Politics

Maine's Democratic state auditor, Matt Dunlap, who is now pursuing a bid to represent Maine's 2nd Congressional District, released a report earlier this year sounding the alarm that the state's internal watchdog for its MaineCare program had a serious gap in utilization control."[The Program Integrity Unit] could not provide documentation of the methodology used to identify projects and post-payment reviews performed in relation to surveillance of all Medicaid services provided […]

Progressives seeking a seat in the Senate are taking a decades-old page from their Republican counterparts, using faith as a political tool to build connections with voters.Three progressive Democratic candidates running for the Senate, Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon, Abdul El-Sayed and Texas state Rep. James Talarico, share a penchant for bucking the Democratic establishment in their meteoric rise this midterm cycle.They have also incorporated their religions and faiths into […]

EXCLUSIVE – Newly unclassified Pentagon images show suspected drug-smuggling boats at sea, including vessels loaded with apparent narcotics.The images come as the department warned traffickers that the U.S. will continue hunting down those who threaten Americans, nearly a year after the Trump administration began striking suspected drug-trafficking vessels."Nearly one year after the first strike, the message to narco-terrorists remains unchanged: if you traffic deadly illicit narcotics and threaten the American […]

President Donald Trump’s new oil agreement with Venezuela could give the United States access to a 65 billion-barrel crude-oil prize — an energy-security win, even if drivers are unlikely to see benefits quickly.The deal announced Friday would give the U.S. a stake in 17 Venezuelan oil fields holding an estimated 65 billion barrels of crude, according to Venezuela’s government.Venezuela controls more than 300 billion barrels of crude reserves, roughly 20% […]

A coalition of House Republicans is escalating its push for answers after lawmakers said New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill failed to address most of their questions about the state's noncitizen voter-registration scandal and instead directed criticism at President Donald Trump.Republican Study Committee member Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., told Fox News Digital there will be consequences after Sherrill sent a response that he characterized as "snarky" and politicized and said […]

Despite having once applauded the growth of data centers during his tenure as North Carolina governor, Democratic Senate nominee Roy Cooper is now pitching voters with ways to reel in their expansion as he wages a bid for U.S. Senate.He has framed his stance as a part of his "make stuff cost less" campaign."We need to make sure data centers pay for their own power and we need to encourage […]

A federal court in South Carolina ruled that the state's rules for mail-in-voting violated the constitution last week.The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling relates to South Carolina's mail-in ballot laws and certain allowances it makes for voters over the age of 65.Typically, voters looking to send mail-in ballots must meet certain criteria, such as being out of the country during the early voting period or being disabled.SUPREME COURT RULES […]

Ankit Gupta, a general partner at Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator, is facing backlash after describing Vice President JD Vance’s call for American companies to "hire and train Americans" as a return of "DEI.""In a win for the woke left DEI is back," Gupta wrote on X."No, Ankit. It’s called putting your own citizens first," Labor Department Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito wrote, arguing that American companies should prioritize American […]

President Donald Trump said Friday that he's going to be at the Pentagon to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.A reporter on Friday asked the president why he was not planning to be in New York for the somber occasion."Because I'm going to the Pentagon," Trump shouted to the press at Joint Base Andrews.On Thursday, The New York Times reported that Trump was not planning to attend […]