February 17, 2026 12:19 PM ET Top Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin is departing the administration, the Daily Caller has confirmed. McLaughlin originally planned to begin her departure in December, but the spokeswoman pushed back her leave following the Renee Good and Alex Pretti shootings in Minnesota, a source familiar with her
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February 17, 2026 12:11 PM ET Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez invested months preparing for her highest-profile overseas trip, but when she arrived at the Munich Security Conference, the progressive lawmaker fumbled through basic foreign policy questions and is now faulting conservatives for the backlash. The New York Democrat froze for approximately 20 seconds
February 17, 2026 11:02 AM ET Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore blamed President Donald Trump on Monday for the massive sewage spill in the Potomac River that caused dangerous bacteria levels. Trump ordered the federal government on Monday to help clean up the spill and protect the river after a Potomac Interceptor sewage breach gushed
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February 17, 2026 10:20 AM ET Constitutional lawyer Erin Hawley is joining forces with a rising conservative law firm to launch their appellate portfolio. Hawley, who was instrumental in advancing pro-life victories like reversing Roe v. Wade at the religious liberty focused Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), will now chair Lex Politica’s Supreme Court and appellate
February 15, 2026 1:09 PM ET Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told CNN on Sunday that Democrats will fight “tooth and nail” against the House-passed SAVE America Act, an election integrity bill he likened to racial segregation. During an appearance on “State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash,” Schumer stressed his caucus
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February 12, 2026 5:52 PM ET Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on Thursday defended one of his Democratic colleagues and issued a rare rebuke of the Trump administration — after the Department of Justice (DOJ) tracked a lawmakers’ search history of the unredacted Epstein files. Attorney General Pam Bondi obtained Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila
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February 12, 2026 5:02 PM ET Assistant Attorney General for antitrust Gail Slater announced on Thursday that she was leaving her post, bringing an end to a turbulent year in the role that saw her gradually fall out of favor with Attorney General Pam Bondi. Slater, who gave no explanation for her departure, was lauded
February 12, 2026 3:49 PM ET Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is bringing cursive back to schools. Shapiro signed a bill requiring a cursive handwriting curriculum in all Pennsylvania public schools, Wednesday. The bill, introduced by Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Dane Watro, was co-sponsored by three Democrats and fifteen Republicans. (RELATED: ‘Utter Bullsh*t’: Josh Shapiro Lashes
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Mary Rooke Commentary and Analysis Writer February 12, 2026 3:37 PM ET Texas has long been a solidly GOP-controlled state, yet its governor finds himself at odds with his own party on core questions of how elections should work and who gets to shape them. While the Texas GOP pushes aggressively for greater control over
February 12, 2026 2:31 PM ET A federal judge Thursday blocked Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth from punishing Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly over his role in a viral November 2025 video urging U.S. service members to not follow “illegal orders.” U.S. District Judge Richard Leon — an appointee of former President George W.
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