House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) beat back a spirited challenge from Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), the Republican Study Committee chairman, on Tuesday for his leadership post. Emmer, who has served as GOP whip since January 2023, will be the No. 2 Republican in Congress next year as the party takes the minority. The GOP […]
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) will lead House Republicans for the final two years of the Trump administration. Jordan beat Majority Leader Steve Scalise in a secret-ballot vote for minority leader Tuesday to lead the GOP conference in the 120th Congress following Republicans’ steep 2026 midterm losses. Jordan secured 106 votes to Scalise’s 73. House Speaker […]
A leading figure in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s criminal case said the group exaggerated “hate” group data to sway law enforcement, court records show. An FBI source called “Individual-1” described the Alabama nonprofit group’s alleged efforts to gain power during his employment in a June interview, according to a transcript released Nov. 2 by […]
The Supreme Court could give Trump administration officials a stronger defense against criminal contempt charges as Democrats prepare to turn their incoming congressional majorities into investigations of the president and his advisers. The looming oversight battles have raised the stakes of Peter Navarro’s challenge to his conviction for defying the House Jan. 6 committee during […]
European leaders are fighting for a seat at the peace talks in Abu Dhabi as the Russian mission tells them to wait in the hotel lobby. A European delegation led by Bjoern Seibert, chief of cabinet for the European Commission, arrived in the United Arab Emirates this week with the intention of being active participants […]
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the legal fight over the White House ballroom project, seeking to end the lawsuit after the justices earlier this year allowed construction to continue. Solicitor General D. John Sauer filed a petition for the Supreme Court to take up the case on its merits […]
A Pennsylvania socialist on Monday launched a campaign to oust Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) in the 2028 elections, marking growing discontent within the Democratic Party. Ahmed Moor’s announcement and campaign website outlined positions on Israel that put him in stark contrast to Fetterman, whose staunch support for the Middle East’s only democracy is a key […]
Vice President JD Vance has sprung to War Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s defense after outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced articles of impeachment against the former Fox News personality this week. “Has Pete Hegseth committed impeachable crimes? The question is absurd and the answer is: obviously not,” Vance wrote on X on Tuesday. Vance went on […]
Welcome to Tuesday’s Washington Secrets. Stephen Miller as a unifying force? No, nor me. But this is what we are hearing from people outside the White House. Read on for that and for the real reason Nikki Haley quit the first Trump administration and her secrets for managing the president … Trump confidante Laura Loomer […]
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s pending impeachment would make him the third U.S. Cabinet official to be impeached in the nation’s history, though the distance between the first and second was nearly 150 years. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) filed articles of impeachment against Hegseth on Monday and forced a vote within two days, on charges […]
