President-elect Donald Trump wished Speaker Mike Johnson good luck ahead of Friday’s vote to elect a speaker of the House, but whether Mr. Trump’s backing is enough for him to win the gavel again is still in the air. “Good luck today for Speaker Mike Johnson, a fine man of great ability, who is very close to having 100% support,” Mr. Trump said on Truth Social…… Read more
The Army veteran behind the deadly New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans made videos professing his allegiance to the Islamic State terror group and laying out his plans to kill family members. Law enforcement officials said Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, 42…… Read more
Some 175,000 people now actively work for Mexico’s smuggling cartels, according to a shocking new estimate that would make them the country’s fifth-largest private employer. The cartels’ secret is their viciously efficient ability to recruit, said Rafael Prieto-Curiel, who led the researchers and who said the cartels are the country’s…… Read more
Jimmy Carter, the Georgia peanut farmer and naval officer who became the 39th president of the United States and eventually the nation’s longest-living president, died Sunday. He was 100 years old and survived almost two years after entering hospice care in February 2023. The Carter Center posted on social media Sunday afternoon that the…… Read more
A racist pro-Trump message found at a Tennessee college is the latest example of a fraudster seeking to stoke fear by perpetrating a fake hate crime. Rhodes College in Memphis said the culprit admitted to carrying out and reporting the vandalism, with the intention of blaming someone else. The school didn’t release the perpetrator’s name. “Thanks to the tireless efforts of our…… Read more
President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that House Speaker Mike Johnson needs to act “decisively and tough” if he wants to remain in his position. Speaking with Fox News Digital, Mr. Trump said Mr. Johnson will “easily remain speaker” if he acts properly and gets rid of “all of the traps being set by Democrats” in the stopgap measure Congress is trying to get passed by midnight…… Read more
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has added hundreds of new missiles and 100 more nuclear warheads as part of a military buildup designed for a future war with the United States, according to a Pentagon report made public Wednesday. The latest survey of Chinese military power also for the first time reveals extensive PLA preparations for sophisticated information warfare…… Read more
Even when they lose the popular vote, Democrats still want to take it out on the Electoral College. Three Democratic senators introduced a constitutional amendment Monday to abolish the body that has formally elected the president for the nation’s entire history. Sens. Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and Peter Welch of Vermont said it is time to “restore democracy”…… Read more
New Jersey leaders are not buying the Biden administration’s explanation that most of the drones reported swarming the state’s coastline in recent weeks are regular aircraft, saying that’s a demeaning answer given what residents have seen with their own eyes. Gov. Phil Murphy has urged President Biden to get personally involved, while members of New Jersey’s congressional…… Read more
The IRS on Thursday said it has sweated an additional $1.3 billion from wealthy tax cheats, thanks to enhanced reviews and audits paid for by the budget-climate law President Biden signed two years ago. The tax agency said criminal investigations and civil cases have earned…… Read more
President-elect Donald Trump wished Speaker Mike Johnson good luck ahead of Friday’s vote to elect a speaker of the House, but whether Mr. Trump’s backing is enough for him to win the gavel again is still in the air. “Good luck today for Speaker Mike Johnson, a fine man of great ability, who is very close to having 100% support,” Mr. Trump said on Truth Social…… Continue Reading
The Army veteran behind the deadly New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans made videos professing his allegiance to the Islamic State terror group and laying out his plans to kill family members. Law enforcement officials said Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, 42…… Continue Reading
Some 175,000 people now actively work for Mexico’s smuggling cartels, according to a shocking new estimate that would make them the country’s fifth-largest private employer. The cartels’ secret is their viciously efficient ability to recruit, said Rafael Prieto-Curiel, who led the researchers and who said the cartels are the country’s…… Continue Reading
Jimmy Carter, the Georgia peanut farmer and naval officer who became the 39th president of the United States and eventually the nation’s longest-living president, died Sunday. He was 100 years old and survived almost two years after entering hospice care in February 2023. The Carter Center posted on social media Sunday afternoon that the…… Continue Reading
A racist pro-Trump message found at a Tennessee college is the latest example of a fraudster seeking to stoke fear by perpetrating a fake hate crime. Rhodes College in Memphis said the culprit admitted to carrying out and reporting the vandalism, with the intention of blaming someone else. The school didn’t release the perpetrator’s name. “Thanks to the tireless efforts of our…… Continue Reading
President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that House Speaker Mike Johnson needs to act “decisively and tough” if he wants to remain in his position. Speaking with Fox News Digital, Mr. Trump said Mr. Johnson will “easily remain speaker” if he acts properly and gets rid of “all of the traps being set by Democrats” in the stopgap measure Congress is trying to get passed by midnight…… Continue Reading
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has added hundreds of new missiles and 100 more nuclear warheads as part of a military buildup designed for a future war with the United States, according to a Pentagon report made public Wednesday. The latest survey of Chinese military power also for the first time reveals extensive PLA preparations for sophisticated information warfare…… Continue Reading
Even when they lose the popular vote, Democrats still want to take it out on the Electoral College. Three Democratic senators introduced a constitutional amendment Monday to abolish the body that has formally elected the president for the nation’s entire history. Sens. Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and Peter Welch of Vermont said it is time to “restore democracy”…… Continue Reading
New Jersey leaders are not buying the Biden administration’s explanation that most of the drones reported swarming the state’s coastline in recent weeks are regular aircraft, saying that’s a demeaning answer given what residents have seen with their own eyes. Gov. Phil Murphy has urged President Biden to get personally involved, while members of New Jersey’s congressional…… Continue Reading
The IRS on Thursday said it has sweated an additional $1.3 billion from wealthy tax cheats, thanks to enhanced reviews and audits paid for by the budget-climate law President Biden signed two years ago. The tax agency said criminal investigations and civil cases have earned…… Continue Reading