Rep. Doug LaMalfa's death shrinks the Republican House majority to 218 seats, creating new challenges for Speaker Mike Johnson in a crucial election year.
Bipartisan senators believe they may be nearing a proposal to extend expired Obamacare subsidies as Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, lead negotiations.
Rep. Jim Baird, an Indiana Republican who has served in the House since 2019, was discharged from the hospital after he was involved in a vehicle accident.
The man accused of planting pipe bombs outside of the Democratic and Republican national committee offices on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot will remain locked up while awaiting trial, a federal magistrate judge ruled. Judge Matthew Sharbaugh wrote in an order Friday that Brian Cole Jr.’s past alleged conduct demonstrates a “startling and significant capacity for dangerousness,” but acknowledged the...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Friday criticized President Trump’s threat to intervene as Iran cracks down on anti-government protests, arguing that the move would be more about oil than free speech concerns. The president vowed on Truth Social that the U.S. will “rescue” protesters if the Iranian regime takes violent action against them as demonstrations...
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok apologized this week after generating and sharing a sexualized image of two young girls, calling it a “failure in safeguards.” “I deeply regret an incident on Dec 28, 2025, where I generated and shared an AI image of two young girls (estimated ages 12-16) in sexualized attire based on a user's prompt,” the...
Russia's aggression in Ukraine is being met with a double standard by some scholars, who suggest that the West is to blame and that restraint should be demanded of the victim, rather than recognizing Russia's actions as a threat to the security architecture that has maintained peace for 70 years.
President Trump revealed in an interview this week that the construction of the Triumphal Arch in Washington, D.C., is set to begin soon. “It hasn’t started yet. It starts sometime in the next two months. It’ll be great. Everyone loves it,” Trump said in an interview with Politico that was published Wednesday. “They love the...
Donald Trump promised to restore America, but his presidency revealed the country's deep-rooted issues of debt, declining soft power, and social fragmentation, which cannot be reversed by rhetoric alone.
Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams slammed Andy Cohen after the Bravo host criticized his “chaotic” tenure in city hall. “Watching the final moments of Mayor Adams’s chaotic, horrible … I just want to say, he got his pardons … No, I’m just saying. Great, you got your pardons. Go off into the sunset....
A delivery driver for DoorDash has been ousted from the platform after allegedly attempting to trick a customer into thinking their order had been delivered to their door with an AI-generated image.
President Trump shopped for marble and onyx Friday in Florida for the new White House ballroom. Trump visited Arc Stone & Tile in Lake Worth, Fla., in Palm Beach County, a short drive from his Mar-a-Lago resort. “President Trump is purchasing marble and onyx, at his own expense, for the White House Ballroom,” a White House...
President Trump on Friday doubled down on his tariff agenda as the Supreme Court weighs its legality, suggesting that losing his ability to impose import taxes on trading partners “would be a terrible blow” to the country. “Tariffs are an overwhelming benefit to our Nation, as they have been incredible for our National Security and...
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Trump earlier this week, they differed over the next stage of the Gaza ceasefire. But both men did agree to launch a second attack on Iran, should Tehran continue to rearm and reconstitute its nuclear weapons program. Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian‘s assertion that his country was...
New York Magazine removed a former aide to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) from its cover after she resigned from his team over social media posts she made years ago containing antisemitic tropes. As part of a cover story on Mamdani's incoming administration, the magazine ran a photo on the front page showcasing...
Dr. Jonathan Reiner, cardiologist to the late former Vice President Dick Cheney, dismissed President Trump’s aspirin regimen Thursday. The president told the Wall Street Journal that he takes a larger dose of the pain reliever to thin his blood, despite recommendations from his doctors to reduce intake. “I don’t want thick blood pouring through my...
