Month: January 2026
January 12, 2026
Politics
Supreme Court to dive into transgender sports issue for first time with two cases
For the first time, the Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to grapple with legal questions about state laws restricting transgender athletes from competing in girls' sports. For the...
January 12, 2026
Politics
Trump to antisemites: You’re not welcome in MAGA
"I think we don’t need them," he told The New York Times in an interview. "I think we don’t like them." "I think we don’t need them," he told...
January 12, 2026
Politics
Trump pushed to take ‘immediate action’ in Iran as regime cracks down on protesters: ‘Locked and loaded’
Members of Congress are openly encouraging President Trump to intervene in Iran as the death toll rises amid the Shia regime's brutal crackdown on protesters. Members of Congress are...
January 12, 2026
Politics
Sen. Ernst, Rep. Gosar demand NIH halt $3M in funding for Anthony Fauci’s ‘bat facility’ in Colorado
Colorado State University, where the research is taking place, has “an alarming pattern of recent animal lab accidents,” according to the taxpayer watchdog White Coat Waste. Colorado State University,...
January 12, 2026
Congress
Trump phones Warren on affordability
President Donald Trump on Monday called Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) after she slammed him in a speech criticizing his efforts to address rising costs. “After my speech, the President...
January 12, 2026
Politics
Secret Service investigates after radio DJ at UMass Lowell calls to ‘kill JD Vance’
A volunteer radio show host has resigned after authorities confirmed they are aware of a post on Bluesky in which a person advocated for killing Vice President JD Vance....
January 12, 2026
Politics
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s aides put on leave after the Post’s bombshell report on IG investigation
WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s top aides were placed on administrative leave amid an internal investigation into their involvement in the alleged fraudulent use of official travel for...
January 12, 2026
Politics
Trump weighing airstrikes against Iran as death toll climbs in protests
In public, Iranian officials have been defiant, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying “we are completely prepared” for war and the country’s parliament speaker, Baqer Qalibaf, threatening to...
January 12, 2026
Congress
Kelly sues Hegseth over effort to punish him for anti-Trump video
Sen. Mark Kelly is suing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other senior military leaders over the Pentagon's attempt to punish him for telling troops not to follow illegal orders....
January 12, 2026
Politics
$386M locomotive purchase shows how MTA quietly increases contracts by hundreds of millions
The MTA inked a $386 million hybrid locomotive order by tacking it onto an existing deal, continuing a pattern of ballooning contract modifications that dodge public bidding. The MTA...