A large Roman Catholic diocese pushed back at criticism Friday after Pope Leo XIV appointed a former illegal immigrant as a bishop amid heightened tensions between the Vatican and Washington over refugees and ICE enforcement. Leo nominated Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala as bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, which covers all of West Virginia. Menjivar-Ayala originally … Read more
Tahrohon Wayne (T.W.) Shannon, who was Oklahoma’s first African American speaker of the House, is pushing back on President Barack Obama’s pessimistic outlook for minority voters following the Supreme Court’s Wednesday ruling reshaping the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. Where Obama saw the court “abandoning” principles of equal participation, Shannon believes the ruling further pushes … Read more
Former Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla., was found guilty in federal court in Miami on Friday on all counts in connection to him receiving a $50 million contract to secretly lobby U.S. officials to ease sanctions on Venezuela when Nicholas Maduro was in power
Sens. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Kristen Welker for a Common Ground conversation live from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center on March 23.
President Donald Trump signed a 45-day extension for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Thursday night after the Senate rejected the three-year extension passed by the House, the White House confirmed to Fox News Digital. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., warned House leaders Tuesday that including a provision in the FISA … Read more
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito pushed back on claims this week that ending deportation protections for Haitian migrants was racially motivated, pressing an attorney to explain how that argument works when the policy has been applied broadly to migrants from many countries. “You have a really large — you have a really broad definition of … Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday sent letters to Congress explaining that, due to the ceasefire, he doesn’t need its authorization for military operations in Iran, even though the conflict hit the 60-day mark this week.”On April 7, 2026, I ordered a two-week ceasefire.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., pushed back against criticism of U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner over his “Nazi tattoo” and past online comments, arguing that Platner’s behavior may be linked to PTSD stemming from his deployment to Afghanistan and that he deserves a second chance. Platner, an Army and Marine Corps veteran, is vying to … Read more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is ramping up efforts to crack down on food stamp fraud nationwide, targeting what officials say is a loophole allowing some wealthy individuals to qualify for government benefits. Secretary Brooke Rollins posted on X this week that a single state has 14,000 individuals on SNAP benefits who also drive … Read more
Conspiracy theories have been central to Donald Trump’s political rise.
