Category: Politics
February 12, 2026
Politics
Rep. Elise Stefanik urges RFK Jr. to probe Mayor Mamdani’s Department of Health over anti-Israel group
Rep. Elise Stefanik is urging Trump Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to investigate Zohran Mamdani's Health Department, after staffers allegedly used taxpayers resources to launch...
February 12, 2026
Politics
How a little-known Maine ballot initiative could defang super PACs before the 2028 election
Politicians — from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) — have decried the potential corrupting force of unlimited donations from plutocrats and corporations. Politicians —...
February 12, 2026
Politics
Trump says Iran faces ‘very traumatic’ moment if no deal is struck ‘over the next month’
"We have to make a deal, otherwise it's going to be very traumatic, very traumatic," Trump told reporters at the White House — one day after he met privately...
February 12, 2026
Politics
Lee Zeldin says he’s trying to end ‘Obama switch’ that makes cars turn off at stoplights
"We are ending the federal government's push to get manufacturers to install that Obama switch, the almost universally despised start-stop feature," Zeldin said while announcing the repeal of the...
February 12, 2026
Politics
Trump and Lee Zeldin announce ‘largest deregulatory action in American history’
President Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Thursday announced the repeal of a 2009 policy allowing the federal government to regulate the emissions of fossil fuels by declaring...
February 12, 2026
Politics
Congress expands probe of TeaOnHer app accused of letting men post nudes of exes
The powerful House Oversight Committee is expanding its probe into the company behind the defunct, controversial TeaOnHer app that let men dish on the women they've dated, which has...
February 12, 2026
Politics
GOP Sen. John Cornyn unveils ‘Defeat Sharia Law Act’ amid contoversy over sprawling Muslim-centered community
Texas Sen. John Cornyn is introducing new legislation aimed at making the enforcement of Islamic Sharia Law, and discrimination based on the fundamentalist Muslim code, a violation of the...
February 12, 2026
Politics
Josh Hawley demands congressional oversight of abortion pill over safety concerns
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is calling for a crackdown on the abortion pill Mifepristone. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is calling for a crackdown on the abortion pill Mifepristone.
February 12, 2026
Politics
Pam Bondi’s cutting response to LA Dem over Epstein files prompts outrage in Culver City
In a heated exchange between Bondi and Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, who represents the state’s 37th District, the congresswoman called out the nation’s top law enforcement official for refusing to...
February 12, 2026
Politics
Melania Trump says she reunified displaced Ukrainian and Russian children with their families
First lady Melania Trump’s office said Thursday that she played a role in the return of an unspecified number of Ukrainian and Russian children separated from their families. “For...