Kennedy tells FDA employees that ‘the Deep State is real’: report
HHS Secretary Kennedy reportedly told FDA employees on Friday that "the Deep State" is real and that the agency had become a "sock puppet" for the industries it was meant to regulate.
POLITICS
Whitmer ditches Dem playbook on Trump’s tariffs amid 2028 speculation
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of MIchigan bucked the party line during a trip to the White House Wednesday amid speculation about her 2028 campaign aspirations.
Sen. Tim Scott outlines first 100 days of Congress, crypto, tariffs
Senate Banking Committee chairman Tim Scott described the first hundred days of Congress, a trade war with China and the timeline for implementing critical crypto policies.
Freed Jan. 6 Prisoners Seek Congressional Office
At least two are campaigning to hold office in the U.S. Capitol—the site of a protest that turned violent on Jan. 6, 2021. While many of the pardoned Jan. 6 defendants are quietly rebuilding their lives after four years of prosecutions and scrutiny, a few are jumping back into the political fray with high ambitions.
What Israel Really Thinks About Trump’s Nuclear Talks With Iran. Plus, Did Keith Ellison Fight Fraud or Feed It?
A successful failure: Publicly, Israel has said that the Trump administration could negotiate a “good” deal to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Privately, our Andrew Tobin reports, the Jewish state’s decision makers see the negotiations, which are scheduled to begin today in Oman, as almost certain to end in failure or disaster—so they’re
Lawmakers, State Officials Debate Trump’s Order on Election Integrity
A recent hearing by the House Subcommittee on Elections revealed a deep partisan divide over Trump’s executive order on election integrity and the SAVE Act. President Donald Trump’s recent executive order titled “The Preserving and Protecting of the Integrity of American Elections” and the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) were the topics at an
At least 26 American hostages released since Trump took office
At least 26 Americans have been freed from captivity abroad since President Donald Trump returned to the White House for a second term in January 2025.