Author: Jack Birle

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) died at the age of 75 on Wednesday, his family announced in a statement. “It is with immense sadness that we share that our devoted and loving father, husband, brother, friend, and public servant, Congressman Gerald E. Connolly, passed away peacefully at his home this morning surrounded by family,” Connolly’s family…

The Supreme Court issued a pair of rulings over the past month that suggest the justices are keeping a close eye on procedure in immigration-related cases, even as key questions of immigration law remain unanswered. On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to pause the deportation of a group of Venezuelan nationals under the Alien Enemies Act…

FBI Director Kash Patel said in an interview published Friday that the bureau will leave the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., and send 1,500 agents into the field. Patel confirmed the plans in an interview set to air on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures this weekend. He said he will give each state…

The military parade to honor the Army‘s 250th anniversary has ballooned in cost from anywhere between $25 million and $45 million. The parade in Washington, D.C., is scheduled for June 14, the Army’s semiquincentennial and President Donald Trump‘s birthday. Details about the parade began to surface earlier this year, with the Washington Post reporting the…

Former President Joe Biden was reportedly shielded from his Cabinet for much of his final two years in the White House, with secretaries claiming anonymously in a new book they were “kept at bay.” Anonymous Cabinet secretaries told Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson about their concerns regarding Biden for the journalists’ upcoming book, Original Sin:…

The Justice Department announced 189 illegal immigrants were arrested in Washington, D.C., last week after an operation that occurred roughly around the same time federal immigration officers visited several restaurants in the area. The DOJ billed the crackdown as part of the “Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful” initiative and did not mention specifically where the…

Democrat John Ewing Jr. defeated incumbent Republican Jean Stothert in the Omaha mayoral race Tuesday, becoming the first black mayor of the most populous city in the Cornhusker State. Stothert had been attempting to win a fourth term in office. She flipped the seat from Democrat to Republican in 2013 and won again in 2017…

A federal court ruled that the congressional district map drawn by the Alabama legislature was unconstitutional, ordering that it use the court-drawn map from the 2024 election. The Thursday ruling was the latest in a lengthy saga regarding Alabama’s redistricting cycle following the 2020 census. State lawmakers had passed a map that only included one…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is testifying before a subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee about President Donald Trump‘s fiscal 2026 budget request. The hearing on Capitol Hill is expected to begin at 10 a.m. IN SPRINGFIELD, NOEM IMPLORES PRITZKER TO ABANDON SANCTUARY POLICIES Earlier this week, Noem testified before a subcommittee of the House…

President Donald Trump is delivering remarks on a trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom, the first deal since he unveiled his sweeping tariff plan last month. Since Trump announced his sweeping tariff plan and then paused the higher rates for 90 days last month, he has teased that various trade agreements…