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A democratic socialist New York City councilman has filed paperwork to run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in the 2026 midterm election.
Chi Ossé, 27, represents the city’s 36th District, which includes North Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, in the New York City Council, which is a position he has held since 2021, The Hill news outlet reported.
The Justice Department failed to secure an indictment against ex-FBI Director James Comey charging him with lying when he claimed that he did not recall a CIA referral memo on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign plan to tie Donald Trump to Russia. But the DOJ is now revealing the false-statements allegation will still be used to support its successful indictment charging Comey with obstructing Congress.
The DOJ’s two-count indictment, approved by a federal grand jury in September, stemmed from allegations that Comey misled the Senate during his testimony in late September 2020, when he reiterated his May 2017 denial that he had never authorized a leak of information to the media about the Trump-Russia investigation or Clinton-related investigations, when the DOJ says he in fact authorized his friend, confidante, and Special Government employee Dan Richman to leak to the media about the FBI’s Hillary Clinton investigation. The indictment also alleged that Comey had obstructed Congress by lying to the Senate.
A panel of federal judges on Tuesday blocked Texas's new congressional map that would favor the GOP in next year's elections.
The panel ruled 2-1 that Texas Republicans must use the congressional map they had in place before they redistricted earlier this year, The Hill news outlet reported. The new map that was blocked would have given Republicans up to five U.S. House seats to pick up in 2026.
Average family health insurance premiums rose 6% in 2025, nearing $27,000, underscoring consistent increases and warning of more hikes ahead.
Higher healthcare spending, including increased hospital and drug prices, is driving up the cost of coverage, according to an annual survey from the nonprofit KFF. For most American families, $27,000 is a lot of money. The median household income was $83,730 in 2024. In the September, the average price of a new vehicle in the U.S. topped $50,000, according to Kelley Blue Book. A Toyota Camry costs about 27,000, so does a hybrid Toyota Corolla. The best selling vehicle in the U.S., a Ford F-150, costs about $39,000.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s approval among New York voters has plummeted to a new all-time low, according to a Siena University poll released on Tuesday.
The new survey found that Schumer’s favorability dropped to just 32% — marking his lowest favorable rating in the Siena poll’s two-decade history — while 55% of respondents viewed him unfavorably. Meanwhile, only 45% of Democrats rated Schumer’s leadership favorably, compared to 43% of Democratic voters who gave him an unfavorable rating.
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, argued Tennessee Chancery Court Judge Patricia Head Moskal’s injunction halting Governor Bill Lee’s National Guard deployment to the Memphis Safe Task Force is both legally flawed and politically motivated.
On Monday, Moskal ordered a temporary injunction to reverse the governor’s decision to deploy the National Guard as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force, writing that the far-left legal groups behind the lawsuit are likely to succeed at proving their claims that the deployment overstepped Tennessee state law.
A Guatemalan national and Honduran national in the U.S. illegally were arrested on warrants and immigration charges in Memphis this week by authorities operating under the Memphis Safe Task Force.
Tennessee Chancery Court Judge Patricia Head Moskal on Monday ordered a temporary injunction to reverse Governor Bill Lee's decision to deploy the National Guard as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force, writing that the far-left legal groups behind the lawsuit are likely to succeed at proving their claims that the deployment overstepped Tennessee state law.
Determining her the plaintiffs were likely to obtain a favorable ruling in response to their argument that Lee exceeded his authority as governor under Tennessee Code 58-1-106(a), Moskal wrote, "The ongoing problem of violent criminal activity, however serious, does not constitute the type of ‘grave emergency’ or ‘disaster,'" specified in the law.
Williamson County School District will no longer allow students to access their cell phones during the school day.
The county’s school board passed new rules on Monday for students’ use of wireless communication devices.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Nashville on Tuesday to promote her new book 107 Days, a political memoir detailing her failed 2024 presidential campaign following then-President Joe Biden’s decision to not seek re-election.
Latinos for Tennessee PAC, the state’s only Hispanic conservative political organization, endorsed incumbent U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) for reelection on Tuesday.
The Hill The House on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to advance legislation forcing the release of information related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after Trump, in a reversal, backed the effort over the weekend. Eyes on Capitol Hill are now turned to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), who faces a tough call on when to put the measure on the floor. Trump on Tuesday, meanwhile, welcomed Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House, where he defended the de facto leader from a reporter’s question about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. READ THE FULL STORY
The Republican National Committee is suing New Jersey for failing to provide public records on the state’s voter roll maintenance practices, according to Chairman Joe Gruters.
“New Jerseyans deserve to know whether their voter rolls are accurate,” Gruters told The Daily Signal. “Clean and transparent voter lists are essential for trust in our elections. The RNC is suing to obtain these records and ensure the state follows the law.”
For decades, the monolithic and sacrosanct international climate change hierarchy went unquestioned.
Western nations in particular spent trillions of dollars over the past half-century to subsidize expensive but erratic wind and solar energy while demonizing carbon fuels as toxic threats to the planet.
The United Nations' Security Council on Monday approved President Donald Trump's plan for ending the war between Israel and Hamas, and thereby establishing peace in Gaza.
Trump announced the 20-point peace plan last month, which included the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the release of all remaining hostages.
While President Donald Trump earlier this month issued pardons for those who faced legal scrutiny by the Biden-era U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) after helping the president contest the 2020 election results, at least three who were pardoned continue to face prison in Wisconsin.
Though facing no federal charges, last year Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, filed charges against former Dane County Circuit Judge Jim Troupis, election attorney Kenneth Chesebro, and Republican opposition researcher Michael Roman, alleging they conspired to fabricate and submit a false electoral certificate, with the goal of confusing the certification process on January 6, 2021.
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