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Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida
US NewsPoliticsAugust 21, 2026

DOJ Investigators Seek Interviews with FBI Officials Over 2022 Mar-a-Lago Raid in Expanding Conspiracy Probe

By Tommy Flynn

Justice Department investigators working with longtime Trump ally Joseph diGenova have requested voluntary interviews with FBI officials who participated in the August 2022 search of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, expanding a Florida-based inquiry that aims to...

Scott Jennings speaking in the spin room following the CNN Republican Presidential Debate at the Olmsted Center at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
US NewsPoliticsAugust 20, 2026

Reports: CNN Commentator Scott Jennings Courted as Potential Replacement for Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

By Tommy Flynn

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is preparing to step down at the end of August to spend more time with her family, and multiple reports indicate that CNN political commentator Scott Jennings has emerged as a leading candidate to succeed her. Leavitt, who has served...

 The Pentagon is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of War, formerly the U.S. Department of Defense. Photo: Felton Davis / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 / Cropped from Original
US NewsEducationAugust 20, 2026

Pentagon notifies 30 universities of foreign relations audit

By Esther Wickham | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – The Pentagon has notified 30 higher education institutions that they must review their academic and research ties to foreign entities or risk losing federal funding. This week, the U.S. Department of War sent notifications to 30 universities across the...

US $1 bills
US NewsEconomyAugust 20, 2026

U.S. National Debt Surpasses $40 Trillion for the First Time

By Tommy Flynn

The United States national debt crossed the $40 trillion threshold for the first time this week, according to the Treasury Department’s daily statement, marking a new milestone in the country’s long-running accumulation of federal borrowing. Total public debt outstanding stood...

President Trump watches the start of Operation Epic from Mar-a-Lago.
US NewsPoliticsAugust 20, 2026

Trump Announces ‘Most Crushing Economic Operation’ Against Iran, Threatens Secondary Consequences for Enablers

By Tommy Flynn

President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared that the United States would launch what he called the most crushing economic operation ever directed at any country, framing the campaign as unprecedented economic warfare and isolation against Iran after diplomatic efforts failed to...

President Donald J. Trump with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un | June 12, 2018 (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
US NewsWorld NewsAugust 20, 2026

Trump Confirms Plans to Meet Kim Jong Un Later This Year

By Tommy Flynn

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he intends to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before the end of the year, signaling a renewed push for high-level personal diplomacy with Pyongyang after years of limited engagement. Speaking to reporters during a tour of a...

A sign directs voters to a polling location.
US NewsPoliticsAugust 19, 2026

Democrat Narrowly Flips Longtime Republican Pennsylvania House Seat After Mail-In Ballots Reverse Election Day Lead

By Tommy Flynn

Democrat Brandon Dukes defeated Republican Scott Timko by 88 votes in a special election for Pennsylvania’s 12th House District on Tuesday, flipping a seat that Republicans had held for nearly three decades and that President Donald Trump carried by 18 points in 2024. Unofficial...

Putin meeting with Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Araghchi in June, 2025
US NewsWorld NewsAugust 19, 2026

Reports Detail Russian Shipments of Drone Components and Explosives to Iran via Caspian Sea

By Tommy Flynn

Russia has been transferring military supplies including drone components, ammunition, and TNT to Iran across the Caspian Sea, according to a European government document obtained by NBC News and confirmed by a Western official. The shipments are intended to help Tehran...

Byron Donalds and family celebrate his primary win. Image: @ByronDonalds X page.
US NewsPoliticsAugust 19, 2026

Byron Donalds Wins Florida Republican Gubernatorial Primary

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds secured the Republican nomination for Florida governor on Tuesday, defeating a crowded field to become the party’s standard-bearer in the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis. With results showing Donalds capturing roughly 48 to 49 percent of...

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US NewsPoliticsAugust 18, 2026

Polling Firm Median Strategies Admits Fabricated Surveys Were Part of Experiment on Unverified Political Information

By Tommy Flynn

A firm calling itself Median Strategies has acknowledged that polls it released this summer, including one showing Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass holding a nearly 12-point lead over City Councilmember Nithya Raman in the upcoming mayoral runoff, were fabricated and not based on...

A roll of “I Voted” stickers sits on a table at a polling place on Nov. 8, 2022.
US NewsPoliticsAugust 18, 2026

Justice Department Plans Record Deployment of 1,000 Election Monitors for Midterms

By Tommy Flynn

The Justice Department intends to send approximately 1,000 federal observers to polling places across the country for the November midterm elections, a figure described by senior officials as a record for a Republican administration and a significant expansion of the...

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. Photo: Daniel Torok / Official White House Photo via Flickr / United States Government Work
US NewsPoliticsAugust 18, 2026

Trump 'not surprised' by document revealing plans to sue him before he was elected

By Adam Herbets and Sarah Roderick-Fitch | The Center Square

(The Center Square) - President Donald Trump said he was "not surprised" to hear of confidential documents obtained by The Center Square revealing plans to sue him . Trump made the comments at a press briefing on Monday, acknowledging investigative reporting by The Center...