Conservative super PAC drops six-figure ad buy in major move to defend Trump’s trifecta

The Sentinel Action Fund, a conservative super PAC focused on Senate elections, will announce the launch of a one-stop voter status registration website following President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday geared at keeping GOP voters ready for the midterms. The group is spending $650,000 to announce the page, which will help … Read more

Newsom blasted by CA GOP Chair over viral clip labeled ‘racist’ by critics: ‘He should be embarrassed’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s viral comment about his poor SAT score and difficulty reading is drawing criticism from the chairwoman of the California Republican Party, who says it speaks to a broader issue of the way Democrats speak to Black voters in a condescending way. “My first instinct was I couldn’t believe that the governor … Read more

Missing North Carolina woman found ‘alive and well’ after 24 years

Daughter was ‘heartbroken’ after Michelle Hundley Smith requested her location not be disclosed to family she had walked away from A North Carolina woman says she was simultaneously “ecstatic … pissed … [and] heartbroken” to learn authorities recently found her mother living safely and well – while also wanting her location kept secret – more … Read more

‘An extension of his administration’: how Trump’s resorts became a proxy for access and power

Elected officials visited Trump properties 145 times since his inauguration, records show Elected leaders from Israel to Iowa have visited Donald Trump’s various properties 145 times since his inauguration last year, according to a new report by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew), a political watchdog group. Trump’s luxury resorts have offered the … Read more

DHS shutdown looms over Mar-a-Lago shooting as unpaid Secret Service agents neutralize armed suspect

The U.S. Secret Service-involved shooting of a man with a shotgun inside the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago over the weekend brought the Department of Homeland Security’s partial shutdown into new focus. Two USSS agents and a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputy confronted and later shot and killed Austin Martin, 21, who authorities said slipped … Read more