Recent reports say President Donald Trump is weighing a permanent helipad on the White House South Lawn. The idea is simple: give Marine One a paved place to land so the new VH-92A helicopters don’t scorch the grass. The White House shrugged, saying the president keeps making improvements “to benefit future presidents and Americans.” That More

The Hennepin County Attorney has just taken the unusual step of charging a federal immigration officer in a Minnesota shooting that has already bounced between city, federal and agency review. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced criminal counts against ICE officer Christian J. Castro — four felony counts of second‑degree assault with a dangerous weapon More

House Oversight’s closed-door interview with Tova Noel — the corrections officer who says she was the last person to see Jeffrey Epstein alive — should be the moment of truth. Instead, it has become another episode in Washington’s long-running show about accountability: loud promises, small audiences and plenty of unanswered questions. What the Interview Revealed More

President Vladimir Putin is set to visit Beijing for talks with President Xi Jinping on May 19–20, arriving less than a week after President Donald Trump’s high‑profile meeting with Xi. The Kremlin says the timing is simply to mark the 25th anniversary of the 2001 Sino‑Russian Treaty of Good‑Neighbourliness, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov promises More

Tech investor Eric Schmidt stepped to a podium and told college grads to cheer for AI and to welcome more immigrants. The crowd booed. That reaction should tell Congress and voters what the rest of us already know: when the tech elite insist they can have both faster automation and open borders, they are asking More

Shelby Campbell’s TikTok dance videos — including clips of her twerking on a kitchen counter — exploded online this week and shoved her little-known congressional bid into the national spotlight. The viral attention didn’t just highlight the dancing. It also drew fresh scrutiny to campaign materials that openly display past booking photos and the campaign’s More