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Hakeem Jeffries has met his nightmare scenario: The Squad 2.0 is coming to Capitol Hill. A trio of hard-left Democrats who won House primaries Tuesday in New York City boast among them eight protest-related arrests, three endorsements from Mayor Zohran Mamdani, two Democratic Socialist of America memberships, an average age of 41 and just one commitment to vote for Jeffries as the next speaker. That adds up to a major governing challenge emerging for the House Democratic leader next year, when he will have to come to grips with a brash and emboldened faction of his caucus who believe they…
Brits visiting the United States for the first time for the 2026 World Cup are apologizing to Americans on social media. “We owe America a huge apology,” one fan from England said. Foreign World Cup fans have been traveling to various towns across the country this month to watch games, allowing them to get a glimpse of life in the United States, and some have taken to social media to admit they have been pleasantly surprised. “We owe America a huge apology, because America is nothing like the media tells us. Everyone is so friendly, everyone is so accommodating, and…
The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee holds a hearing investigating health care fraud on Wednesday, June 24. On Tuesday the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced over 400 people had been charged with $6.5 billion in health care fraud. President Donald Trump announced in his State of the Union address earlier this year that Vice President JD Vance would lead an anti-fraud task force to cut down on those stealing from American taxpayers. Read the full article here
A North Carolina State Auditor report found tens of millions of dollars in fraudulent unemployment benefit payments were made through North Carolina’s unemployment system during former Gov. Roy Cooper’s (D) administration and in the months after he left office, with only a fraction of the money recovered, as Cooper runs for U.S. Senate against Republican Michael Whatley. The report found that $47.2 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance payments were made by the Office of the Governor through the North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Division of Employment Security during the audit period of April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2025. Cooper…
The House Freedom Caucus sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday outlining its demands for a third reconciliation bill, including extending a prohibition on federal funding for abortion providers and immediately paying for any new spending. “This is our last and best chance to prove they were right to send us here to fight for them,” the House Freedom Caucus Board of Directors wrote in the letter, referring to U.S. voters who gave the GOP control of both chambers this Congress. “That is why any Reconciliation 3.0 bill must be focused on wins for the American people.” The…
The new channel will help resolve incidents in the strategic waterway amid conflicting guidance for shipowners Iran has agreed to set up a ‘hotline’ with the US and other countries to “prevent and resolve any misunderstandings” involving ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran’s chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has said.The strait will henceforth be “managed under Iranian arrangements” and will “never return to what it was before the war,” Ghalibaf said on Monday, returning from the first round of talks with the US in Switzerland.“Problems can arise in the Strait of Hormuz, so we agreed to establish a center…
President Donald Trump canceled a scheduled signing ceremony of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act at the Capitol on Wednesday until the Senate passes the SAVE America Act. Trump was scheduled to sign the housing bill into law at 1:00 p.m. ET, but announced in a Truth Social post on Wednesday morning that he would be canceling the ceremony. “Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” he wrote. The…
A U.S. fighter pilot who survived being shot down over Iran and was later rescued in a dramatic special operations mission reported seeing a bizarre, jellyfish-like formation of Iranian drones moving in unison moments before his F-15 went down, according to a report published Tuesday that has fueled new concerns about previously unknown capabilities in Tehran’s drone arsenal. The account, first reported by CNN, was shared by the pilot during a post-rescue intelligence debriefing following the April shootdown, the first known instance of an American aircraft being brought down over Iran during Operation Epic Fury. The outlet reported that the…
Republican leaders are scrambling to regain control of the House after GOP hard-liners effectively shut down the floor Wednesday over their demands that the Senate pass a stalled elections overhaul bill. Speaker Mike Johnson is set to meet with President Donald Trump Thursday morning in an effort to try and find a way out of the mess, according to four people granted anonymity to describe the private plans. Johnson is planning to keep the House in session Thursday and have members vote on at least one bipartisan bill that has already been teed up for the floor as he tries…
The US and Iran have kept diplomacy alive, but neither side is ready to surrender its leverage Recently, US President Donald Trump said he is satisfied with the situation regarding the Strait of Hormuz and the progress in negotiations with Iran. US Vice President J.D. Vance expressed similar sentiments earlier, noting that they succeeded in creating a mechanism to prevent further escalation between Israel, Lebanon, and Hezbollah, and laid the foundation for a future peace agreement during the talks in Switzerland. At first glance, this looks like a diplomatic breakthrough, but the reality is more complex. The Trump administration’s optimistic rhetoric…