Author: Brittany Mays

Margot Cleveland told a Senate subcommittee that the Biden-era Justice Department and FBI misused their power in efforts tied to President Trump, alleging politicized investigations and targeted legal pressure. Senior Legal Correspondent Margot Cleveland appeared before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee and delivered sharp criticism of how federal law enforcement handled investigations involving President Donald Trump. She described a pattern of aggressive tactics and institutional bias that, she argued, amounted to lawfare rather than even-handed justice. Her testimony drew on documents and internal messages she said show agency misconduct. The hearing focused on how legal tools were deployed against a political…

The midterm elections put 470 members of Congress on the ballot and have President Donald Trump deeply involved, as Republicans see a clear path to protect gains and push conservative priorities while countering the Democrats’ messaging and turnout efforts. With control of both chambers of Congress hanging in the balance, the stakes could not be higher for the GOP. Four hundred seventy members of the House and Senate are facing voters this November, and many of those races sit in suburban and swing districts where turnout will decide the outcome. Republican campaigns are sharpening their messages on the economy, public…

The former chief executive officer of a Puerto Rican international bank pleaded guilty Thursday to leading a scheme that fraudulently obtained at least $24.9 million from the institution and to conspiracy, a development that has prompted scrutiny of the bank’s controls and renewed attention on enforcement in the territory’s financial sector. The guilty plea centers on allegations that a bank leader used their position to divert substantial sums from the institution, creating losses that ripple through customers, employees, and shareholders. Authorities say the amount involved is at least $24.9 million, a figure that makes this case one of the more…

Journalists at Voice of America filed a lawsuit Monday claiming the Trump administration, while largely shutting down the government-run outlet that provides news around the world, has altered its operations in ways the reporters say undermine editorial independence and the outlet’s mission. The lawsuit alleges that actions taken by senior officials have effectively sidelined long-standing safeguards designed to keep Voice of America independent from direct political influence. The reporters say staffing cuts, restrictions on reporting and management moves created conditions that threaten the outlet’s credibility with audiences overseas. Those who brought the case want the courts to review whether the…

Recent moves in Britain and Canada have pushed back against assisted suicide, with lawmakers choosing protection and care over legalization. Last week, Scotland resolutely rejected assisted suicide. Alberta announced major new legislation to protect individuals from the practice. Those two developments come from different political cultures but share a common outcome: lawmakers acted to limit assisted death. The decisions reflect a belief that government should protect the vulnerable rather than expand avenues for ending life. From a Republican viewpoint, that protection is a core role of the state and a moral duty to citizens. Scotland’s rejection is notable because it…

The federal judiciary has blocked the Pentagon’s new press-credentialing rules, finding they clash with constitutional protections and that the policy’s vagueness raises due process concerns, while the Defense Department says it will appeal and the legal fight moves to the D.C. Circuit. A federal judge threw out the Pentagon’s policy limiting press access, saying the rules violated the First Amendment and were unconstitutionally vague under the Fifth Amendment. The decision comes from U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman, and it lays out a broad objection to the department’s effort to control how journalists gather and report from inside the building. The…

A two-year-old boy named Frankie Rodenbaugh died after being left restrained in a car for roughly four hours on March 13, 2025, and the longtime babysitter charged in the case has pleaded not guilty and is free on bail. The Rodenbaugh family lives in the Martha’s Vineyard area of Massachusetts, and the child’s death has shaken their community. According to family accounts, Aimee Cotton, 41, picked Frankie up from the family home and drove him to her residence in Oak Bluffs, where he remained in a car seat for hours. Emergency crews later airlifted Frankie to a hospital, and six…

President Trump claims that the Iran war is essentially over, and this piece explains why that statement matters and what it implies for U.S. strategy, deterrence, and regional stability. President Trump claims that the Iran war is essentially over. That claim lands differently depending on your perspective, but from a Republican viewpoint it reflects a clear policy objective: end large-scale U.S. combat exposure while forcing adversaries to pay costs for aggression. Saying the fight is over is a political move as much as a strategic one, signaling that the administration prefers calibrated pressure and selective force to indefinite ground commitments.…

On Friday, a grand jury in Tarrant County declined to return an indictment in a decades-old homicide matter, leaving prosecutors and the community to weigh next steps in a cold case from the early 1990s. On Friday, a grand jury in Tarrant County, Texas, declined to indict a woman accused of committing capital murder in a cold case from 1991. The decision means the grand jury did not find sufficient probable cause to authorize criminal charges based on the evidence presented at that session. A no-bill outcome does not equate to a finding of innocence, but it does pause criminal…

This piece looks at how a constantly shifting culture affects young people and the shared anchors that used to hold generations together. Young people today grow up amid rapid changes in taste, technology, and institutions, and those shifts matter. When patterns of music, language, entertainment, and public conversation are always changing, it becomes harder for large groups to agree on common reference points. The result is a fragmented landscape where shared cultural markers are fewer and farther between. That makes it difficult to form a broad, recognizably common identity across generations. Media diversification plays a big role in this fragmentation.…