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A U.S. Department of State employee was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for conspiring to transmit classified national defense information to individuals he believed were working for the Chinese government.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), whose relationship with actress Rosario Dawson drew headlines during his 2020 presidential campaign, announced Tuesday that he is engaged to Alexis Lewis, a Los Angeles real estate agent.

President Donald Trump announced Monday that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. The announcement marks the first Medal of Freedom that Trump has awarded during his second term.

The Trump administration has directed American consular posts worldwide to halt approvals of nearly all visitor visas for holders of Palestinian passports, a policy that took effect August 31, 2025, and expands recent restrictions targeting Palestinian travel to the United States.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that the Pentagon has shut down Microsoft’s decade-old “digital escort” program, first implemented under a Democrat administration, which allowed Chinese engineers supervised by U.S. contractors to work on sensitive defense cloud systems. He said the Defense Department has launched audits and investigations to assess the program’s impact on national security.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison told the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) summer meeting in Minneapolis on Monday that his office would continue legal challenges against President Donald Trump, vowing not to “scapegoat” transgender Americans just two days before a transgender-identifying shooter opened fire at a Catholic school in the city.

Democrat Catelin Drey captured Iowa’s 1st Senate District in a special election Tuesday, defeating Republican Christopher Prosch and breaking the Republican supermajority in the state Senate for the first time in three years, according to unofficial results.

First Lady Melania Trump on Tuesday unveiled the Presidential Artificial Intelligence (AI) Challenge, a nationwide initiative inviting K-12 students and educators to develop innovative AI-based projects that address community challenges while fostering early interest and competency in emerging technologies.

Harrison Fields, who most recently served as Principal Deputy Press Secretary in President Donald Trump’s White House, has joined the Republican lobbying and public affairs firm CGCN Group, the company announced Monday.

President Donald Trump raised concerns Monday about ongoing political upheaval in South Korea, describing the situation as resembling a “purge or revolution” hours before his scheduled meeting with the country’s new president at the White House.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Saturday formally endorsed Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) in his campaign for Texas attorney general, praising his former chief of staff and longtime ally as a “battle-tested warrior” and “fierce defender of the Constitution.”

Cracker Barrel’s stock price fell by double digits this week after the company unveiled a new logo that removes the chain’s signature barrel and seated figure, marking the first major design change in nearly half a century.

Former Acting USCIS Director and Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Ken Cuccinelli on Wednesday joined Breitbart News Daily to describe the new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy change requiring officers to consider anti-American activity, including social media posts supporting terrorist organizations, as a “negative factor” in discretionary immigration benefits such as green card applications.

Harrison Fields, Special Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy Press Secretary, joined Breitbart News Daily on Wednesday to discuss the pace of work inside the Trump White House, the administration’s communications strategy, and recent policy accomplishments. 

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tore into the media’s handling of Trump’s recent negotiations with Russia, Ukraine, and European leaders during a White House briefing Tuesday, winning praise from Vice President JD Vance.

Ohio state Rep. Ismail Mohamed (D), one of the first Somali Muslims elected to the Ohio General Assembly, spoke entirely in Somali in a recently posted video in which he thanked Somali National TV and discussed efforts to honor a Somali historical figure, organize Somali American political representation, and lobby on behalf of Somalia.

House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-MI) is traveling the country on her “One Big Beautiful Tour” to highlight the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill’s provisions.

Senator Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) favorability rating in New York has dropped to its lowest level since Siena College began polling two decades ago. The longtime Senate Democrat leader is now receiving more negative than positive ratings statewide and, for the first time, among New York City voters.

Vice President JD Vance said Sunday the White House is seeking to arrange a meeting between President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, as Trump prepares to meet with Putin later this week.

The former lieutenant governor of Georgia says he is considering a run for higher office as a Democrat after leaving the Republican Party.

North Carolina’s Division of Motor Vehicles achieved 100 percent of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) benchmarks in 2024 but failed to meet several core performance goals related to safety, infrastructure, and fiscal responsibility, according to the Department of Transportation’s most recent annual report.

Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) announced a new push to rescind or redirect $14 billion in federal transportation funding from what she calls “boondoggle” rail projects that are years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget, according to a letter sent this week to Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy.

Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) authored an opinion piece this week accusing Texas Republicans of orchestrating a “legal insurrection” through their proposed mid-decade redistricting plan. The op-ed, which highlights growing interstate political tensions, followed efforts by Texas Democrats to block the GOP-favored map by fleeing the state.

Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) is the subject of a criminal investigation into possible mortgage fraud, according to a Trump administration source who spoke with Fox News. The investigation is reportedly being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland following a criminal referral from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced Tuesday that he has issued subpoenas to some of the most powerful political figures of the past three decades to testify in an investigation centered on the “horrific crimes perpetrated by Jeffrey Epstein.”

Despite President Donald Trump’s 1.71-point victory in Pennsylvania in 2024, newly released voter registration data from Decision Desk HQ shows Democrats barely maintaining their lead, now just 59,135 voters, as their numbers plummet heading into the 2026 midterms. Republicans, with a smaller decline, continue gaining ground amid Trump’s infrastructure and economic resurgence in the state.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is praising Texas Democrats for refusing to vote on a Republican-led redistricting plan that could shift five congressional seats to the GOP, a move that involved fleeing the state to break quorum. His comments come amid a broader effort by Democrats to delegitimize Republican-led election reforms while advancing their own partisan maps in deep blue states.

President Donald Trump announced a renewed 90-day trade deal with Mexico following a call with President Claudia Sheinbaum, extending tough tariffs on fentanyl, automobiles, and key metals. The development comes as his administration separately pursues a financial crackdown on cartel-linked Mexican institutions.

Speaking with Breitbart News Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent broke down how official inflation numbers understate the economic pain felt by working class Americans, pointing to steep price hikes in essentials like rent, used cars, and insurance and laying out how the Trump administration plans to reverse the damage.

Rep. Bob Onder (R-MO) has introduced the Make Entertainment Great Again (MEGA) Act to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the Donald J. Trump Center for Performing Arts, honoring President Trump, whom Onder described as “the most significant cultural icon in the past 40 years.”

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) entered the 2026 Georgia Senate race Monday with a campaign launch focused on border security, fighting woke ideology, and unseating Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), whom he claims serves ‘California crazies and New York nut jobs’ rather than the people of Georgia.

Video emerged over the weekend of a redistricting hearing in the Texas Capitol that resulted in a Democrat congressional candidate being forcibly removed and arrested after he refused to stop talking when his time was up.

Media Matters for America, the far-left censorship group that spent decades smearing conservatives, is reportedly on the verge of implosion.

A bipartisan poll shows a dramatic shift in public opinion on the state of the U.S. economy, with a net 23-point swing toward optimism since April, an uptick that parallels renewed economic momentum under President Donald Trump’s policies, according to officials and market data.

Wisconsin Democrat Gov. Tony Evers announced he will not seek reelection, concluding a tenure marked by far-left policies that prioritized gender ideology, weakened parental authority, and sidelined gun rights and women’s sports protections.

Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) is rallying behind America First businessman Nate Morris in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race, signaling growing momentum for Morris’s outsider campaign to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) with a Trump-aligned conservative.