Topline: The former executive director of a federally-funded housing authority in North Carolina recently pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit theft of a federal program. She will serve two years in prison and pay $232,488 in restitution.
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Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., has spent more campaign funds on makeup services this year than any other federal candidate, according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis of the senator’s campaign finance records.
According to its analysis, Ossoff’s campaign has paid Atlanta-based makeup artist Stephanie Ponder $2,887 since February for “makeup services.” That total exceeds spending on similar services by other prominent Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who has spent $1,837.93 on “campaign event hair & makeup services” in 2026, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who has spent $320 in campaign funds on “hair and makeup services.”
The records the government holds on Robert Mueller, who was for a time the chief of the FBI and then more prominently was a “special counsel” investigating Democrat allegations that President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign colluded with Russia, are being sought in a federal court case.
As the program that manages the U.S. draft modernizes, commentators are debating whether a potential Draft is around the corner.
The U.S. Selective Service is responsible for managing the U.S. Draft and is currently pushing to modernize the mechanisms that could make the draft a reality, the Military Times reported. As this event is closely timed with an escalation in the Russo-Ukrainian and Iran Wars, some experts have begun debating whether or not a draft could be looming.
As the program that manages the U.S. draft modernizes, commentators are debating whether a potential Draft is around the corner.
Collapse of the Memorandum of Understanding sees a resumption of the Iran-U.S. war.
The collapse of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran and the U.S.—and the resumption of hostilities—carries serious implications for a global oil market that had priced in an end to major conflict and a gradual return to business as usual in the Middle East Gulf.
The Department of Justice dropped charges late Friday against an Olympic canoeist accused of vandalizing the National Mall’s Reflecting Pool and instead dismissed another Trump administration department’s claims over its condition.
Surveillance video from July 19 showed a Tucson, Arizona, police officer intervening within seconds when a gunman opened fire.
Tucson police say that 21-year-old David Leroy French, a felon who previously received probation for firing a rifle at a car wash employee in 2024, opened fire at 2 a.m. MST on July 19 near the Empire Pizza and Pub after an argument, according to the Arizona Daily Star. Surveillance video obtained by the Tucson-area newspaper apparently shows French drawing a handgun and firing multiple rounds as he started to flee when a police officer shot him following a verbal confrontation.
Unimpressive dolt Kamala Harris, the second most unimpressive presidential candidate in US history, spoke at the National Urban League’s annual conference in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday.
Obviously, it is apparent that the former VP is looking at another run for president in 2028. Because she is.
Wisconsin Democrats lost a last-ditch effort to re-cast absentee ballots for voters after some of their candidates dropped out.
Dane County Circuit Judge David Conway ruled that voters cannot “spoil” an absentee ballot after it has been returned to their local election office, according to the court order filed Wednesday. Three Dane County plaintiffs, Joseph Alan Bins, Thomas Elert and Susan Roberts, alleged they could no longer vote for a new Democrat candidate.
The House Ethics Committee refused to answer Friday whether it would investigate Republican Ohio Rep. Max Miller in connection to domestic abuse allegations.
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Health and Human Services will announce Wednesday that health care stakeholders have signed a first-of-its-kind pledge to improve mental health and addiction care nationwide.
Insurers, health systems, provider organizations, medical societies, and behavioral health partners will sign the voluntary pledge to advance evidence-based, high-quality behavioral health care across the country.