Democratic candidates gave Newsom no lower than a B-minus on homelessness, drawing sharp criticism from Republicans at a California gubernatorial debate on Wendesday.
The America First Policy Institute launched an investigation into the Virginia redistricting amendment vote, targeting mail-in ballot procedures and alleged school political activity.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan demands documents from the SPLC, alleging coordination with the Biden DOJ after the nonprofit's federal indictment.
House Republicans grumbling about the structure of a “skinny” reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement — and their skepticism about prospects for passing another GOP-only funding package this year — are creating hurdles for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he aims to put the measure on the House floor next week. “This will probably be...
For the first 13 months of the Trump administration, no major personnel changes occurred. But since the middle of March, at least five Cabinet, intelligence or military officials have left the administration. The latest departure occurred Wednesday, when the Pentagon announced that Navy Secretary John Phelan was on the way out. Here is what to...
The White House press corps should respond to every assertion made by President Trump with two questions, "How do you know that?" and "What does that mean?" to make evasion visible in real time and hold the president accountable for his words.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is warning that House Democrats might not back an extension of the government’s warrantless spy powers as long as FBI Director Kash Patel remains atop the agency. Jeffries has long portrayed Patel as a partisan conspiracy theorist who’s unfit to be the nation’s top cop. On Thursday, he escalated...
The Pentagon denied a report in the Washington Post that it may take six months to clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines laid by the Iranian military. The paper reported Wednesday, citing three officials familiar with the discussion, that a senior Defense Department official shared the estimate during a classified briefing for members of...
The Justice Department has settled a lawsuit from a 2016 campaign aide to President Trump who was targeted by surveillance as the FBI investigated Russian interference in the election, a court filing shows. Carter Page sued in 2020, alleging that a series of errors made by FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials when seeking...
First lady Melania Trump will host the 113th annual First Lady's Luncheon Thursday afternoon, where she is expected to speak on the Trump administration's push for foster care reform. Trump will also likely tout her "Fostering the Future" initiative, which is focused on securing educational opportunities and scholarships for children in foster care. She will...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday mocked Republicans complaining about the Virginia redistricting loss and said she looks forward to picking up additional House seats in midterm elections. Journalist Matt Laslo, founder of the Laslo Congressional Bureau outlet, began to ask Ocasio-Cortez to comment on Republicans' pushback to the Tuesday redistricting win. “What do you...
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) predicted on the Senate floor that his Democratic colleagues will find a reason to block funding legislation and trigger another government shutdown “right before the midterms” to sow chaos in Washington before Election Day. “I think my Democratic friends are going to shut down the government right before the midterms,” Kennedy...
It is little wonder the nation’s news consumers are struggling to make sense of the various narratives masquerading as journalism. War time is not the time for either liberal or conservative slants.
