House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan made a criminal referral to the Justice Department on Wednesday, asking prosecutors to see if they can bring charges against former Special Counsel Jack Smith for cagey statements he made about obtaining lawmakers' text messages.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pushed back Wednesday on GOP accusations that her fellow democratic socialists will drive into Congress a communist agenda, saying Republicans "are seeking to usher in a new McCarthyism for this era."
Republican Steve Hilton launched his general election campaign for California governor Wednesday with a gambit to win over left-leaning voters who dominate the state: Even if they loathe President Donald Trump, he said, they should consider voting for him.
U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran on Wednesday said the agency has opened more than 10,000 investigations this year into threats against protectees. Curren told reporters about the 40-percent rise, and when compared to last year, that the threat number is "off the charts." "The environment has become very volatile, and that's just across the...
Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) won his Democratic primary in Colorado, Decision Desk HQ projects, besting a progressive challenger in his fight for a second term in the Senate. Hickenlooper on Tuesday defeated Julie Gonzales, a labor organizer and state senator who mounted a surprisingly strong challenge from the left. She blasted the incumbent as “a...
Vice President Vance said Tuesday that the recent Supreme Court ruling upholding birthright citizenship is a “major mistake.” “This was a very disappointing ruling from the Supreme Court. We respect it, but we also think that it was a major, major mistake," he said. "One of the things that it might invite, Laura, is people...
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) is projected to lose her reelection bid to former attorney and current PhD student Melat Kiros, marking the third time that a democratic socialist has scored an upset in a competitive House primary this cycle, according to Decision Desk HQ. Kiros, who studies at the University of Denver, defeated DeGette, who’s served in Congress since 1997 — delivering a major blow...
State Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) is projected to defeat Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) for the Democratic nomination for Colorado governor, according to Decision Desk HQ, a stark contrast to how the race first started when Bennet was seen as the favorite. Bennet, a three-term senator and former superintendent of Denver Public Schools, and Weiser, a...
Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) was projected to win the GOP primary for his House seat in the 3rd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ, despite President Trump flip-flopping on his endorsement earlier this year. Trump withdrew his endorsement earlier this year, blasting Hurd over a "lack of support" for the president's sweeping tariff agenda. He endorsed Hope Scheppelman, a...
President Trump on Tuesday announced a Republican “midterm convention” in Dallas later this year. “BIG NEWS! For the first time ever, the Republican Party will hold a MIDTERM CONVENTION. It will be in Dallas, Texas — One of my favorite places in the World. It will be fantastic! It has never been done before, and...
State Rep. Manny Rutinel (D) is projected to defeat former state Rep. Shannon Bird (D) in the Democratic primary to take on Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Colo.), according to Decision Desk HQ. Evans, who represents Colorado’s 8th Congressional District, is considered one of the most vulnerable Republicans up for reelection this year. Rutinel, an attorney and former...
NPR journalist Nina Totenberg on Tuesday discussed the events leading up to a story from the outlet about Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito retiring that was later retracted. NPR said in an editor’s note Tuesday that it had put out a report that day about Alito retiring, adding that “neither Alito nor the court's public...
The Trump administration lifted Tuesday the restrictions placed on Anthropic's new Fable and Mythos models, restoring access just over two weeks since the export controls on the artificial intelligence models were put in place. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced the decision on X, writing the agency has "worked closely with Anthropic to analyze and approve Fable 5...
President Trump raked in more than $500 million from his cryptocurrency venture he co-founded with his sons, according to his financial disclosures released on Tuesday. Trump and his sons launched the crypto venture known as World Liberty Financial in the fall of 2024 as the then-presidential candidate embraced the crypto industry during his campaign. World...
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson admonished fellow Justice Clarence Thomas for his dissent to the high court’s decision upholding birthright citizenship on Tuesday. In a 20-page concurring opinion, Jackson accused Thomas of applying a “narrow vision” of the 14th Amendment in dissenting from the six-justice majority. “Despite his longstanding endorsement of a ‘colorblind’ Constitution, Justice...
The Supreme Court’s final opinion day was full of landmark decisions, in a term marked by them. The justices handed down major rulings that rejected a core facet of President Trump’s immigration agenda, upheld statewide bans on transgender athletes in sports and dismantled a federal law enacted in the wake of the Watergate scandal that capped...
