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By Brecca Stoll Congressman Seth Moulton’s (D-MA) balancing act — between his own reputation for being a moderate democrat and pressure from the party’s new left flank — was on full display after a question about his support for Graham Platner in Maine’s Senate Race ended in a scuffle.  After a reporter asked the Massachusetts Senate hopeful his thoughts on Platner’s race, Moulton responded, “Who are you asking this question?” The camera fell to the ground then, and Fox News’s Cameron Cawthorne claimed that Moulton had knocked it out of his hand.  “You should do a better job of hanging onto your phone,” he said.  . @sethmoulton lashes out and knocks down phone when asked whether he endorses Platner Video obtained by @foxnewspolitics pic.twitter.com/OSgrOzjdY6 — Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) June 24, 2026 Even Democrats who were quick to endorse Platner early in the election cycle have been hesitant to discuss him as report after report has added di...

By Nick Arama Democrats have been losing their minds for days now over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.  The only reason they cared was that they thought they could attack President Donald Trump over the algae bloom in the pool, after he had said how beautiful it looked immediately after it was done. They were even freaking out over three dead ducks found in the area. Now we don't know why the ducks were dead. Folks on the Left immediately tried to blame the use of the hydrogen peroxide to treat the algae in the pool.  But that didn't fly. “I know a few more dead ducks have been found, but hydrogen peroxide remains an extremely unlikely cause,” said Brad Bortner, the former national division chief of migratory bird management at FWS. “They [would] have to pour hundreds or thousands of gallons of industrial-strength hydrogen peroxide into the reflecting pool to reach a concentration that would kill a bird.” The Democrats didn't give a darn about when Barack Obama sp...

By Stephen Green Nothing makes anything less affordable than a government promise to make something more affordable, and a Texas pharmacist revealed this week how an $18 generic antibiotic gets listed for $2,500. But from there, things get so seriously stupid that you just know there must be a government program involved. Brad Hart, along with his wife Glenda, own Forest Park Pharmacy in Fort Worth, so he knows a thing or two about how the system works — and just how dysfunctional it is. "A family came in wanting to transfer their kid's antibiotic to us," he posted to X earlier this week. "The child had already STARTED the course. Then, mid-treatment, the insurance company decided the last 14 tablets suddenly needed a 'prior authorization' before the other pharmacy could hand them over." All this for Linezolid, a generic antibiotic that costs Forest Park $18. Why all the fuss for something so inexpensive?  Hart explained, "Insurance and the PBM...

By Bob Hoge Democrats are proving daily that they have now become the Party of Violence. They celebrate Charlie Kirk’s murder. They fangirl over (alleged) assassin Luigi Mangione. They fundraise for Karmelo Anthony, who stabbed and killed a high-school football player over a minor dispute. On Tuesday, far-left “Squad” member Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) came to the defense of a domestic terrorist who shot a law enforcement agent in the neck. Justice came swiftly, and he was sentenced to 100 years in the slammer. It’s not that an Antifa thug tried to murder an officer that’s the problem, Tlaib wrote on X, it’s that Donald Trump is the devil incarnate and labeling terrorists for what they are — terrorists — is oh so wrong. Profanity alert, because Dems can’t seem to say anything these days without resorting to expletives: These sentences are a travesty and totally unjustified, but that's the point. Americans hate the fascist Trump regime, so the only way they can try t...

By Nick Arama As we reported, the socialists had a big night in New York City, with three of the candidates endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani winning in the primary. Because it's a deep blue city, it basically means they will win the general election.  House Majority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) was the big loser on the night, after the people he backed, such as long-term incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) (who was the head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus), lost to the socialist wave.  The socialist crew also made it clear they were coming for Jeffries, as our sister site, Townhall, reported. At the victory party for Claire Valdez, one of the Mamdani socialists who won, they first booed Jeffries when he appeared on the screen. The reaction from the crowd to @RepJeffries pic.twitter.com/hxqaFQCLdT — katie honan (@katie_honan) June 24, 2026 Then they chanted, "You're next!"  And a “you’re next” chant pic.twitter.com/KIuQPG5ckN — katie honan (@katie_ho...

By Ben Smith President Donald Trump's decision to abruptly cancel Wednesday's housing bill signing ceremony drew sharp reaction from within his own party. Trump announced earlier Wednesday that he was postponing action on the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act until Congress passes the SAVE America Act, his election-integrity proposal requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and voter identification at the polls. The reaction was notable given how much work Republicans put into getting the bill across the finish line. The legislation passed with broad bipartisan support after months of negotiations between the House and Senate and was widely viewed as the most significant housing package to clear Congress in years. Supporters say the bill would increase housing supply, encourage zoning reform, expand manufactured housing opportunities, and place new limits on large institutional investors purchasing single-family homes. Not everyone in the GOP took it i...

By Teri Christoph The man who was the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan during the disastrous military withdrawal of August 2021 has submitted his resignation at the request of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. U.S. Army Gen. Christopher Donahue, who currently serves as commanding general of U.S. Army Europe and Africa and commander of NATO’s Allied Land Command, will relinquish his command on July 2, 2026, a spokeswoman for the Army confirmed Wednesday. The move is widely seen as part of the ongoing efforts by Hegseth to reorganize the Pentagon, in part by shrinking the number of generals in active service and growing the number of lower-level troops. To date, Hegseth has removed over a dozen senior military leaders, including former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown and former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti. After 34 years of service, four-star General Chris Donahue submitted his retirement papers this week. He has led at numerous speci...

By Ben Smith Four Senate Republicans handed Democrats a symbolic victory Tuesday, joining them to pass a non-binding war powers resolution rebuking President Donald Trump's handling of the Iran conflict, accomplishing nothing except giving Tehran a headline. The resolution passed 50-48 with support from Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA). Absences from Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Dave McCormick (R-PA) helped secure passage. The vote followed a similar House rebuke earlier this month, when four Republicans crossed party lines to pass a resolution directing the administration to end hostilities with Iran absent congressional authorization. The House measure passed 215-208. Neither vote changes a single thing about U.S. policy, and both sides know it. The Senate action is non-binding and will not go to Trump's desk. Democrats cast the vote as a rebuke of executive war-making authority, but the administration is p...

By The Heartland Institute Gov. Jeff Landry recently signed the Louisiana Energy Protection Act into law, which protects the state’s oil and gas producers from environmental activists seeking to bankrupt them over alleged downstream impacts of climate change. The law prevents anyone from attacking the industry with frivolous climate-focused lawsuits like one that was filed in a Washington state court last year, which is attempting to sue six oil companies after a woman died of heat stroke. The law does not protect the companies from lawsuits over clear and immediate impacts from their operations, like spills and erosion or coastal degradation caused directly by oilfield operations. In other words, the law does not grant broad environmental immunity to the industry. This is a good step for science, energy policy, and, frankly, sanity.  It is insane to try to connect a heatwave, or any bad weather, to a particular oil producer. This isn’t like suing a chemical plant for poisoni...