Charlie and Erika Kirk on stage during the Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball at the Salamander Hotel in Washington on Jan. 19, 2025. Samuel Corum/Getty Images Erika Kirk, the newly appointed CEO of Turning Point USA, is set to give her first television interview next month, nearly two months after the assassination of her husband,
Republican Louisiana state Rep. Julie Emerson has entered a competitive race to unseat U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy in the GOP primary election. Julie Emerson Campaign Louisiana state Rep. Julie Emerson announced Monday that she will run against U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), becoming the latest challenger in the state’s first Republican primary in 50 years.
U.S. President Donald Trump waves after alighting from Air Force One upon arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2025. Phlip Fong/AFP via Getty Images Markets are rallying ahead of the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping, in which the two are expected to strike
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) meets with Japanese monarch Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump was welcomed by Japanese head of state Naruhito after arriving in the country known as the “Land of the Rising Sun” on Oct. 27. The two met
Chicago — Two Illinois National Guard members told CBS News they would refuse to obey federal orders to deploy in Chicago as part of President Trump’s controversial immigration enforcement mission — a rare act of open defiance from within the military ranks. “It’s disheartening to be forced to go against your community members and your
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, Ecuador, on Sept. 3, 2025. Photo by RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi by phone on Oct. 27. “The two discussed the importance of the U.S.–China relationship and the
A sign in a grocery store in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 5, 2019. Scott Heins/Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that $5 billion in contingency funds likely cannot be used by the federal government to cover the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which is set to expire on Nov. 1. “The SNAP benefits