Despite a colorful slate of contenders that includes candidates who have served federal prison sentences, previously left Congress under clouds of scandal, or tried and failed to run for Congress elsewhere, the contest to replace Rep. Byron Donalds in Florida’s 19th Congressional District has so far…
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Charlie Kirk, the late right-wing activist and ally of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, privately expressed concerns about how the president was handling Middle East affairs amid fractures in the MAGA base, according to a highly anticipated book released Tuesday.In “Regime Change:…
As Donald Trump entered the Oval Office for a second term, Republican legislators bent over backward with “tributes” to the president that would “shock students of history,” according to a newly released book from New York Times authors.In stark contrast to Republicans’ turn away from Trump after he…
Eight activists convicted of terrorism-related charges and rioting for their role in a noise demonstration outside an ICE facility, at which a local police officer was shot, face up to life in prison when they go before a federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, for sentencing on Tuesday.Another, the las…
In the wake of a fourth death at a U.S. Postal Service megafacility in Georgia, a union leader blasted the government agency for its inadequate emergency response procedures.Jonathan Smith, president of the American Postal Workers Union, called out a lack of emergency phones at a 1-million-square-fo…
A Marine Corps colonel who appeared on a podcast in which a co-host later called for now-Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to be shot has been promoted to brigadier general.The U.S. Senate voted unanimously to approve Thomas Siverts’ promotion after Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) released his hold on the nom…
Republicans have made a dramatic U-turn on the 2028 presidential election, with dozens of contenders now expected to enter the race to succeed Donald Trump as president, an insider told Raw Story.And while no candidates have officially announced their campaigns yet, Rick Wilson, former Republican op…
WASHINGTON — While President Donald Trump plans to make history this weekend when he hosts the UFC at the White House, Mixed Martial Arts history has already been made in Washington in recent years.At the start of this 119th Congress, there were two former MMA fighters in Congress before one, Sen. M…
Trump’s U.S. ambassador to Turkey is accused of helping Jeffrey Epstein find a personal assistant who became both a recruiter and a victim in his sex trafficking network, Raw Story has learned.Sarah Kellen told members of the House Oversight Committee last month that she was working as a host at the…
Republican lawmakers were not pleased after President Donald Trump said he was not concerned about inflation, telling reporters on Wednesday, “I love the inflation.”Trump signed the Secure America Act surrounded by GOP leaders in the Oval Office when reporters asked him to respond to rising inflatio…