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Vance pins GOP rout on Iran war’s real costs

Vice President JD Vance says the Iran conflict, not turnout, drove 2024 Trump voters to Democrats and cost Republicans both chambers—demanding an honest party reckoning.

Rushed programming change left Westchester votes in orange bags

Nov 4 · 4 min read

A post-testing code update froze Westchester scanners on Election Day. Ballots went into orange bags, an official thickness claim was withdrawn, and NY-17 flipped after Lawler conceded.

Husted's reluctant bid hands Brown Vance's seat

Nov 5 · 5 min read

An appointed senator who said D.C. was not his place lost a half-billion-dollar race as Trump closed on physique, not policy, and Ohio voters returned a familiar Democrat.

Carrier blocked mail after voters ‘got the message’

Nov 4 · 5 min read

A Sacramento letter carrier admitted he withheld political mail on his own views. Nearly 1,020 pieces sat undelivered; a Kansas case shows Republican mailers taken too.

Ford ousts Lombardo and Nevada's veto check

Nov 4 · 4 min read

Aaron Ford defeats Joe Lombardo, ending a governorship defined by 160 vetoes, job-growth claims, and resistance to a Democratic legislature now poised to send him right-to-work repeal.

More →Donalds keeps Florida free as first Black GOP governorNov 4 · 4 min read Job openings jump to 7.52 million as demand holdsNov 3 · 4 min read Mamdani's ICE lot threat puts sanctuary over federal lawNov 3 · 6 min read Trump ends $4B Israel aid after Netanyahu raises the cutoffNov 3 · 5 min read Michigan student shoves Jewish activist after free speech clashNov 3 · 4 min read

FBI recovers Utah teen after 521 days online

Nov 2 · 4 min read

Kylie Arellano, missing since May 2025, was found safe in Oregon with a 39-year-old man. The case tests whether federal power still serves public safety, family, and the rule of law.

Stevens backs Rogers after Democrats push her outNov 2 · 5 min read Hacked nuclear alerts expose soft civil defense systemsNov 2 · 5 min read Paris Molotov attack treated as attempted murder of policeNov 1 · 4 min read

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Nov 1 · 5 min read

Burnham opens slavery apology as taxpayer burdens mount

Andy Burnham declared Britain open to a formal slave-trade apology ahead of the Antigua Commonwealth summit, ruling out cash while Caribbean leaders pressed redress and Britons faced welfare, debt and defense strain.

Oct 31 · 5 min read

French shopkeepers board up as hard-left disorder grinds on

A third weekend of French protests drew 320,000 as masked hard-left cadres hurled paving stones and a Molotov at police. Shopkeepers paid first, and students vow school blockades next.

Oct 31 · 5 min read

US Embassy tip shuts Tsaritsyno over mass-casualty threat

A Saturday embassy alert of a credible mass-casualty plot at Moscow’s Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve forced a two-day closure, K-9 patrols, and FSB action—reminding that soft-target terror still demands hard public-safety choices.

Oct 31 · 5 min read

Nawrocki turns plane as Tusk forces lock tribunal

Police cordoned Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal and suspended its chief. President Karol Nawrocki cut short a Senegal flight, pushed through the line, and called crisis talks to restore constitutional order.

Oct 31 · 5 min read

DOJ surges in Alaska to stop name-confusion ballot scheme

Federal prosecutors confirm a criminal probe, seek to segregate ballots ranking the second Dan Sullivan, and race a Monday deadline as Alaska’s Senate contest nears.

Oct 31 · 4 min read

Houston DA's ICE indictment tests federal officer authority

A Harris County grand jury indicted ICE officer Mario Alberto Morales for aggravated assault after an Oct. 10 SUV strike. ICE calls it a sanctuary political stunt and denies local power to prosecute federal agents.