Saturday

20-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Politics

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp passes on Senate run in latest GOP 2026 setback

Kemp, 61, had been widely regarded as the most formidable potential Republican candidate, having polled ahead of Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) in some surveys. Kemp, 61, had been widely...

Trump defends viral AI picture of him as the pope: ‘Have to have a little fun’

President Trump defended the viral picture he posted of himself dressed as the pope, saying the AI-generated image was a "joke" and that you "have to have a little...

Muslim support for Democrats plunges as group opens to Trump’s Gaza plan: poll

Only a third of Muslim-Americans identify as Democrats as the party reels from political setbacks with a bloc of voters it hemorrhaged in the 2024 election cycle, according to...

Trump to ban risky — and controversial — virus research that likely led to COVID pandemic

The order will yank funding from "any present and all future" gain-of-function research. The order will yank funding from "any present and all future" gain-of-function research.

Reopened Alcatraz ‘certainly an option’ for migrant detention beds, border czar says

Reopening Alcatraz -- which closed in 1963 and has operated as a museum since -- "should be on the table," Tom Homan told reporters outside the White House. Reopening...

Lefty groups behind ‘grassroots’ May Day protests in US propped up by billionaires and dark-money network: ‘Hypocrisy … is glaring’

"These organizations project the illusion of being driven by everyday Americans, but in reality they're being bankrolled by some of the biggest dark-money megadonors in politics,'' said Caitlin Sutherland,...

Trump wanted Ukraine minerals deal to get ‘leverage’ over Russia, Bessent says

The Treasury secretary told his team to get to work on a full agreement after a public spat Feb. 28 between President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Vice...

Trump to meet freed Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina at White House

Karelina, 33, landed back on American soil last month after the Trump administration secured her freedom in an April 10 prisoner swap. Karelina, 33, landed back on American soil...

Trump promotes CBP whistleblowers who called out failure to collect criminal DNA at border

CBP agents Fred Wynn, Mike Taylor and Mark Jones revealed in February 2018 that DHS wasn't abiding by the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005. CBP agents Fred Wynn, Mike...

Trump admin set pay illegal migrants $1,000 to self-deport, DHS says it will save taxpayers a ton

The Trump administration has started paying illegal migrants to $1,000 each to “self-deport” from the US, and the Department of Homeland Security said it will save taxpayers up to...