Politics

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he would back a bipartisan effort to ban lawmakers from engaging in sexual relations with congressional staff.

Sex-laced bondage and transgender imagery in exhibits at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History are sexualizing and traumatizing kids, Republicans charged Tuesday, telling the museum's director that she's using her post to elevate "woke" ideology over American greatness.

Mike Johnson's plan attaches voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements to a $95 billion budget reconciliation bill, which would bypass the Senate filibuster.

H.R. McMaster accused Washington of being "extraordinarily negligent" on counterintelligence while China and Russia exploited America's post-9/11 focus.

Harmeet Dhillon says UC San Diego Med used hardship essays as a proxy for race, admitting Black applicants at twice the rate of White applicants.

Gov. Mikie Sherrill says a software error in New Jersey's motor vehicle system registered roughly 6,600 noncitizens to vote, and some cast ballots.

Trump's endorsement of Darline Graham faces a major test as Russell Fry, Ralph Norman and others jump into the South Carolina GOP Senate nomination race.

The Pentagon now requires annual testosterone screening for service members 30 and older, raising questions about treatment and fertility risks.

Greg Abbott's executive order empowers Texas agencies to investigate hospitals and providers accused of advertising birth tourism packages.

New Jersey announced that it removed 6,600 noncitizens from its voter rolls who were registered to vote between June 2023 and June 2024.

Criticizing Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega, U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., said in a post on X that "After Cuba, Nicaragua is next."

Abdul El-Sayed attended six DSA events and headlined a fundraiser, yet insists he believes in capitalism ahead of the Michigan Senate primary.

Alan Dershowitz backed out of a voluntary interview, prompting James Comer to warn the House Oversight Committee will pursue compulsory process.

Randi Weingarten mocked Trump's White House UFC event and called his tactics authoritarian during her fiery AFT conference keynote speech.