Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz this week questioned the State Department's decision to deport an illegal immigrant who was convicted of repeatedly sexually molesting a 10-year-old girl, weeks after the governor was part of a panel that pardoned the illegal immigrant for the heinous crime. Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Department of Homeland Security had arrested and deported Tou Lue Vang, who was convicted in 2006 of first-deg

President Trump delivering a prime-time speech on election integrity. Major broadcast and cable news TV networks boycotted President Trump's prime-time address to the nation Thursday night in which he revealed to the American people the extent of China's efforts to meddle in American elections, voting vulnerabilities and appealed to members of the Senate to pass the SAVE Act. Broadcast networks ABC and NBC refused to air Trump's address, opting to not pre-empt regularly-sched

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a searing address Thursday in which he attacked communism and exposed leftist violence at a State Department ministerial on The Resurgence of Political Terrorism, which gathered diplomats from nations around the world aimed at combating extremist violence from the political left. Rubio delivered the opening remarks at the confab, and began by telling the crowd, "For far too long, our counterterrori

The brutal beating of a 74-year-old man last week was caught on surveillance footage. Police in Baltimore are seeking help from the public to identify and apprehend six suspects in connection with the brutal beating of an elderly man that was caught on surveillance footage outside of a 7-Eleven convenience store. The incident occurred on July 7 at nearly 4 a.m., authorities said, according to local TV station WBFF. Police have described the six suspects seen in the surveilla

Dena Karari. A U.S. woman left Iran on Wednesday after being held captive by the Iranian government since December 2024 and was on her way back to the U.S., President Trump announced in a post on Truth Social. "Iran has allowed an American Citizen, who was wrongfully detained in December of 2024 under the 'presidency' of Sleepy Joe Biden, to leave the Country," the president said. "She is now safely outside of Iran, and in good condition. The United States of America appreci

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that the Pentagon will be begin screening members of the military older than 30 for signs of testosterone deficiency, and those whose levels are low will be allowed to seek treatment for it. "It's well-established science that, as we age, testosterone levels naturally drop," Hegseth said in a video titled "The High-T Department of War" announcing the plan, which he posted on X. "Under the supervisi

Dr. Sam Hawgood, chancellor of the University of California San Francisco Medical School. The chancellor of the University of California San Francisco testified on Capitol Hill Tuesday and said "the vast majority of pregnancies are in women," revealing that woke ideology is still alive and well in many college campuses across the country, despite a cultural revolt against it and President Trump's efforts to root it out of U.S. institutions. The comments were made by Dr. Sam H

Kamala Harris. Former Vice President Kamala Harris, whom then-President Joe Biden appointed border czar in April 2021, not long after taking office, is drawing criticism after she posted reactions to two recent deadly shootings by ICE agents in which she denounced the agents' actions and Trump's policy on illegal immigration. Harris took to X to weigh in on a pair of fatal shootings that left an illegal immigrant in Houston dead last week, and a Colombian National dead in Ma

A Taco Bell marquee. Fast food giant Taco Bell's longtime slogan was "Run For The Border," but now health officials are reportedly investigating whether the chain's mishandling of fresh produce has been sending people running for the bathroom. According to The Washington Post, multiple anonymous sources say federal and state health officials are probing whether Taco Bell may be at the center of a parasitic outbreak that is being blamed for horrible bouts of "explosive diarrhe

Inflation was down both month over month and year over year in June. Inflation tumbled in June thanks to declining gas prices, making for the largest single-month drop in U.S. inflation since April 2020, when the U.S. and global economy was upended by the COVID pandemic. The inflation numbers beat Wall Street analysts' expectations, with the consumer price index dropping 0.4%, according to CNBC, twice the 0.2% analysts had forecast. Inflation was down not only for crucial en

Jamey Carney. Authorities in Jordan have detained a man in connection with the brutal killing of a U.S. woman in Ireland, after the man allegedly fled Ireland and returned to his native country. The man who was detained reportedly has been identified as Ahmad Al-Saqar, 28, and is being described as a person of interest in the case. Jamey Carney, a U.S. woman who was found dead in her home in Killarney, Ireland, a popular town with American tourists. Carney, 43, originally fr

Darline Graham Nordone accepting the appointment to finish her late brother Lindsey Graham's senate term. Darline Graham Nordone will assume the U.S. Senate seat of Lindsey Graham, her late brother, who died unexpectedly on Saturday night, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced at a press conference on Monday afternoon. McMaster told reporters gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse, "It's my honor to ask his little sister Darline Graham to finish his work for him no

A satellite image showing the Strait of Hormuz. With tensions and military strikes against Iran escalating in recent days, President Trump declared on Monday that the U.S. would ensure that other countries' oil tankers will be able to safely travel through the Strait of Hormuz, and suggested that the U.S. would charge a 20% service fee for keeping the strait passable for ships. "The U.S.A. will be, from this point forward, known as 'THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,' but as

Late U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. The unexpected death of Lindsey Graham, the longtime U.S. Senator from South Carolina, on Saturday night was caused by an aortic tear, according to a preliminary report by the Washington, D.C., medical examiner's office. The 71-year-old senator's death over the weekend sent shockwaves through the nation's capital, drawing reactions from across the political spectrum and, of course, President Donald Trump, to whom Graham had

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivering an Independence Day address. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday sat behind George Washington's desk and blasted the United States as "a nation of contradictions," tore into capitalism, criticized billionaire entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, and bemoaned what he views as a racist power structure. “We see a city of contradictions within a nation of contradictions,” Mamdani said. “We see the wealthiest nation in the history of

People in central California fill their bags with free nectarines. A central California farmer is giving away his entire crop of nectarines, telling the public they can come and take some free nectarines. And thousands have flocked to his orchard in Reedley, California, this week to pick up some free fruit. All told, Cesar Mora is giving away a staggering 125,000 pounds of nectarines, and he's doing so because he's locked in a legal dispute with a big agricultural corporatio

Police arresting former Olympian David Hearn at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool last month. A former U.S. Olympian is facing a felony charge in connection with damages to the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after a federal grand jury in Washington D.C. handed down an indictment on Thursday. David Hearn, a former Olympic canoeist, was charged with a single count of destruction of property. Hearn's indictment follows his arrest last month for allegedly

Top 10 leading causes of death in the U.S. in 2025. The death rate in the U.S. fell in 2025 by 4.6%, making last year's numbers the lowest death rate since the federal government began tracking such statistics. Nearly 3.1 million deaths occurred in the U.S. last year, translating to 689.2 deaths per 100,000 people, according to a report released by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, which was a marked drop from the 722.1 deaths per 100,000 people recorded in 20

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Tim Walz and two other Minnesota officials comprising a clemency panel voted unanimously Wednesday to pardon a 42-year-old illegal immigrant from Laos who was convicted in 2006 of repeatedly sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl. The pardon clears the man's criminal record and puts his deportation from the U.S. in question. Tou Lue Vang, 42, was given a pardon last month by the Minnesota Board of Pardons, but the pardon needed final approval from the c

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Vice President JD Vance are trading soundbites about their respective statuses two years out from the next presidential election, but not saying all that much of substance about each other. It all started when Vance, speaking with Michael Knowles, answered a question about who he believed was "the leading Democrat for '28" right now. "I think it's gotta be AOC," the vice president said, adm