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Log Cabin Republicans: No More Trans Advocacy
The Log Cabin Republicans, a national group for gay conservatives, said it will no longer support transgender issues, declaring itself an "LGB advocacy organization."
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:09:35 EDTNewsom Touts Trump Accounts for California Families
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and one of President Donald Trump's most persistent critics, on Friday urged California families to claim the federal $1,000 seed deposits available through Trump Accounts, calling the newborn investment program one of the "really ...
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:16:20 EDTTrump Asks Supreme Court to Revive CNN Lawsuit
President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to review an 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling and potentially revive his defamation lawsuit against CNN, in which he seeks $475 million in punitive damages.Trump's attorneys filed a petition with the high court...
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:24:38 EDTFeds Cut States' Water Use From Colorado River
Arizona, California and Nevada will be forced to draw much less water from the Colorado River over the next two years, The New York Times reported.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:54:22 EDTTrump Rallies S.C. Voters for Darline Graham in GOP Runoff
President Donald Trump sought Friday to boost Sen. Darline Graham's effort to win a full term, telling thousands of supporters that the first step toward keeping her as their senator involves helping the political newcomer triumph in a Republican runoff next week.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:34:52 EDTOutgoing WH Press Sec to Join Pro-Trump Political Group
Departing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that she will join a pro-Trump political fundraising group when she leaves her post at the end of the month.The 28-year-old spokeswoman will re-join MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump "super PAC," or political...
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:10:34 EDTHouse Dems Plan Trump Probes If They Retake Control
House Democrat leaders have prepared a lengthy list of investigations they plan to launch against President Donald Trump, his family, and his administration if they regain control of the House in November, Politico reported Friday.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:50:01 EDTMass. Court Blocks Religious Statues at Public Safety Building
Massachusetts' highest court ruled that two statues depicting saints cannot be displayed at a public safety building in Quincy.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:25:27 EDTPentagon Moves to Fire Stars and Stripes Leaders
The Pentagon on Friday moved to fire the top editor, the publisher, and a Middle East reporter at Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper it partially funds, escalating a monthslong push by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to tighten control over an outlet that has long ...
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:39:05 EDTTalarico's 'Private' Roundtable Had Cameras, Just Not Local
Texas Dem. Senate nominee James Talarico barred local reporters from an Aug. 13 data center roundtable in Abilene while granting access to MS NOW, the cable network formerly known as MSNBC, drawing a rebuke from the Abilene Reporter-News.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:13:04 EDTMan, 21, Says He Created Fake Election Poll Site
A 21-year-old recent college graduate has acknowledged creating an anonymous polling website that published fabricated survey results on races in California, Nevada, and Wisconsin, several of which were picked up and shared by campaigns and journalists before the polls were exposed as fake.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:12:39 EDTRanchers, GOP Balk at Trump Plan to Lower Beef Prices
President Donald Trump announced Friday that his administration will allow more beef to be temporarily imported into the U.S. without triggering higher tariffs, which drew swift pushback from cattle producers and conservative rural-state Republicans.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:46:24 EDTUS Appeals Court Throws Giffords 'Ghost Guns' Challenge
A federal appeals court threw out on Friday a lawsuit by California and the Giffords gun control advocacy group claiming that a Biden administration-era rule to curtail the production of illegal, largely untraceable "ghost guns" was not strict enough.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:24:52 EDTArmy Sec Expected to Step Down by Year's End, WSJ Reports
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is expected to step down from his role by the end of the year after months of tension with War Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the discussions.Reuters could not immediately verify...
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:39:49 EDTTrump Hails Supreme Court's WH Ballroom Reprieve
President Donald Trump on Friday expressed gratitude to the Supreme Court after Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily allowed construction on the White House ballroom to continue while the justices consider the Trump administration's emergency request to intervene in the legal fight.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:21:48 EDTHouse Democrat Moves to Block Trump Name at Kennedy Center
Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, has filed an emergency motion asking a federal judge to block the Kennedy Center from putting President Donald Trump's name back on the building's facade and renaming the center's grounds "President Donald J. Trump Plaza."
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:03:41 EDTFannie Mae Cuts 10 Jobs Amid Leadership Shake-Up
Fannie Mae fired 10 employees this week as part of a restructuring that eliminated positions the company considered redundant, a source familiar with the matter told Newsmax.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:42:54 EDTFauci's Lawyers Set up Legal Defense Fund as Probes Multiply
Lawyers for Anthony Fauci have launched a legal defense fund for the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, saying that the need to respond to a growing number of state and federal investigations related to his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic will require substantial...
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:43:35 EDTNew York Tops San Francisco for Tech Workers
New York has more tech workers than the San Francisco Bay Area, according to a new report from CBRE.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:41:53 EDTSeoul: Only US-NKorea Talks Can Halt Nuclear Buildup
Talks between Washington and Pyongyang are the only realistic way to halt North Korea's expanding nuclear arsenal, a senior South Korean official said Friday.
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