President Donald J. Trump has moved decisively to confront a growing crime wave tied to Minnesota’s Somali immigrant community, announcing that the Temporary Protected Status program will no longer shield Somalis living in the state. The President made the announcement directly on Truth Social, leaving no ambiguity about the

Democrats thought they had found their next political weapon: revive the scandal surrounding deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and try to smear current President Donald Trump by association. But according to Republican strategist Scott Jennings on Friday’s episode of the “PBD Podcast,” the plan collapsed spectacularly — and the blowback

For viewers who assumed their eyes must be deceiving them — they weren’t. On Friday, the nation watched one of the most unexpected political exchanges of the year: a cordial, light-hearted, and surprisingly humorous Oval Office meeting between President Donald J. Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. The

Top House Republicans have quietly sidelined Rep. Dan Crenshaw from international travel for the next three months following what multiple sources have described as an alcohol-related incident during an official congressional delegation to Mexico, according to new reporting from Punchbowl News. The disciplinary step — a formal prohibition on joining any

Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill escalated tensions Thursday after revealing they had contacted Capitol Police in response to President Donald J. Trump condemning a video produced by six Democratic lawmakers — a video that openly encourages military and intelligence personnel to defy the commander in chief. The lawmakers’ message, released Tuesday,

Grammy Award–winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel — once a member of the iconic Fugees trio — is now facing 14 years in federal prison after a sweeping conviction for steering millions in illegal foreign money into Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. The 52-year-old musician offered no final remarks before U.

The political class in Washington couldn’t hide its contempt for President Donald J. Trump during Thursday’s funeral for former Vice President Dick Cheney — and one photograph captured the entire Beltway mentality in a single frame. In what was billed as a solemn memorial for a man who shaped

The U.S. Supreme Court issued another major ruling that reins in bureaucratic overreach, narrowing the scope of environmental reviews required for major infrastructure projects. The decision is poised to accelerate long-stalled efforts to build highways, expand airports, and move critical energy projects like pipelines back into motion—a welcome

U.S. Border Patrol agents have uncovered yet another example of the ruthless sophistication driving Mexico’s cartel operations, shutting down a massive drug-smuggling tunnel that stretched nearly 3,000 feet from a residential neighborhood in Tijuana into Otay Mesa, California—just outside San Diego. According to federal officials, the

The Justice Department scrambled on Thursday to correct its own courtroom statements, insisting that the full grand jury did, in fact, review the final indictment against former FBI Director James Comey. The abrupt reversal came less than 24 hours after lead prosecutor Lindsey Halligan told a federal judge that only