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Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said he believes a controversial ad from Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy may have cost him his reelection bid in the end, suggesting he did not expect losing his House seat. “That final ad from Vivek really was kind of a lightning strike at the end, and it had an impact…
Florida is subpoenaing the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) over possible illegal funding, state Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a week after the midterm election. The post Florida Subpoenas Democratic Socialists of America over Possible Illegal Funding from China appeared first on Breitbart .
Something exceedingly rare occurred at the United Nations on Nov. 6. Simply put, Israel was treated like a normal member state. Well, almost. The occasion was the election of Shai Mizrahi, a senior official in the Israeli State Comptroller’s office, to serve on the United Nations Independent Audit Advisory Committee, which advises the General Assembly […]
A huge Democratic majority in Congress. Six new Democratic state trifectas and governorships. Five new Democratic attorneys general. At least 545 additional state legislative seats. Reproductive rights leaders have spent the past week trying to wrap their heads around the enormity of the Democratic tsunami and how it could reshape the national abortion-rights landscape. In […]
Ireland’s government reached a tentative pay agreement with public sector unions, averting a strike planned for Thursday by around 300,000 workers that would have affected schools, hospitals and local authorities.
A national strike is expected to cause widespread disruption across Spain on Wednesday, as unions demand for more affordable housing.
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) gave President Trump a failing grade for his performance in South Carolina’s midterm elections after a Trump-backed Senate candidate defeated Norman in the Republican primary but lost to a Democrat in the general election. “In South Carolina, he gets an F,” Norman told MeidasTouch on Tuesday when asked to grade Trump’s…
Nearly two hours of Supreme Court arguments over whether the Labor Department’s system for fining employers that break visa rules is constitutional left the government sounding concerned. “I don’t like the prospect of losing. I think that’s very obvious. I hope we don’t lose this case, because of the consequences,” Principal Deputy Solicitor General Sarah…
The Democratic Socialists of America is facing an investigation in Florida over allegations of foreign funding from Cuba and China. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Tuesday that his office had issued an investigative subpoena to the DSA under the state’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and laws governing charitable fundraising. The investigation will […]
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Observers say Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward has carved out an unusual role, with a pattern of intervening in pending criminal cases involving corporations.
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the legal fight over the White House ballroom project, seeking to end the lawsuit after the justices earlier this year allowed construction to continue. Solicitor General D. John Sauer filed a petition for the Supreme Court to take up the case on its merits […]
One of the Trump administration’s most valuable and assiduous officials tendered her resignation on Thursday. Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, announced her departure moments before speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference at Mar-a-Lago. It is unquestionably a terrible loss for the Trump administration, the Make America Great […]
Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday said that the vote to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth "isn't about Iran," but rather his willingness to take on challenges at the Pentagon. Why it matters: It's the latest instance of the Trump administration backing the embattled Cabinet member, who is facing the possibility of enough GOP members defecting for the impeachment effort to succeed. The Iran war is at the center of the allegations against Hegseth, with three of the eight articles of impeachment specifically concerning the conflict. Other allegations include that Hegseth illegally initiated military conflict in Venezuela and Yemen. What they're saying: "Has Pete Hegseth committed impeachable crimes? The question is absurd and the answer is: obviously not," Vance said Tuesday on X . "Like so much of Congress, impeachment has become a ridiculous show that stands in for actual policymaking. Congress has so many tools for registering its policy disagreements." Vance added that Congress was choosing to impeach Hegseth as they did President Trump. "Legislation is hard. Impeachments are easy (and ultimately, inconsequential)." "The irony is that legislators are most angry at Pete on the issues where he's most correct: repositioning forces away from Europe/Ukraine and reorganizing the general officer corps," he continued. "This isn't about Iran, this is about the fact that Pete took on the bureaucracy at the Pentagon." Go deeper: Hegseth faces impeachment resolution from GOP member with little to lose Editor's note: This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
Sen. John Cornyn meets with Sen.-elect James Talarico in Texas and D.C. after the Democrat's massive win against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a U.S. Senate contest.
Former Republican Rep. Larry Bucshon (Ind.) and former Surgeon General Jerome Adams both believe President Trump may hold off on vetoing any bipartisan healthcare legislation passed by a Democratic-controlled Congress, saying on Tuesday that Trump’s “transactional” nature and the final two years of his time in office could sway his decisions. At The Hill’s Health…
Spain will see a general strike on Wednesday, following mass protests around housing. A member of Marxist group Coordinadora Juvenil Socialista discusses how these protests have cohered a militant class-based movement for more sweeping change.
Florida Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a subpoena to the Democratic Socialists of America on Tuesday, demanding records as his office investigates whether the group accepted money or other support from foreign adversaries, including Cuba and China. Uthmeier said the inquiry focuses on foreign contributions tied to DSA delegations and travel fundraising, as well ...
