Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has been conspicuously absent from Washington since her shock announcement that she would step down from Congress, missing a full week’s worth of votes as she prepares for an early retirement. Greene, who announced her resignation last month amid a messy political divorce from President Donald Trump, has missed all […]
Cellphone data helped the FBI crack the years-old Jan. 6 pipe bomber case this week. However, for years, the FBI claimed that the data didn’t exist. That detail, along with several others in a seven-page affidavit filed in the case of Brian Cole Jr. this week, has raised questions about an investigation that has captured public fascination for nearly […]
During the same week that President Donald Trump repeatedly denigrated Somali immigrants as “garbage,” he also welcomed a group of African leaders to Washington to champion a peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, ending their decadeslong bitter conflict. The contrast between Trump’s disgust at the Somali immigrants in Minnesota and his […]
New York City Councilman Chi Ossé announced Friday he is dropping plans to oust House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), citing a lack of support from left-wing colleagues. Ossé, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, filed to challenge Jeffries in the primary this fall. His campaign is now ending after failing to garner […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) on Friday warned Republicans against banking on victories during the 2026 elections in areas President Donald Trump won last year. “I think Republicans have an issue that Donald Trump has created a big pool of voters, but some of them are unique to him, right?” the Florida governor said during an […]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) on Friday revealed that he will forgo a bid for reelection, putting to rest questions about his future that were triggered after Texas’s political maps were redrawn this year. “I will continue working with the same urgency and determination as if next year were my last, which in public office it […]
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) on Friday asked New Orleans police to cooperate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other government agents targeting illegal immigrants in the city. The Trump administration sent ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents to Louisiana’s largest city earlier this week to detain illegal immigrants and violent criminals […]
Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, which would mark a seismic shift in Hollywood, is already facing massive opposition on the antitrust front. Many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed anti-monopoly concerns over the $82.7 billion deal. As the world’s leading streaming service, Netflix will dominate the entertainment market further by combining […]
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) claims Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers pepper-sprayed her on Friday in Tucson, Arizona. Grijalva said ICE was conducting a raid near Taco Giro, a restaurant that was part of a sweep targeting multiple Mexican restaurants as part of a yearslong investigation into tax and immigration violations. The congresswoman said she came across […]
Investigators said the death toll of the El Fasher massacre is much larger than previously estimated, with some saying at least 60,000 have been killed. An onslaught of violence ensued after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces took control of the Sudanese city of El Fasher in Darfur following a monthslong siege. Initial reports placed the death […]
