Jacob Chansley, the Jan. 6, 2021, protester who became known as QAnon Shaman, is aiming to step foot in the Capitol again -- this time as a member of Congress.

Congress is taking notice of the "buy, borrow, and die" strategy used by the wealthy to avoid taxes, a legal yet controversial practice.

Former President Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, has lost $73 million in net sales since the platform's official launch in February 2022, according to a new financial disclosure filing from Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC). Digital World is a merger partner with Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). Trump owns a stake in Truth...

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Monday issued a subpoena to former White House counsel Dana Remus in connection to the committee’s investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified documents from his time as vice president. Comer is asking Remus to sit for a deposition for the committee’s probe over the...

The House shelved a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday, punting on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) effort to boot the Biden administration official from his post for his handling of the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border. Eight Republicans joined Democrats in supporting a motion to refer the impeachment resolution to the Homeland...

A structural fire that ravaged a major Los Angeles freeway was likely caused by arson, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) confirmed Monday. Fire investigators “made a preliminary determination — there was malice intent,” Newsom said at a press conference Monday afternoon, broadcast from the incident site. “This fire occurred within the fence line of the...

Presented by BP — Indonesia is the world's largest supplier of nickel, which is used in EV batteries. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Biden talks climate with leader of Indonesia President Biden and Indonesian President Joko Widodo met Monday and were expected to discuss climate and minerals. © AP...

Bad policy ideas have a way of returning from the dead in the nation’s capital. In 2011, following years of opposition from multiple presidential administrations and the Department of Defense (DOD), along with a coalition of taxpayer organizations, the alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) was finally killed off. Before it was supposed...

Top Trump campaign advisers Monday sought to tamp down a spate of reporting about possible second-term policy and personnel plans that former President Trump would implement if he wins reelection next November. The statement from Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita appeared to be addressing reports from The New York Times and Washington Post about Trump’s...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Monday did not rule out slowing down passage of the stopgap spending bill that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) proposed over the weekend. Paul, a vocal opponent of spending bills that don’t include cuts, left the door open to slowing down the process and argued that House Republicans should proceed on...