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Dems Pursuing Blanche, Patel Subpoenas After Bondi Testimony
House Democrats said they are preparing to pursue subpoenas for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel after former Attorney General Pam Bondi testified that Blanche oversaw key aspects of the Justice Department's review and release of the Jeffrey...
Fri, 29 May 2026 17:04:58 EDTGrenell Slams McBride's Exit From Freedom 250 Event
Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell criticized country music star Martina McBride after she announced she was withdrawing from an upcoming performance at the Freedom 250 concert series, accusing her of doing so because she's left wing.
Fri, 29 May 2026 16:11:30 EDTJudge Eases New Hampshire Voter ID Rules
A federal judge has said that New Hampshire must make voter registration easier by allowing applicants to attest to their U.S. citizenship if they don't have the documents to prove it.
Fri, 29 May 2026 16:26:26 EDTPoland Moves to Strip Zelenskyy of Top State Honor
Polish President Karol Nawrocki said Friday he will seek to revoke Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest state honor, after Kyiv named an elite military unit in honor of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, or UPA.
Fri, 29 May 2026 16:01:59 EDTNasdaq Soars 8% in May, Stocks Hit New Records
Stock indexes closed higher on Wall Street, adding to the all-time highs they set a day earlier. The S&P 500 added 0.2% Friday.
Fri, 29 May 2026 16:13:41 EDTKenyan Court Blocks Trump's Plan To Quarantine Ebola Patients
A Kenyan court has reportedly shut down a plan set in motion by the Trump administration to quarantine Ebola-exposed Americans in Kenya.A response to an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the plan was to quarantine exposed or infected U.S. citizens at a...
Fri, 29 May 2026 16:10:19 EDTReport: Iran War Energy Costs Wipe Out Trump Tax Refund Boost
Three months into the U.S.-Iran war, fuel costs have swallowed the tax refund gains American households expected this year.
Fri, 29 May 2026 15:51:31 EDTBurgum Blasts Media's Reflecting Pool Obsession
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is pushing back against what he calls the media's fixation on cosmetic details of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation - arguing that critics are ignoring a much bigger story, Breitbart reports.
Fri, 29 May 2026 16:00:03 EDTReport: UAE Secretly Struck Iran During War, Ceasefire
The United Arab Emirates secretly carried out dozens of airstrikes against Iran during the recent conflict, including some attacks that continued after an April ceasefire, according to a report published Friday by The Wall Street Journal.The Journal, citing U.S., Arab and...
Fri, 29 May 2026 15:54:46 EDTTrump Slows NSF Grants to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Duke
The Trump administration has slow-walked the approval of millions of dollars in National Science Foundation grants to Harvard and other universities that have been under increased scrutiny as part of the White House's push against what it calls woke campus ideology.
Fri, 29 May 2026 15:43:32 EDTJudge Orders Trump's Name Removed From Kennedy Center
A judge on Friday ordered the removal of President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling that the iconic Washington venue cannot be renamed without an act of Congress.
Fri, 29 May 2026 15:07:39 EDTFAA Chief: Air Traffic System 'Safe,' 'Not Efficient'
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration reportedly said the nation's air traffic control system is "safe" but "not efficient" due to its dependency on old computers.
Fri, 29 May 2026 14:48:20 EDTDOJ Reviewing Alleged Religious Bias Against MLB Pitcher
The Department of Justice is reviewing a request from Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., to investigate whether the Washington Nationals discriminated against pitcher Trevor Williams because of his Christian beliefs.
Fri, 29 May 2026 14:59:43 EDTDallas Apartment Blast Kills 3, Search Continues
Authorities on Friday were searching for more potential victims of an explosion and massive fire that destroyed a Dallas apartment building and killed at least three people as firefighters rushed to the site of a reported gas leak.
Fri, 29 May 2026 14:11:19 EDTSenator Focuses on Data Safety of TikTok-Oracle Venture
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., on Friday formally asked TikTok's newly formed U.S. joint venture and cloud computing giant Oracle to explain how they are protecting the personal data of American users and preventing foreign entities from influencing which videos American users are shown on the app.
Fri, 29 May 2026 13:45:01 EDTAmericans Rack Up $1.25 Trillion in Debt, 13% Delinquent
Americans' total credit-card balance reached a record $1.25 trillion in the first quarter of 2026, up nearly 6% (5.9%) from $1.18 trillion in the same quarter a year earlier, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Fri, 29 May 2026 14:28:46 EDTBus Hits Vehicles in Virginia, Kills 5, Injures 34
A bus struck six vehicles on Interstate 95 in Virginia as traffic slowed for a work zone, killing five people and sending 34 to hospitals, state police said Friday.
Fri, 29 May 2026 14:02:28 EDTTrump Team Eyes 50% US-Made Auto Parts Rule for USMCA
The Trump administration is preparing to seek a major overhaul of auto manufacturing rules under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, proposing that vehicles contain at least 50% U.S.-made parts and materials to qualify for lower tariffs...
Fri, 29 May 2026 13:54:25 EDTBondi Refuses Questions on Trump, Epstein Files
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to answer questions Friday on President Donald Trump's involvement in the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files as she defended the Trump administration's actions before House lawmakers.
Fri, 29 May 2026 13:53:08 EDTUS Postal Service Seeks to Require States to Submit Lists of Voters
The U.S. Postal Service would require states to provide a list of voters who received mailed ballots as part of new rules proposed on Friday, one day after a federal judge declined to immediately block President Donald Trump's related executive order.
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