As the crucial mid-term elections loom, the Republican Party might break precedent and hold a party convention. The Republican National Committee’s Rules Committee on Thursday approved the concept of calling a convention, according to Fox News. The new rule would empower Chairman Joe Gruters "to convene a special ceremonial convention...

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Five people across two states have been arrested in connection with Sunday’s shooting of an Indiana judge and his wife. Tippecanoe Superior Court 2 Judge Steven Meyer and his wife, Kimberly, were at their Lafayette, Indiana, home Sunday when they were wounded, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush said...

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The death of former Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay is under investigation by the FBI, according to a new report. Irsay died in May at 65 years old. The Washington Post, citing documents and sources it did not name, said that Dr. Harry Haroutunian, an addiction recovery specialist who was...

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr put ABC and other broadcast networks on notice that programs like "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and "The View" are subject to "equal time" rules if they have political candidates on their programs. "For years, legacy TV networks assumed that their late-night & daytime talk shows...

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House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday shared with attendees the story of a life that almost was not -- his own. Johnson spoke Friday at the annual March for Life, held around the date of the since-overturned Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that claimed a legal right to abortion....

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Vice President J.D. Vance, speaking Friday at the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., described abortion as the modern-day equivalent of child sacrifice. And it's true. There is no getting around the fact that without the abortion, another person with dreams and talent and the ability to have children...

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Even as most House Democrats stood aloof from Rep. Ashley Hinson's call to stand up for pregnant college students who want to be moms, the House on Thursday passed the Iowa Republican's Pregnant Students' Rights Act that requires colleges to give pregnant students information on keeping a child instead of...

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Democrats determined to find a new way to smear President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration have a new poster child in mind -- but a Texas Republican is beating them to the punch. The latest leftist cause célèbre involves the case of a 5-year-old picked up by Immigration and...

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Christians are still facing persecution in Nigeria, as 160 people are unaccounted for after an attack Sunday on a branch of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church and two other churches in the village of Kurmin Wali. The BBC reported on one woman who managed to escape who was bludgeoned...

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Former First Lady Michelle Obama complained that people solely viewed her as “Barack Obama’s wife” during a Wednesday episode of “Call Her Daddy.” The former first lady graduated from both Princeton University and Harvard Law School and held multiple professional roles before entering the White House. She expressed frustration on the podcast...

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Word has it that the International Olympic Committee may establish an official policy barring biological males from competing in women’s sports ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. That would be a hopeful sign that society is finally ready to ditch this unfair and dangerous practice. After President Donald...

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A disturbed man was arrested on Jan. 9 after he allegedly disrupted a Roman Catholic church service in Staten Island, New York. WABC-TV reported that a 911 call was placed from within St. Ann's in Dongan Hills regarding a violent man in the place of worship. Police confronted the man...

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A federal jury found an alleged gangbanger not guilty of placing a high-priced bounty on one of the biggest faces of the Trump administration’s illegal immigration crackdown. Juan Espinoza Martinez, a Mexican national living unlawfully in the United States, was found not guilty on Thursday of placing a $10,000 hit...

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California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell is vowing to yank driver’s licenses from deportation officers after the state unlawfully issued thousands of commercial licenses to foreign truckers. Swalwell, a candidate for the California Democratic gubernatorial nomination, pledged on Saturday to pull driver’s licenses from any Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent that...

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Under the guise of transgender inclusivity, many men claiming to be women have been allowed to stay in Massachusetts prisons meant for females -- and a deluge of sexual abuse allegations have followed as a result. Forest Romm, an investigative reporter, wrote in a Jan. 7 opinion piece for The...

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In the post-#Resistance era, The New York Times has had to redefine itself as a lifestyle brand. When it's not focused on stuff like a 45-minute recipe for buttery Gochujang tofu and broccoli or articles with noscripts like "Love Found Its Pace in a New York Walking Group" (story's in...

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Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday that Attorney General Pam Bondi has multiple options to pursue charges against former CNN host Don Lemon after he allegedly stormed a church service Sunday. FBI agents arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen for...

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A federal grand jury indicted a government contractor on Thursday who allegedly leaked classified information to a reporter at The Washington Post. Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones has been charged with six felony violations of the Espionage Act, including five counts of unlawfully transmitting and one count of unlawfully retaining national defense...

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It is fair to say that until Kamala Harris chose her running mate in 2024, the vast majority of Americans had never heard of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Known during the campaign for little more than his weak-kneed response to the George Floyd riots of 2020 and for exaggerations about...

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Several House Republicans are openly criticizing GOP House leadership after dozens of Republicans voted for a budget amendment Thursday that gave millions to "gender-affirming care" and pro-abortion groups. The so-called "minibus" appropriations deal -- the "final slate of 2026 funding bills," according to The Hill -- was supposed to fund...

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson used legislation passed as part of the post-Civil War “Jim Crow” laws Tuesday to justify a Hawaii gun control law. The Supreme Court heard a case challenging legislation passed by the Hawaii Legislature after the Supreme Court’s June 2022 ruling in New York...

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