Anti-Trump Republican Thomas Massie pursuing measures against defense secretary as Iran war blamed for party’s sweeping midterm losses Republican Thomas Massie moves to force vote to impeach Hegseth Sign up for the US Breaking News email Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth is set to hold a rare news conference later today as he pushes back against congressional efforts to remove him from office for alleged misconduct. Donald Trump was joined by Dana White, the CEO of UFC, at a press conference. At the conference, Trump defended Hegseth , saying his defense secretary “won two wars”, and called Massie “a stone cold loser” and “sick”. After saying that his deportation policy was “too tough” and offering to strike an immigration deal with Democrats in an interview on 60 Minutes broadcast on Sunday, Donald Trump on Monday said his administration’s deportation policy was “very strong.” “Somebody suggested, will there be amnesty? No, but— they came in. They knew the law,” Trump told reporters during a press conference today. He added that he had not spoken with incoming chief of staff Stephen Miller about any changes. In its first major move since last week’s elections, the Senate has advanced bipartisan legislation to speed up permitting reviews for data centers and other infrastructure projects. The Senate voted 73-25 to formally take up the bill, which would shorten the timeline for approving both clean and fossil fuel energy projects. A Utah judge scheduled the trial of the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk for June 2028. District Judge Tony Graf allocated 105 days for the trial. Graf said the 2028 date balances the defense’s right to prepare with the Kirk family’s desire for a speedy resolution. The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to resume border wall construction in the Big Bend region of Texas. The majority paused a lower court’s decision as the case plays out. The Trump administration had filed a
Democrats will charge into January with a sweeping mandate — but as President Trump has repeatedly noted, his veto power can deliver a robust roadblock to his opponents' agenda. Why it matters: Democrats may be forced to compromise to get legislative priorities through. Trump will have to decide how frequently he'll use the power — and whether he'll strike down bills popular among Americans. State of play: Democrats have secured 54 seats in the upcoming Senate, per the AP's projections , and are leading in two tight races in Mississippi and Alaska that have yet to be called. In the House, they've won 254, per AP , with several race calls still to come. Neither majority will be large enough to cross the two-thirds threshold Democrats would need to override a presidential veto on their own. Friction point: Trump knows that — and has teased his plans to impede Democrats' progress by using the power liberally. On Tuesday night, as election results rolled in, Trump posted an image of a red MAGA-esque hat that read "VETO" in all caps. A similar hat was displayed on the Resolute Desk during a Thursday signing ceremony. Asked on Fox News how he'd work with a Democratic Congress, Trump pointed to the veto: "They're in control, but they're really not in control because they can send over, you know, 50 different great bills that they're all excited about and I send them back with a nice stamp, veto." White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis said in a statement provided to Axios that Trump is "willing to work with anyone to continue delivering victories for hardworking Americans." She added, "If Democrats choose to pursue radical left policies, they are choosing to work against the American people." Worth noting: Lawmakers secured enough support to override a Trump veto across party lines during his first term on the National Defense Authorization Act in 2021. Yes, but: While Trump could use veto threats to force lawmakers to negotiate or to halt legislation altogether, vetoing popul
Current and former House Democrats, flush with victory following their landslide midterm wins , are already looking at potential opportunities to run for Senate in 2028, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Democrats' 2026 romp — with wins in Texas, South Carolina, Kansas and possibly even Mississippi — has some party members reevaluating what were once considered impossible targets. A source close to Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) — who was reelected by 21 percentage points in a district former Vice President Harris carried by four points in 2024 — did not rule out her running against Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.). "All options are on the table," the source said, adding that Davids' "focus right now is on delivering actual results and overcoming the chaos from these extreme policies we're seeing." Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) was defeated by Democrat Adam Hamilton last week, marking the first time in nearly a century a Democrat has been elected to the U.S. Senate from Kansas. North Carolina: Rep. Don Davis is "taking a look at" a run against Republican Sen. Ted Budd, a source familiar with his thinking told Axios. Davis won a third term on Tuesday after defeating his GOP opponent in a district President Trump carried by 12 points in 2024. Republicans redrew the district with the express goal of ensuring Davis' loss. Former Rep. Wiley Nickel, who was elected Wake County district attorney on Tuesday, would consider a Senate run if state Attorney General Jeff Jackson doesn't, a source close to him told Axios. The two served together in the House. Democratic former Gov. Roy Cooper won North Carolina's other U.S. Senate seat last week in a nearly 20-percentage-point landslide over Republican Michael Whatley. Pennsylvania: A huge field of Democrats is gearing up to potentially run for the seat held by Democratic Sen. John Fetterman. Fetterman, who has morphed from a populist firebrand to an arch-centrist, has angered much of the party by siding with Republicans on key votes. Rep
Outgoing Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) declined to say Monday whether he voted for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican candidate in Texas’s Senate race who defeated Cornyn earlier this year in a primary runoff election, and cited Paxton’s “corruption” as a major reason why he lost to Democrat James Talarico. “The Republican Party treated…
After the 2026 midterm elections and resulting blue tsunami, Democrats are already looking for ways to use their power to enable the killing of unborn babies in abortions — including in Texas, a longtime pro-life stronghold. The post Democrat Texas Attorney General-Elect Says He Will Allow Out-of-State Doctors to Flood State with Abortion Pills appeared first on Breitbart .
