Democratic congressional candidate, Justin Pearson, wouldn’t support deporting a single illegal alien when pressed by Scott Jennings during a Friday segment on CNN.
Pearson, the current Democrat representing Tennessee’s 86th District in the State House of Representatives, spoke on a CNN panel about the need to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). (RELATED:Scott Jennings Sends CNN Panel Into Tizzy After Suggesting Dems Think Minorities Are ‘Too Dumb’ To Get Voter ID)
Former State Department official and investigative journalist Mike Benz warned time is running out for the Trump administration to expose government corruption before November’s midterm elections possibly hand Democrats congressional majorities.
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Friday that the Supreme Court’s ruling against the Trump administration and its use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs was hardly shocking.
A federal court in Virginia attempted to appoint its own U.S. attorney this week, only to see the Justice Department shut the appointment down Friday.
NEW: The U.S. District Court for EDVA has appointed James Hundley, a litigator with more than 35 years experience, as Interim U.S. Attorney, after Lindsey Halligan stepped down earlier this year following a court ruling deeming her appointment unlawful.
— Sarah N. Lynch (@SarahNLynch) February 20, 2026
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Japan’s latest national election on Feb. 8 may prove to be one of the most consequential political events in Northeast Asia in a generation.
House Oversight GOP members skipped billionaire Les Wexner’s deposition, where he revealed new details about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
The Wednesday deposition with the House Oversight Committee took place in Ohio where several Democrat committee members traveled to be present at the Epstein co-conspirator’s deposition, including California Democrat Ranking Member Robert Garcia. (RELATED: Billionaire Businessman Les Wexner Tries To Clarify Relationship With Epstein During Congressional Testimony)
Democratic candidates Daniel Biss and Kat Abughazaleh appeared to cozy up to each other and enjoy drinks at a historic Chicago cocktail bar, less than a month before they are set to face each other in a heated House primary.
A VERY married @DanielBiss has a VERY cozy after-debate drinks at the Green Mill with his congressional opponent @KatAbughazaleh.
— Angela Van Der Pluym (@anjewla90) February 20, 2026
I've never seen two congressional race opponents look at each other the way Daniel is looking at Kat.
Is this what campaign season is really… pic.twitter.com/e1tPa3dpsG
As the 2026 midterm elections draw nearer, voters across the country are sizing up the stakes in America’s supercharged political landscape.
Republicans are clinging to narrow majorities in both the House and the Senate amid a historical pattern that often punishes the party holding the White House. Democrats are looking to seize on this opportunity to take back control of Congress after the GOP still hasn’t solved the most important 2024 election issue. Still, neither side enters the midterms on a strong foot. Democrats and Republicans both have to grapple with vulnerabilities that could prove decisive.
Eileen Gu, the born-and-raised American Olympic skier competing for China, is firing back at Vice President J.D. Vance.
“I certainly think that someone who grew up in the United States of America who benefited from our education system, from the freedoms and liberties that makes this country a great place, I would hope they want to compete with the United States of America. So, I’m going to root for American athletes, I think part of that is people who identify themselves as Americans. That’s who I’m rooting for in this Olympics,” Vance told Fox News host Martha MacCallum during a Tuesday interview, referencing Gu. (RELATED: Olympic Moms Keep Proving Eileen Gu Is A Selfish Idiot)
The tech industry is facing accountability on its handling of child safety issues, signaling what could be a pivotal shift in the long-simmering battle over Big Tech’s role in child abuse and exploitation.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg endured a grueling day on the witness stand Wednesday in a landmark Los Angeles trial about Meta’s strategy to target teens and tweens. Zuckerberg was forced to defend his company’s platforms against accusations of deliberately engineering addiction among children, leading to mental health crises, self-harm, and even suicides. The very next day, Thursday, Republican West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against Apple. The suit alleges that the tech giant knowingly allowed its iCloud service to become a haven for storing and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), prioritizing user privacy over child protection.
Podcast host Joe Rogan called Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani “a fucking psychopath” while discussing his budget proposal during a Thursday episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
Mamdani’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal published on Tuesday allocated an additional $1.2 billion for migrants coming to New York City, the New York Post reported. Rogan said on his show that the spending on migrants was “crazy.” (RELATED: Trump Admin May Be Quietly Plotting To Blow Up Mamdani Campaign Cornerstone)
A fired college official has no regrets in getting an alumnus arrested in Oregon after the suspect pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer on Wednesday, the former employee told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Portland’s Reed College removed Gary Granger as head of security in 2025 for helping the FBI identify Robert Hoopes, a 2023 graduate who hurled a rock at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during a June riot. Hoopes’ Wednesday confession to prosecutors vindicates Granger’s actions despite the repercussions, he says. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: College Says Employee Hurt Its ‘Reputation’ By Helping FBI Catch Leftist Riot Suspect)
