Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) is resigning early on April 19, citing death threats as a primary reason for his departure. House Democrats have helped Republicans advance $95-billion bills that would provide assistance to Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific, as well as a measure that could ban TikTok. The Chinese regime is rolling out a new […]
The chair and a member of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board have resigned after approving the parole of a man who allegedly attacked his ex-girlfriend and killed her 11-year-old son the day after his release. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in a March 25 statement that board chair Donald Shelton and board member LeAnn Miller […]
The police chief of Uvalde, Texas, is set to resign—effective April 6—just days after a city council report cleared several officers who responded to the May 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School of wrongdoing. Uvalde Mayor Cody Smith announced Chief Daniel Rodriguez’s resignation in a statement while thanking him for his 26 years of service […]
Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has announced that he will resign as head of the Caribbean nation once a transitional presidential council has been established and an interim prime minister named. Mr. Henry made the announcement on March 11 following weeks of international pressure to step down amid rising violence in the country, which has […]
What are the reasons behind the resignations of 4 top border officials in just the last 2 weeks? What will the repercussions be, and what’s going on right now on the Southern border? We spoke to Rodney Scott, who served as the 24th U.S. Border Patrol chief, for his analysis of the situation.
A GOP congressman announced May 31 that he will resign, a move that will reduce the party’s majority in the House of Representatives. Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) said he would step down after arranging an “orderly transition.” “It has been one of the great honors of my life to serve the good people of Utah […]
Florida state Sen. Travis Hutson has introduced a proposal to amend the state’s “resign-to-run” law, which would allow Gov. Ron DeSantis to announce his candidacy for the presidency without resigning as governor. The proposed amendment is part of Senate Bill 7050 (pdf), a larger piece of legislation related to state elections. It would change the […]
Nicola Sturgeon announces she will resign as Scotland’s first minister—after more than eight years in the role. Are British police forces being watched by China? A watchdog warns about Chinese-made surveillance equipment used by police forces across the UK. We hear from an expert on the increasing global demand for critical minerals used to make […]
Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is to resign as First Minister of Scotland, saying: “My decision comes from a place of duty and of love, tough love perhaps, but nevertheless love [of] my party and my country.” Her decision to step down comes a month after the UK Parliament blocked radical gender reforms which had been […]
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was assigned to two separate committees on Jan. 17 despite coming under scrutiny from fellow lawmakers after revealing he fabricated parts of his past, including his education and employment history. The House GOP Steering Committee, a panel of around 30 House leadership members, is responsible for recommending members to serve on […]
Republicans in New York on Jan. 11 called for Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to step down. “George Santos’s campaign last year was a campaign of deceit, lies, and fabrication,” Joseph Cairo, the chairman of the Nassau County GOP, told a press conference. “He deceived the voters of the 3rd Congressional District, he deceived the members of […]
LIMA, Peru—Peru’s newest president, Dina Boluarte, gave in to protesters’ demands early Monday announcing in a nationally televised address that she will send Congress a proposal to move up elections. Boluarte’s decision came after thousands of demonstrators took to the streets around Peru for another day on Sunday to demand that she resign and schedule […]
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday said he has no plans to resign amid mounting criticism over his handling of the immigration crisis at the U.S.–Mexico border. Republican lawmakers pressed Mayorkas about a potential resignation during a hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee. “Have you had a conversation with anyone in the administration about stepping down […]
Liz Truss, who became UK prime minister just six weeks ago, has resigned after a significant number of Conservative MPs lost confidence in her leadership. She is set to become the shortest serving British prime minister in history after failing to stem an open revolt from her own MPs demanding her departure. Speaking in Downing […]
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nury Martinez resigned from her council seat Oct. 12 after the recent leak of a recorded conversation from a year ago made her the center of a political firestorm that’s sweeping through the second-largest city in the United States. “It is with a broken heart that I resign my seat for […]
Los Angeles City Councilor Nury Martinez stepped down as the council’s president on Oct. 10 after audio recordings of her and two other councilors’ “racist” remarks surfaced the day before, with a wave of politicians—including Mayor Eric Garcetti—calling for them to resign from the council altogether. After the audio was leaked, a slew of California officials and […]
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Oct. 6 indicated he’ll accept a position at the University of Florida after reports that he would resign from the Senate. Sasse, 50, said that the University of Florida “is uniquely positioned to lead this country through an era of disruption” and that the “partisanship” in Washington “isn’t going to […]
In March, a top prosecutor in Chicago’s Cook County made a “desperate” plea for help as a steady stream of prosecutors left in droves. The high turnover has left State’s Attorney Kim Foxx with a significant backlog. A former state prosecutor says it’s her own fault.
ROME—Italian Premier Mario Draghi offered to step down Thursday after a populist coalition partner refused to vote for a key bill in Parliament, but the nation’s president quickly rebuffed him, leaving one of Western Europe’s main leaders at the helm for now. The rejection of the tendered resignation left in limbo the future of Draghi’s […]
