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House avoids unprecedented four-member expulsion week as Swalwell and Gonzales resign instead

Two House members resigned amid scandals, but potential expulsions of Reps. Cherfilus-McCormick and Mills raise parity and political math concerns.

California tries to criminalize journalism — to protect fraud

A bill moving through the California Legislature would give taxpayer-funded organizations the power to...

From punch lines to death threats: Jewish comics no longer safe in Hollywood

There’s nothing funny about what Jewish comics have faced in the post-Oct. 7 world.

Michael Goodwin: Socialist boy-wonder Mamdani has learned next to nothing in his first 100 days as mayor of NYC

The slow education of Mayor Mamdani is painful to watch, especially for those New...

Trump on AI Jesus image: ‘I thought it was me as a doctor’

President Trump told reporters Monday that the AI image appearing to depict him as Jesus Christ was actually an image of Trump as a doctor healing people.  "I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor, and had to do with the Red Cross, as a Red Cross worker there, which...

Melania Trump to head to Capitol Hill to talk foster care improvements

First lady Melania Trump is expected to head to Capitol Hill this week to discuss ways to improve foster care efforts. The first lady will be speaking at a closed-door roundtable Wednesday with members of the House Ways and Means Committee and witnesses form the foster care system, Punchbowl News first reported and was confirmed...

Mehdi Hasan’s arguments against Israel’s right to exist fall flat

Why did an Oxford-educated journalist say something so transparently foolish?

These Democrats are calling on Swalwell to leave Congress

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who on Sunday suspended his campaign for California's governor amid sexual assault allegations he has denied, is now facing pressure from fellow congressional Democrats to leave his seat in Congress. In a post on the social platform X, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) said both Swalwell and Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas),...

Does Trump have a right to expect ‘his’ judges to side with him?

So much for an independent judicial branch of government! 

Hundreds of Hollywood figures come out against Paramount, Warner Brothers merger

More than 1,000 professionals in the entertainment business are voicing their opposition to a planned mega merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers, which are eyeing a deal that would deliver a major shake-up to the TV and movie business. In an open letter, which was signed by Hollywood stars like Bryan Cranston, Ben Stiller and...

Trump’s budget puts war first, and Americans last 

President Donald Trump’s new budget proposal exposes the emptiness of his claims to put Americans first. 

Iran taunts Trump, threatens Gulf ports over blockade threat

Iran is taunting the Trump administration over gas prices in the U.S. and threatening ports on the Persian Gulf after President Trump announced a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, told the U.S. in a post on the social platform X Sunday afternoon to...

Judge dismisses Trump’s Wall Street Journal defamation suit over Epstein story 

A federal judge tossed President Trump’s defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal on Monday over a story it published detailing a letter Trump allegedly sent to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday.  Trump denies writing the letter and claims it was faked. But U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles ruled the president failed to allege “actual malice,” the high bar public figures must clear to...

Development orgs should focus on poverty, not trendy causes

When a child could die tonight from a preventable disease, no family cares about shaving a fraction of a degree from global temperatures a century from now.

Burchett calls on Trump to release files on UFOs, aliens: ‘I think America needs to know’

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Sunday called on President Trump to release government files on aliens and unidentified anomalous phenomena, often known as UFOs. Speaking on Fox News "The Big Weekend Show," Burchett urged Trump to “peel back the layers of that onion, let America decide if we can handle it. I think we can handle...

Congressional Republicans are failing the Trump test

Congressional Republicans are being criticized for their silence on President Trump's erratic behavior and potential cognitive decline, as they previously scrutinized President Biden for similar behavior.

Pope Leo responds to Trump’s attack: ‘I’m not afraid of the Trump administration’

Pope Leo XIV shot back at President Trump after the president went after him on his Truth Social platform Sunday, saying he does not fear Trump. “I’m not afraid of the Trump administration or of speaking out loudly about the message of the Gospel, which is what the Church works for,” the pope said Monday,...

The Iran war may be on pause but the political fallout is not 

The political consequences for President Trump and congressional Republicans are far from over. 

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