President Donald Trump’s eldest son celebrated GOP strategist Karl Rove’s condemnation of Vice President JD Vance on Monday, arguing that it means his friend “is doing something right.” Donald Trump Jr., who is active in political circles, weighed in after Rove told attendees at the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly that Vance should […]
President Donald Trump, when you entered the political arena, and General Michael Flynn wrote the book The Field of Fight (which I translated into Persian with his knowledge and permission and made available to Iranian readers so that they could become familiar with Islamic terrorism), the Iranian people believed that you would truly distinguish between […]
Though his party and its electoral allies didn’t win the most parliamentary seats in Israel’s Oct. 27 general election, opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot has been given the first chance to form a new government and thus emerge as prime minister. That was after Israeli president Isaac Herzog concluded the former military chief had the best shot at forming a ruling coalition that can survive a requisite vote of confidence in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament.
The Justice Department lost its fourth official in the week following the midterms, with Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Brett Shumate resigning Monday. The Civil Division handles a wide variety of cases and has seen significant departures during the Trump administration as caseloads soared. “Under his leadership, the Division pursued important affirmative litigation…
Brett Shumate, the head of the Justice Department’s civil division, has resigned, according to US Attorney General Todd Blanche.
That does not "necessarily" mean that "every case is going to be prosecuted," said Attorney General Todd Blanche, without clarifying what the charge could possibly be.
Trump has long relied on sports to project strength and fuel his culture wars. But after a crushing midterm defeat, even his UFC ally cannot distract from the political fallout In the wake of being destroyed in the midterm elections , it was only a matter of time before Donald Trump did something outrageous in an attempt to misdirect public attention away from his catastrophic losses. Before the midterms, published reports suggested the possibility of apocalypse, global or domestic – a nuclear strike on Iran, martial law to suspend last week’s, the invalidation of individual races, such as in Alaska – but Trump opted for banality over Armageddon, offering his vacant press secretary opening to Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White. It was absurd, and widely posited that a confused Trump had erroneously conflated UFC’s White with the Dana White who made more sense, former Heritage Foundation staffer Dana White. Because the public reactions made him look even more lost, confirming the sentiments of recklessness and disorder, utter chaos and buffoonery that led to the Republicans being routed in the midterm elections, the president said his offer to White was all a joke . As a disciple of the notorious McCarthyite Roy Cohn, who taught Trump one of his main political pillars – never apologize or admit wrongdoing. Ever. – Trump should not, of course, be taken at his word. Continue reading...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog tasked Eisenkot with forming the next government after he secured the endorsement of 67 members of the Knesset. The former Israeli general now needs to cobble together a coalition from a divided opposition while luring allies away from Benjamin Netanyahu. Bloomberg's Dan Williams reports from Jerusalem. (Source: Bloomberg)
President makes unusual acknowledgement that one of the defining policies of his second administration had become a political liability Donald Trump has admitted that his deportation policy was “too tough” and has offered to strike an immigration deal with Democrats in a concession following the Republicans’ disastrous defeat in the midterm elections. In an interview on the CBS network’s 60 Minutes broadcast on Sunday, the president acknowledged that the aggressive crackdown had hurt him politically and said he was open to an arrangement to allow some undocumented immigrants to remain in the US. Continue reading...
President Donald Trump vowed a political comeback on Sunday after Republicans lost control of Congress in last Tuesday’s midterms, as incoming Democratic leaders pledged to hold his administration to account, and the attorney general promised to defend officials against threatened prosecutions.
North Korea is testing new weapons systems at twice the pace of President Donald Trump’s first term, ranging from missiles designed to strike the US and its allies to anti-aircraft systems.
Former Israeli general Gadi Eisenkot faces a daunting political test as he tries to cobble together a coalition from a divided opposition while luring allies away from Benjamin Netanyahu, a master political tactician who remains a formidable force.
