Author: Emily Hallas

Bluesky, a social media platform popularly used by liberals, temporarily suspended Vice President JD Vance’s account because it was concerned that someone was masquerading as him.  “Vice President Vance’s account was briefly flagged by our automated systems that try to detect impersonation attempts, which have targeted public figures like him in the past,” the company told…

The Department of Justice plans to eliminate two-thirds of federal gun licensing inspectors amid the Trump administration’s push to streamline the government by consolidating agencies and removing redundancies. The DOJ’s recently released 2026 budget proposal details plans to merge the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives with the Drug Enforcement Administration, downsizing the ATF…

A federal judge held Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt for sending a letter to local police suggesting he couldn’t prevent them from disobeying her order pausing a new immigration law. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ruled on Tuesday that the letter violated her order, leading Florida’s top prosecutor to respond that “if…

A growing number of lawmakers have confirmed that their names were on a hit list compiled by Vance Boelter, the suspect charged in the deadly shooting on Saturday of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband, which also injured a second state lawmaker and his wife. Before police arrested Boelter on Sunday, they discovered his…

New Jersey GOP gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign trumpeted the results of its first internal polling, which boosted Republican hopes of flipping the seat red.  The poll shows Ciattarelli narrowly trailing Democratic challenger Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) as the pair compete to replace term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ).  After two unsuccessful gubernatorial runs, most recently…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams will likely face challenges for reelection from two of his most formidable opponents in the general election, no matter how they perform in the Big Apple’s Democratic primary.  Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) and state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani are both competing in the city’s upcoming Democratic primary. They are…

State and local authorities in Florida warned that any violence from protesters will be met with deadly force as the country prepares for a wave of anti-Trump “No Kings” protests over the weekend. On Thursday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey held a press conference alongside other officials in Titusville,…

Aaron Reitz, whom President Donald Trump tapped to help lead the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy, announced a bid on Thursday to become Texas’s next attorney general.  Reitz, also a close ally to outgoing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, touted his ties to the Trump administration in a campaign announcement in which he vowed…

President Donald Trump is signing a measure on Thursday morning preventing California from phasing out the sale of most gas-powered vehicles by 2035, a White House official confirmed to the Washington Examiner. The president is set to sign the resolution reversing California’s policy around 11 a.m. at the White House. HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTE TO SLASH…

President Donald Trump said that “of course” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is invited to the annual White House picnic after the Kentucky Republican complained he was “uninvited” from the event.  On Wednesday, Paul said he called the White House to secure tickets to the annual picnic but was told he was not invited. The lawmaker…