Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said Sunday that a plea deal with federal prosecutors is “not off the table” as he faces 23 charges for allegedly inflating his campaign finance reports and misleading donors, among other accusations. “Look, in the essence of everything going on, a plea is not off the table, obviously, at this...
After a week of legal whiplash, the woman at the center of a legal fight over whether she can receive emergency abortion in Texas has fled the state. A Texas district court last Thursday granted Kate Cox permission to get an abortion despite Texas’s strict ban., the first time a pregnant woman sought a court...
The House GOP’s Judiciary and Intelligence Committee chairs are preparing for a head-to-head debate over whose bill will reform the government’s warrantless surveillance powers as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) committed to have both proposals weighed on the House floor. The chairs of each panel are set to pitch the House GOP conference on their competing...
California state Assemblyman Vince Fong, a Republican, on Monday announced a bid for retiring Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) House seat in the Golden State. "It is my strong belief that the Central Valley must continue to be represented by proven, conservative leaders in Congress. In light of recent developments and in an attempt to unite...
The storm system that brought deadly tornadoes to Tennessee over the weekend has moved into the Northeast, bringing heavy rainfall and snow and strong winds to the region. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories to parts of New York, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine through Monday evening as snow...
Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie warned that a second Trump administration could be staffed with "a bunch of deranged sycophants" during a Monday morning appearance on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show. The former governor of New Jersey made the comments in response to Hewitt asking whether “we ought to have more clarity on who’s coming in...
White House national security spokesman John Kirby said the Biden administration is concerned about new reports that Israel used white phosphorus munitions supplied by the United States in an attack in Lebanon. “We’ve seen the reports, certainly concerned about that. We’ll be asking questions to try to learn a little bit more,” Kirby told reporters....
Our country is divided over the question of whether we should evaluate free speech claims in light of the messages or causes that speech seeks to advance.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday pushed for the U.S. to continue supporting Ukraine, arguing it was vital to stand united against dictatorships and that politics must not "betray the soldier" in the fight for freedom. Zelensky, speaking at the Pentagon-funded National Defense University in Washington, D.C., in a visit to the Capitol this week,...