The Department of Homeland Security used anti-China funding from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on security for FIFA World Cup matches and other events, Punchbowl News first reported Friday. The OBBB Act had set aside $170 million in funding for initiatives aiming to combat potential national security threats from China’s illegal fishing operations globally, according to Punchbowl News. However, an anonymous senior congressional official and an unnamed Trump administration official told the outlet that DHS had instead disbursed most of that funding toward security for World Cup matches, America’s 250th anniversary festivities and other major U.S. sporting events.

An attorney general running for Congress is fighting back after a Biden-appointed federal judge temporarily blocked his state’s law banning advertisements promoting abortion. South Dakota’s law, which bans selling, dispensing, distributing or advertising articles or things for the purpose of obtaining an unlawful abortion, was enacted in March and took effect in July. Pro-abortion non-profit Mayday Health and a former Democratic state Senator sued Republican South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Gov. Larry Rhoden in May, claiming the law “violates the First Amendment,” according to a court complaint.

As part of its broader effort to reduce fraud, abuse, and improper payments, the Trump administration has focused on a seemingly straightforward requirement: Federal recipients should be alive.

Don’t look now but U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has jumped to a slight lead in the Democratic primary in New Hampshire, edging out Pete Buttigieg 22 percent to 21 percent, according to the latest University of New Hampshire poll taken between July 15 and July 20.

The Trump administration is accusing a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company of conducting a “covert” plot to steal Anthropic’s data to boost its AI models.

Arizona’s Republican primary voters sent a clear message Tuesday: The party still belongs to Donald Trump.

Republican Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA-07) introduced a bill Thursday that seeks to ban birth tourism in the U.S., the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.

As home prices in the U.S. reach near-record highs, foreclosure filings nationwide are seeing hefty increases over a six-year period, new data analysis shows. 

Amid The Tennessee Star's AI-assisted investigation into U.S. Treasury records that uncovered Biden-era funding for legal services benefiting illegal aliens, lead reporter Tom Pappert said governments "should be worried" as artificial intelligence enables journalists to expose buried public records and government fraud.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly passed the sprawling annual National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2027, which includes raises for military members and expands access to education and childcare for military families. The widespread defense funding bill passed in a 216-212 vote, which saw six Democrats vote in favor of the bill and seven Republicans vote against it.