Day: October 16, 2025

Jay Jones’ ‘two bullets’ scandal over violent texts expected to dominate Virginia AG debate

1:30 pm October 16, 2025

Former Virginia state Del. Jay Jones’ escalating scandal — over messages envisioning the murder of a Republican lawmaker and his young “fascist” children — is expected to dominate Thursday’s attorney general debate at the University of Richmond. The tentacles of the scandal have already reached far beyond the home of the Spiders, as President Donald […]

NRA sues California over ban on Glock-style firearms: ‘Violates the Second Amendment’

12:59 pm October 16, 2025

The National Rifle Association and other gun groups are suing California over the state’s ban on Glock-style guns with features known as switches that allow them to be converted to fully automatic weapons. The NRA was joined by the Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, Poway Weapons & Gear, and two NRA members in challenging […]

Why Trump, rightly praised for the Gaza ceasefire, acts so differently at home

12:30 pm October 16, 2025

President Trump continues to be hailed as a global peacemaker for freeing the Hamas hostages and brokering a ceasefire between Israel and the terrorist group. By assembling a coalition of countries to stop the two-year-old war, the president melded threats and diplomacy to end – at least for now – the bloody conflict that began […]

Bowser doesn’t think it’s legal for National Guard to ‘police Americans on American soil’

10:26 am October 16, 2025

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, said she is skeptical that the federal deployment of the National Guard to cities across the country is legal, as President Trump has moved to send troops to respond to crime. Speaking Wednesday at the Fortune Most Powerful Women conference in Washington, the mayor was asked about not […]

Bernie Sanders clashes with town hall attendee over Schumer leadership during shutdown

9:19 am October 16, 2025

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., grew frustrated with a Republican town hall attendee on Wednesday after a question about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s leadership during the government shutdown. Sanders took part in a CNN town hall with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., discussing the ongoing government shutdown. One of the questions during the event came from […]