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday dismissed former Trump health adviser Calley Means' corruption allegations against senior White House officials, even as a former FDA commissioner described pressure from tobacco lobbyists and a Republican congressman called for scrutiny. Why it matters: The feud inside President Trump's coalition raises a central question about Trump's health agenda: Were his advisers undermining it, as Means alleges, or were they carrying out the president's wishes? The latest: Asked on CNN's "State of the Union" whether the DOJ would investigate Means' allegations, Blanche responded: "Something that someone says on a podcast? No, I do not listen to that. Absolutely not." Blanche called Means a "disgruntled former administration official" and praised former White House chief of staff Susie Wiles , who Trump announced Friday would be replaced by Stephen Miller . On "Fox News Sunday," Blanche said allegations about Wiles' financial dealings did not concern him. But Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) told CNN that "any allegation of any impropriety like this should be looked at." Driving the news: Means, who alleged widespread corruption in a Friday interview with Joe Rogan, told CBS' "Face the Nation" that he had wanted Wiles removed. Means accused Wiles of blocking an initiative to examine children's sugar consumption because she wanted sugar-industry donations for the midterms. He also alleged that Wiles' deputies pushed policies favorable to the flavored-vaping and kratom industries over the objections of officials working on the Make America Healthy Again agenda. Means accused Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio of advising against defining ultra-processed foods while receiving money from PepsiCo. The White House and the Justice Department did not respond to Axios' request for comment. What they're saying: Former FDA Commissioner Marty Makary backed up part of Means' account in a statement to CBS. "Big tobacco exploited their connections to administra
The attorney general says an accusation that Wiles thwarted a MAHA initiative to protect sugar industry contributions isn’t cause for DOJ scrutiny.
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday supported President Donald Trump’s call for the Department of Justice to investigate Democrats over threats of impeachment and investigations into the Trump administration. “They’re threatening current members of the administration. They’re threatening American companies who’ve invested in jobs, invested in manufacturing. At some point, we have to say enough […]
US Attorney General Todd Blanche said any effort by Democratic lawmakers to investigate Donald Trump and his family is likely to fail, taking a defiant stance as the president’s political foes threaten a range of probes once they take control of Congress in January.
Attorney General Todd Blanche refused Sunday to rule out prosecuting Democratic lawmakers who say they'll investigate Trump officials, a day after President Trump ordered the Justice Department to probe lawmakers. Why it matters: The confrontation threatens a constitutional crisis over the separation of powers: Trump is ordering prosecutors to go after lawmakers in a potential effort to hamper Congress' power to hold the executive branch accountable. Driving the news: In a Truth Social post Saturday, Trump accused Democrats of threatening administration officials and Republican donors with investigations and impeachment. "This is extortion at the highest level, and they should be held accountable for this," Trump wrote. He singled out Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), accusing her of threatening young people who hold Republican views. "The imprisonment should be against these EXTORTIONISTS," Trump wrote. "By copy of this statement, I am ordering the Department of Justice to look into this criminal act, immediately!" he added. The latest: On CNN's "State of the Union," Blanche acknowledged Congress' constitutional oversight authority but argued that Democrats' rhetoric had crossed a line. Asked whether DOJ would investigate Democratic lawmakers, Blanche did not identify a criminal statute or confirm that an investigation had begun. Asked whether lawmakers could face imprisonment, Blanche said it depended on what crimes they had committed. On Fox News, he said the possibility of criminal charges depended on what Democrats had said. The White House and Justice Department have not responded to requests for comment. What they're saying: Blanche singled out incoming House Oversight Committee Chair Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), who warned officials, including incoming White House chief of staff Stephen Miller, to "lawyer up." "I would be very worried if I was a member on that committee," Blanche told CNN. He also said the department would provide legal defense for administration
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone struck emergency workers on rescue missions in southern Ukraine on Sunday, hitting a former school and nearby shelter that had been earlier blasted by multiple Russian guided bombs as residents waited for humanitarian aid, authorities said. No one was injured in Sunday’s strike on the village of Komyshuvakha, […]
Attorney General Todd Blanche dodged questions on Sunday on whether he would open investigations into Democratic members of Congress following President Trump’s remarks to look into claims of a “criminal act.” Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Blanche was asked about Trump ordering investigations against Congressional Democrats for calling for the impeachment of certain…
A Russian drone struck emergency workers on rescue missions in southern Ukraine on Sunday, hitting a former school and nearby shelter that had been earlier blasted by multiple Russian guided bombs as residents waited for humanitarian aid, authorities said. The post Russia Targets Emergency Workers at Site of Deadly Strike, Ukraine Claims appeared first on Breitbart .
The Justice Department is weathering the Trump administration’s first wave of post-midterm departures, with three senior officials announcing their exits in the days following Democrats’ sweeping victories on Tuesday. U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quinones and Assistant Attorney General John Eisenberg, the department’s top national security official, resigned on Friday. Their departure followed Civil Rights Division […]