarified...
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker criticizes the cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) enacted by President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." The changes will reduce benefits for over 360,000 Illinois residents and impose stricter work requirements, impacting vulnerable groups like the homeless and veterans. The state will face...
French President Emmanuel Macron began a three-day state visit to the UK, marked by pomp and circumstance. However, the visit is overshadowed by US President Trump's threatened global tariffs, potentially impacting the EU and global economy. Macron will address the UK parliament, meet with King Charles III, Prime...
The IRS has filed a joint court document seeking to effectively exempt religious organizations from the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 law restricting political endorsements by tax-exempt groups. This follows a lawsuit by the National Religious Broadcasters Association arguing the amendment violates First Amendment rights. The IRS and plaintiffs now...
Russia's Transportation Minister Roman Starovoit, dismissed a day earlier, was found dead from a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide. The Kremlin expressed shock and sorrow, while investigators launched a criminal probe, deeming suicide the most likely cause. Speculation links his death to a potential corruption investigation involving...
A Texas pediatrician, Dr. Christina Propst, is no longer employed by Blue Fish Pediatrics after a social media post where she seemingly wished ill upon flood victims in a Trump-supporting county. The post, made after deadly flash floods killed over 90 people, including children, stated that the county "got...
Minnesota state Senator John Hoffman, critically injured in a June 14th shooting that killed fellow lawmaker Rep. Melissa Hortman, has been released from the ICU and is now in a rehabilitation facility. Hoffman, shot nine times while protecting his wife Yvette, who was also injured, will undergo further operations....
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen defended her handling of vaccine contracts during a no-confidence vote in the European Parliament. Right-wing MEPs, citing the "Pfizergate" scandal, accused her of a lack of transparency regarding negotiations with vaccine producers. Von der Leyen maintained the contracts were negotiated openly...
