House set to denounce Illinois Democrat’s succession scheme

The House is on track to rebuke a veteran Illinois lawmaker over a hardball political tactic — a move that has stirred intraparty anger at the fellow Democrat who prompted it. The formal admonishment targets Rep. Chuy García, who announced his retirement earlier this month only after the candidate qualification period closed — all but […]

UN Security Council backs Trump’s Gaza peace plan after Waltz calls territory ‘hell on earth’

The U.N. Security Council on Monday adopted a U.S.-backed resolution to end the Gaza war and deploy an international stabilization force after Ambassador Mike Waltz urged members to support what he called ‘a bold, pragmatic blueprint’ born from President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan. In an address to the council, Waltz described Gaza as ‘a […]

Pro-life pregnancy centers see client increase after Supreme Court decision: study

Facilities designed to discourage abortion have seen tens of thousands of additional clients in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs ruling, according to a study published Monday. The Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research arm of the pro-life organization SBA Pro-Life America, found in its annual report that the facilities, often known as pregnancy […]

China military reaches ‘war footing’ with new missile silos and advanced AI warfare systems

China’s military buildup has reached what a new congressional report calls a ‘war footing,’ with hundreds of new missile silos and expanding nuclear capabilities that could erode America’s long-standing deterrence edge in the Indo-Pacific. China has built roughly 350 new intercontinental missile silos and expanded its nuclear warhead stockpile by 20% in the past year, […]

Longtime Walmart CEO to step down in January

Walmart announced Friday that longtime CEO Doug McMillon will retire at the end of January — which came as a surprise to some given the company’s success in a rapidly evolving retail landscape. John Furner, Walmart’s U.S. CEO, will assume the role of overall CEO on Feb. 1, the company said. McMillon will continue to […]

Epstein referenced Trump in private emails to Ghislaine Maxwell and others, new records show

The late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein discussed President Donald Trump in emails released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday. The Democrats on the committee released three emails Wednesday that Epstein’s estate provided them — prompting Republicans to release their own stash of 20,000 pages of Epstein documents hours later, […]

‘Radical Left’ shutdown message ignites firestorm as Democrats push for federal probe

Senate Democrats are requesting an investigation into what they say is ‘partisan messaging’ that the Trump administration used on official government websites during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.  Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Adam Schiff of California and others are urging the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) to launch a probe into […]