Jared Gans

Nikki Haley will win the Washington, D.C., Republican presidential primary, netting her first victory of the GOP nominating process, Decision Desk HQ projects. Haley garnered 1,274 votes to former President Trump’s 676 with all precincts reporting, according to DDHQ. The win for the former United Nations ambassador breaks a streak of more than a half...

The death of a Georgia student has taken center stage in Washington’s battles over immigration, as former President Trump and his allies lean into the issue to attack President Biden and Democrats over the border. Trump, whose signature issue is border security, has repeatedly criticized Biden’s policies over the death of 22-year-old Laken Riley. Riley,...

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who has faced controversy since it was revealed he made false statements about large parts of his personal and work backgrounds, once raised money for a company that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) later said was a Ponzi scheme, The Wall Street Journal reported.  The Journal reported on Saturday that Santos...

Story at a glance A Muslim civil rights and advocacy group is saying that a professor showing a portrait of the Prophet Muhammad during an art history class, which resulted in her being fired from her position, was not Islamophobic and her university should reexamine the situation. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said in...

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas pushed for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to review the awarding of a more than $500 million government contract to a nonprofit to provide for immigrant housing in 2021, according to a report from The Washington Examiner. The Examiner reported on Friday that Mayorkas sent an email to...

Iran has executed two additional people in connection with the protests that have been ongoing in the country for months, bringing the total to at least four. Iran’s Mizan news agency, which the country’s judiciary runs, reported that Mohammad Mehdi Karmi and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini were hanged on Saturday for allegedly killing a member of...

President Biden paid tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as a “renowned theologian” following his death at the age of 95 on Saturday. Biden said in a statement that he spent time with Benedict in Vatican City in 2011 and will always remember his generosity and their “meaningful” conversation. “He will be remembered as a...

The death toll from the winter storm sweeping across large parts of the continental United States has risen to at least 26. People have died in weather-related traffic accidents or from the cold, while a couple died as a results of responders not being able to treat medical conditions quickly enough because of the conditions...

ABC News is mourning the loss of the executive producer of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” after he died unexpectedly on Friday. ABC’s Rachel Scott said during Saturday's episode of “World News Tonight” that Dax Tejera’s death has left ABC “shocked and hurt.” Tejera was 37 years old and died from a heart attack. ABC...