WASHINGTON — California Gov. Gavin Newsom escalated his criticism of President Donald Trump on Monday, calling him “a con man with no plan and failing the American people” in a social media post that tied Trump’s handling of the Iran conflict to rising fuel-price fears. The attack came after Trump dismissed concerns about higher oil…
WASHINGTON — A California congressman’s claim that the Trump administration “deported a 6-year-old deaf child without his hearing device” has added to the growing debate over who is actually being swept up in the administration’s immigration crackdown. The broad outline of the case is not really in dispute: a Bay Area mother and her two…
WASHINGTON — Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comment that immigrants are “going to be here regardless of what the president says” is drawing fresh attention online, but the fuller context points to a fight over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown on Somali communities, not a blanket declaration that immigration law does not matter. Omar made the remarks…
WASHINGTON — A fresh round of political panic over a possible U.S. military draft erupted this weekend after former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted that “psycho Republicans” want to draft “your sons” and “your daughters,” tying that warning to White House comments about the possibility of U.S. ground troops in Iran. But the current facts…
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Saturday sharply escalated the fight over Republican-backed election legislation, calling the SAVE Act “Jim Crow 2.0” and warning it could disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans if it becomes law. The comments came after President Donald Trump said he would not sign other legislation until Congress passes the measure….
A frightening in-flight security scare aboard a Southwest Airlines flight from Nashville to Fort Lauderdale erupted into a viral political flashpoint online after video showed passengers with their hands raised while officers removed a traveler from the plane in Atlanta. But by Saturday, federal authorities said their investigation found no credible threat and that no…
Conservative commentator Candace Owens is escalating her break with President Donald Trump over the war with Iran, warning Americans not to join — or stay in — the U.S. military as anger spreads through parts of the MAGA coalition over the administration’s support for the conflict. In a post Friday morning, Owens wrote: “Do not…
WASHINGTON (Now Rundown) — A viral social media post is putting Rep. Ilhan Omar’s family history back under the spotlight, with a blunt line now spreading across X: “She wasn’t a refugee of war. Her family created the war.” The claim is tied to renewed scrutiny of Omar’s late father, Nur Omar Mohamed, who has…
Vice President JD Vance is escalating Republican midterm messaging with a blunt prediction: if Democrats win back the House in 2026, President Donald Trump will face impeachment again. Vance made the remark in a Fox News interview with Jesse Watters, saying, “I’m sure he’ll get impeached,” while arguing Democrats are focused more on Trump than…
WASHINGTON — A disruption at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing over the U.S. military campaign involving Iran is ricocheting across social media after video showed a former Marine being forcibly removed while shouting, “No one wants to fight for Israel,” and appearing to suffer an injury during the struggle. The protester was identified by…
WASHINGTON (Now Rundown) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is drawing fresh attention — and a fresh wave of online backlash and support — after posting a clipped warning about what she called a growing gap between the Trump administration’s campaign messaging, its written defense strategy, and its widening use of military force. “The policy of the…
Former President Barack Obama is wading into a fast-moving redistricting fight in Virginia, warning that “free and fair elections” are under attack as both parties escalate a broader, state-by-state scramble over congressional maps ahead of the next midterms. Obama’s message centers on a Virginia ballot question tied to a Democratic-backed plan to temporarily redraw the…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders is calling on Congress to reject any new Pentagon spending tied to the expanding U.S. conflict with Iran, arguing that the military has already been funded at near-record levels and that President Donald Trump is now seeking hundreds of billions more. “We just gave the Pentagon nearly $1 trillion. Then…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says “Sharia Law will be completely banned in Texas” next legislative session after Republican primary voters overwhelmingly backed a nonbinding ballot proposition calling for such a ban. In a post Wednesday, Abbott said 95% of Republican primary voters supported banning Sharia law and added he is “100%” certain it will be…
Former Georgia lawmaker Vernon Jones accused Democrats of “white supremacy” and “cheating” after Texas Democrats nominated state Rep. James Talarico for U.S. Senate over U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a claim that circulated widely online as election officials in Dallas County faced scrutiny over voting-site confusion on primary day. “White supremacy at an all time high…
House Speaker Mike Johnson accused Democrats of putting “illegal aliens over the welfare of the American people” as congressional leaders prepared another vote on a stalled Department of Homeland Security funding bill and the agency’s shutdown stretched into a third week. In a video statement and accompanying post, Johnson said Democrats “spent four years presiding…
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett lost the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Texas, but viral posts claiming the loss “puts an END to her career in Congress” leave out key context: Crockett will leave the House at the end of her term because she did not run for reelection after launching her Senate bid, not…
Sen. Marsha Blackburn accused Democrats of “shutting down” the Department of Homeland Security at a moment of heightened global tension, as a partial, single-agency shutdown at DHS entered a new week with no clear path to reopening the department. “The Democrats are playing a dangerous game by shutting down DHS at a time when protecting…
Julia McCoy’s blunt critique of American schooling — “We are sending our kids to school to memorize facts that AI can retrieve in 0.3 seconds” — is going viral as educators, parents and students wrestle with how fast artificial intelligence is changing what learning looks like. McCoy, an entrepreneur and creator, wrote that schools are…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Cotton on Monday urged Democrats to end a standoff over Department of Homeland Security funding, saying lawmakers should “come to their senses and fully fund our government” as the U.S. conflict with Iran raises concerns about potential threats at home. In a post on X, Cotton, an Arkansas Republican and chair…