Seattle’s city council unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday to end any commitments to defund the police. After the death of George Floyd in 2020, the slogan and movement to “Defund the Police” swept the country. Yet in the wake of a reported rise in crime in multiple cities across the country, politicians, even in…
Torpedo bats have taken the baseball world by storm, and one MLB pitcher wants to bring back a competitive edge for hurlers. Pitchers used pine tar for a better grip on pitches, but the fad grew to the point Major League Baseball cracked down on foreign substances in 2021. Pitchers were becoming too dominant with…
The second illegal immigrant who allegedly escaped from a Colorado detention center during a power outage last month was captured Tuesday while on a bus, authorities said. Geilond Vido-Romero, 24, who is accused of having ties to the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, was caught while riding a bus in Denver, the U.S. Marshals…
A soon-to-be 104-year-old World War II veteran in Ohio is hoping to have a very special guest at his upcoming birthday party. Denver Moore, who turns 104 on May 15, has invited President Donald Trump to attend his birthday party. “I’m going to be 104 in May and I’m inviting you to my birthday party…
Several Columbia University students have chained themselves to a gate to protest Mahmoud Khalil’s detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The students began protesting outside Columbia University’s St. Paul’s Chapel on Wednesday afternoon, demanding that the institution release the names of the trustees “who gave Mahmoud Khalil’s name to ICE.” The Columbia Palestine Solidarity…
The San Diego Padres signed star outfielder Jackson Merrill to a nine-year contract extension Wednesday reportedly worth $135 million. Merrill, 21, last year finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year race and ninth in the NL MVP race and was named to the NL All-Star team. Merrill’s nine-year contract runs from 2026-2034….
Senate Democrats signaled more challenges to President Donald Trump’s emergency declarations at a press conference ahead of a forced floor vote to undo his tariffs against Canada. “One at a time,” Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., told reporters on Wednesday when asked if we would also be introducing a privileged resolution canceling Trump’s emergency declaration in…
The Trump administration told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the president’s authority to protect the nation is under siege from lower court rulings, using a final brief in a high-stakes deportation case to accuse federal judges of imperiling the executive branch’s core powers. In the filing – the last before justices are slated to…
EXCLUSIVE: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is celebrating the GOP’s victory in two Florida special elections, despite Democrats’ full-throated fundraising efforts. “Decisive and double-digit wins in Florida show yet again that Americans are fired up to continue electing House Republicans, despite being significantly outraised and underestimated by misleading narratives from the media,” Johnson told Fox News…
Roughly 180 National Public Radio (NPR) member stations that struggle to break even could shutter if Republican lawmakers cut funding, according to a stark report. NPR CEO Katherine Maher was called to testify in front of the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency on Capitol Hill last week as Republicans pushed for the organization…
