Border Czar Tom Homan said the Trump administration is expanding immigration enforcement nationwide, citing more than 10,000 arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers over five days. Homan made the remarks in an interview with Newsmax, according to source material accompanying his statements. “I’ve always said, no one’s off the table,” Homan said. “If you’re …
President Donald Trump called on Congress to make a $350 billion defense package and the SAVE America Act its top priority when lawmakers return to Washington. In a Truth Social post, Trump said the proposal would strengthen the military and support his America First agenda. He urged Republican leaders to move the legislation through the …
KISS co-founder Gene Simmons told a Summerfest crowd in Milwaukee that he became an American citizen through the legal immigration process and urged others to do the same. “I myself am an immigrant, but a legal one,” Simmons said. “You wait in line, you respect the country, you respect its laws, and then you become …
The United States has revoked the license that temporarily authorized Iran to sell oil under a memorandum of understanding, restoring tighter restrictions on Iranian oil exports. The move accompanied a new round of U.S. airstrikes targeting Iranian military assets, according to statements attributed to U.S. officials and U.S. Central Command. U.S. Central Command said the …
KISS co-founder Gene Simmons told a Milwaukee crowd that he immigrated to the United States “the lawful way” during a July 3, 2026 concert at Summerfest. Performing with his solo band, Simmons paused to share his views on American patriotism and immigration policy. “I myself am an immigrant, but a legal one,” Simmons said. “I …
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said her department is working with the Justice Department to review whether CNN could face legal exposure over a news segment about a smartphone app that lets users track immigration agents. No charges have been filed. Officials say they are examining the issue, not that a case exists. The dispute …
The arrival gate at Los Angeles came with a name attached to it on Friday: Ezra Jin, the pastor of one of China’s best-known underground churches, stepping onto American soil after months held by Chinese authorities. He had last been a free man in October, when the crackdown began. Now he was reunited with his …
Turkish authorities in Aydın province denied port entry to the Scarlet Lady, a Virgin Voyages vessel operating a dedicated LGBTQ+ charter carrying approximately 1,900 passengers, the majority of them American citizens. The ship was on a 10-day “Athens to Venice” cruise organized by California-based Atlantis Events. Officials canceled scheduled stops in the tourist hubs of …
California has approved the transfer of 136 acres of coastline at Blues Beach in Mendocino County to Indigenous tribal ownership, marking the first return of land managed by the state Department of Transportation to Indigenous tribes. The stretch of coastline will be owned and maintained by Kai Poma, according to state officials. Public access to …
White House spokesman Davis Ingle rejected former CNN anchor Jim Acosta’s comments questioning President Donald Trump’s mental and physical fitness. Acosta raised the criticism after Trump’s Fourth of July celebration on the National Mall, saying the president appeared different from his first term. Ingle told Fox News Digital that Trump is “the sharpest and most …
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington will be partially drained after vandals allegedly caused thousands of dollars in damage by slicing its newly installed industrial liner. Burgum said the vandals cut up to 350 feet of the liner. Authorities have arrested seven suspects in connection with the vandalism, …
The White House has released a 162-page report criticizing the Smithsonian Institution, accusing it of promoting “extreme political activism” and presenting what it described as a radical interpretation of American history. The report singles out the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, stating that its leadership has moved away from teaching a shared national story …
President Donald Trump confirmed that construction is underway on a new granite helicopter landing pad for Marine One on the White House South Lawn. Trump said Sikorsky Aircraft will cover the estimated $5 million to $6 million cost through a contribution to the National Park Service. The helipad will feature the White House seal carved …
George E. Johnson Sr., founder of Johnson Products Company, has died at the age of 99. He built the company behind Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen, brands created for Black consumers. Johnson Products became the first Black-owned business listed on the American Stock Exchange. The company was also the first national sponsor of the television …
Hakeem Jeffries never stood at a podium and demanded that Trump supporters show him respect and retire the nickname “Dollar Store Obama.” That scene is invented, stitched together and stamped, right there in the corner, “ai generated.” So before we argue about whether the demand is reasonable, let’s retire the fiction that it happened. Now …
Representative Ayanna Pressley said that not one promise has been kept to Black Americans, that the country’s prosperity was built on 400 years of unpaid labor, and that the debt symbolized by “40 acres and a mule” was never paid. The tidy response is to call this divisive and move on. The honest response is …
When a sitting governor tells the public that federal agents are “turning the country into Nazi Germany by grabbing people off the street and disappearing them,” he is not clarifying a debate. He is ending one — for himself. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker chose the single comparison guaranteed to make the argument about his words …
Watch the exchange closely and you’ll notice something more revealing than either man intended. Jesse Watters asks JD Vance whether a Democratic midterm win means another Trump impeachment, and Vance answers without a flicker of doubt: “I’m sure he’ll get impeached.” No conditional. No “if the facts warrant it.” Just a prediction delivered like a …
A member of Congress earns $174,000 a year. That is a good living, well above what most Americans take home, and nowhere near enough to explain how so many of them leave office with net worths measured in the millions. The gap between the paycheck and the portfolio is the story, and it is long …
The image is built to make you feel something before you’ve had a second to think. A woman in sunglasses stands in a sunlit park, holding a hand-lettered cardboard sign that reads, “I hope you are proud of yourself for voting for Trump.” It is composed like a candid moment of raw conviction. It is …
Tom Homan gave the tidiest possible answer to an untidy question. Asked by ABC’s Cecilia Vega whether mass deportation could happen without tearing families apart, the border czar didn’t blink: “Of course there isamilies ssentence, delivered like a magician revealing there was never a trick at all. Families can just be removed together. Problem solved. …
Paul Pelosi, the 86-year-old husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is facing a recommended misdemeanor charge after allegedly striking a parked car and driving away from the scene in Yountville, California. The incident happened on July 3, when a witness spotted a brown convertible heading northbound on Yount Street hit the rear of a …
The Michigan Democratic Senate primary just got a lot simpler. State Senator Mallory McMorrow announced Sunday she is suspending her campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, trimming the August 4 primary down to a straight two-person contest between U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and former Wayne County health official Abdul El-Sayed. In a video …
John Fetterman has never been a perfect fit for the modern Democratic Party. The Pennsylvania senator votes with his caucus often enough, but he has also broken ranks in ways that matter, backing efforts to keep the government funded and supporting the president’s authority on foreign policy matters involving Iran. Now he’s gone further, publicly …
The National Republican Congressional Committee is going on offense, and it is aiming straight at House Democrats over their unanimous vote against the Working Families Tax Cuts. One year after President Trump signed the tax cut package into law on July 4, 2025, the NRCC is launching a new ad campaign designed to make sure …
President Trump is making history again, this time with a move no Republican has ever tried before. He’s announced plans for the first-ever GOP midterm convention, a high-energy gathering designed to fire up the Republican base and drive voter turnout ahead of the 2026 elections. It’s worth noting Democrats aren’t strangers to the idea. They …
The FBI is throwing significant manpower at its ongoing federal investigation into the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia, assigning hundreds of intelligence analysts to the effort. An unclassified internal memo issued Wednesday directed all FBI field offices to immediately surge support to an FBI Atlanta priority investigation. The memo came from the Directorate of …