California politics reached a new low Wednesday night when independent journalist Nick Shirley shared video from Sacramento revealing a senior California Assembly staffer transforming a legitimate inquiry about pending legislation into a torrent of crude sexual insults and distributing flyers. The man in the footage is Terry Schanz, whose official state payroll records identify him…
A Portland mother was banned from her child’s school following concerns over a gender identity assignment given to her son. Allison Roberts, who attended Meriwether Lewis Elementary with her children in Oregon, reported that her 11-year-old brought home an “identity flower” exercise requiring him to identify his gender and share it with classmates. Roberts said…
Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL), who is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, lost his bid for a third term in Florida’s 7th Congressional District Tuesday to former Orlando-area news anchor and one-time NFL sideline reporter Ryan Elijah. The race was marred by allegations of misconduct against Mills, including a protective order granted last year…
Former National Security Council aide Alex Vindman, a retired lieutenant colonel and Iraq War veteran who was a prominent figure during President Trump’s 2019 impeachment hearings, lost his bid for U.S. Senate in Florida’s Democratic primary. Vindman fell to progressive state Rep. Angie Nixon, who held a double-digit lead despite raising less than $1 million…
President Trump is expected to nominate Dr. Heidi Overton as the new FDA commissioner, a move that follows her recent advocacy for reducing childhood vaccine requirements in states. Overton, currently deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy, stood by Trump during his announcement earlier this month of an executive order aimed at limiting recommended…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has stated that Michael Caruso, the man he appointed as Palm Beach County’s clerk of court, could face the ultimate punishment if child sex abuse allegations against him lead to a qualifying conviction. Caruso, a former Republican state lawmaker and once-trusted ally of DeSantis, was arrested Tuesday on five felony charges…
Keith Ellison has been Minnesota’s attorney general for nearly eight years. But if the latest numbers are right, the Democrat is walking into November without a lead. A new KSTP/SurveyUSA poll puts Ellison and Republican challenger Ron Schutz in a dead-even race at 43% each, with another 15% of voters still undecided. Ellison led this…
It has been years since the falling out between President Donald Trump and his longtime attorney Michael Cohen. Now in his second term, however, Trump appears ready to bury the hatchet. According to a White House official speaking anonymously, President Donald Trump is scheduled to record an interview with Michael Cohen on Thursday. The interview…
