Chad Pergram's observations on Republican Matt Van Epps defeating Democrat Aftyn Behn in Tuesday's special election to represent Tennessee's 7th Congressional District.
A federal judge issued a stern spanking to the Trump administration on Tuesday, telling it to cut out warrantless arrests in the nation's capital unless there is clear evidence the migrant is about to flee.
Republican Matt Van Epps (R) won a special election on Tuesday in Tennessee in what was seen as a likely bellwether for next year’s midterms. Van Epps defeated state Rep. Aftyn Behn (D) for a Nashville-area House seat that went for President Trump by over 20 points last year. According to voting data on Tuesday night, he...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Tuesday it is placing a hold on all pending asylum applications and will pause all benefit requests by foreign nationals from 19 countries deemed “high risk” by the Trump administration. The policy memo instructs USCIS personnel to halt review of Forms I-589 — which covers applications for...
President Trump lashed out at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) during his Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, calling the congresswoman “garbage” and saying he doesn’t want Somali immigrants in the country. In a conversation about immigration policy, the president unleashed a pointed attack on the progressive Minnesota congresswoman, who became a U.S. citizen 25 years ago after...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday sharply criticized Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for defending a second military strike on survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat in September, after the secretary first dismissed the bombshell report as “fake news.” In remarks to reporters at the Capitol, the libertarian senator said Hegseth...
Gene Simmons, the lead singer of KISS, will testify before a Senate panel next week on legislation to require radio corporations to pay performers for playing their music, the musicFIRST Coalition announced on Tuesday. Simmons will testify on the American Music Fairness Act before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property on Dec. 9, two...
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday pushed for “dialogue” between the United States and Venezuela amid recent tension between the two countries. “The signals coming from the United States change, and so we must see. … On the one hand, it seems there has been a telephone conversation between the two presidents; on the other hand,...
Ninety former House members signed a letter calling on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to pass legislation prohibiting members of Congress and their families from owning or trading individual stocks. In a letter, published Tuesday, the former elected officials urged the top Republican and Democrat in the House to...
Top House Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of scapegoating a Navy admiral to deflect blame for potential war crimes. The Democrats contend the White House decision to single out Adm. Frank Bradley as the person who ordered a “double-tap” strike against suspected drug runners in the Caribbean is part of a broader pattern of...
ESPN's Paul Finebaum says he will not run to replace Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) in the Senate, ending months of speculation that the sports media personality could make a foray into politics. “I have been deeply moved by so many people in Alabama who have reached out encouraging me to run for the United States...