LeVar Burton used an appearance on ABC's "The View" this week to slam federal cuts to public broadcasting and what he called a national "problem with the truth," weaving pointed political commentary into a wide-ranging conversation about his decades in television.
House and Senate Republicans delayed key procedural votes Tuesday to advance an extension of the federal foreign surveillance law that expires in two days.
The White House declared a military victory over Iran on Wednesday and said President Trump will not accept a final deal that violates any of his red lines or keeps the Strait of Hormuz closed to oil shipping traffic.
The two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran caused oil prices to plummet on Wednesday, meaning American drivers should see lower gas prices down the road.
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not appear before the House Oversight Committee next week as part of the panel's investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Cash-starved states run by Democrats are moving to squeeze more revenue out of their wealthiest residents with a new "millionaires tax" that they say makes the tax code more equitable.
Republican Clay Fuller won Tuesday's special election runoff in Georgia's 14th Congressional District, defeating Democrat Shawn Harris and keeping the deep-red northwest Georgia seat in GOP hands -- but Democrats claimed their own kind of victory, pointing to a striking shift in the vote margin as a warning sign for Republicans heading into the midterms.
The Justice Department is reportedly investigating Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide whose congressional testimony implicated President Trump in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is slated to appear before the House Oversight Committee in the coming weeks while the panel continues its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to multiple reports.
President Trump says he's considering a "joint venture" in which the U.S. and Iran charge tolls for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a major passage for oil tankers and a key point of leverage in the Middle East conflict.
The U.S. Navy requests $3 billion in additional funding to replenish Tomahawk missiles depleted during the war against Iran as part of a record budget.
Pam Bondi will not appear for a House Oversight deposition in the Epstein probe, with the DOJ saying she was subpoenaed as attorney general and is no longer in the role.
