DOJ prepares to send election monitors to California, New Jersey

The Department of Justice is preparing to send federal election observers to California and New Jersey next month, targeting two Democratic states holding off-year elections following requests from state Republican parties. The department announced Friday that it is planning to monitor polling sites in Passaic County, New Jersey, and five counties in southern and central

U.S. sending aircraft carrier strike group to Latin America in major buildup

Washington — The Pentagon said Friday that the U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier strike group to the waters off Latin America, an escalation that will dramatically increase the number of service members and ships dedicated to the Trump administration’s campaign to counter narcotics traffickers. Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesman, said on X that Secretary

Newsom calls Trump’s consideration of sending troops to San Francisco “laughable”

California Governor Gavin Newsom called President Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops to San Francisco “laughable,” suggesting the president had to reverse course for “obvious reasons” because “there’s nothing happening” in the city. “He couldn’t even make up a pretense for this,” Newsom told Robert Costa in an interview airing on “CBS Sunday Morning” this weekend.

U.S. sending aircraft carrier to Latin America in major buildup

Washington — The Pentagon said Friday that the U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier strike group to the waters off Latin America, an escalation that will dramatically increase the number of service members and ships dedicated to the Trump administration’s campaign to counter narcotics traffickers. Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesman, said on X that Secretary

Government shutdown hits Day 24 with no deal in sight

  1m ago Federal workers hunker down as they go without pay in shutdown: “Protect every penny” Jill Hornick, 59, a service representative at a Social Security Administration, has eliminated all nonessential spending while she works without pay. Courtesy of Jill Hornick Jill Hornick, a 59-year-old service representative at a Social Security Administration field office