Author: Ross O’Keefe

President Donald Trump will host a “peace signing ceremony” between Azerbaijan and Armenia Friday at the White House. He’ll aim to end a war the two nations have participated in for decades. The conflict stems from territorial disagreements over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region currently held by Azerbaijan but which contains ethnic Armenians who support Armenia’s conflict.…

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) said he would draw a congressional map that is even more favorable to Republicans if Texas Democrats do not return soon. Abbott’s new map would boost Republicans to eight additional House seats, up from the five proposed initially, if the Democrats who left to deny the Texas legislature a quorum do…

The FBI will help lawmakers locate the “runaway” Texas Democrats who fled the state to deny Republicans a quorum needed to move forward in their redistricting fight, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said Thursday. Involving the FBI in apprehending the lawmakers could boost hopes of getting them back into the state to reestablish a quorum and…

The Army estimated the restoration of a Confederate statue in Arlington National Cemetery that was removed in 2023 will cost $10 million, an official said Wednesday. The official told the Associated Press that the statue, called the Reconciliation Monument, will feature panels of information about its history. However, the statue is plagued by past controversy.…

President Donald Trump is calling for the CEO of Intel, a semiconductor manufacturer, to resign after Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) questioned his ties to China. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan joined the company as its chief executive in March of this year. “The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately,” Trump wrote on…

Fort Stewart, an Army base in south Georgia, is under a lockdown on Wednesday after reports of an active shooter. Five casualties have been reported, and law enforcement officers are on the scene. The shooter is in custody. “Fort Stewart is in a lockdown status due to an active shooter incident in the 2nd Armored…

Rep. Cory Mills‘s (R-FL) former girlfriend accused him of threatening to release sexually explicit photos of her, according to a police report. Lindsey Langston, a Miss United States pageant winner and Florida GOP committeewoman for Columbia County who was elected in 2024, detailed her story to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office on July 14 in…

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would federalize control of Washington, D.C., if “local youths” aren’t prosecuted as adults. The statement came after former DOGE staffer Edward Coristine, known as “Big Balls,” was reportedly beaten by a group of juveniles over the weekend. Trump has previously condemned the district’s crime and homelessness conditions and…

Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) robbed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) of the spotlight on Sunday in the Democratic response to Texas’s partisan redistricting efforts. Newsom had taken point in the conversation, but Pritzker held a news conference with Texas Democrats who had fled to his state to deny the legislature a quorum. Pritzker, surrounded by branded…

Derek Dooley, a former NFL and NCAA football coach, launched his Georgia Senate campaign Monday, with Gov. Brian Kemp‘s (R-GA) backing. Dooley joins a crowded field of 2026 Republican competitors, including Reps. Mike Collins (R-GA) and Buddy Carter (R-GA). Kemp reportedly urged Dooley to run and is expected to back him. The governor was widely…