Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) will not run for a third term in the Senate, a shock decision that came minutes before the filing deadline in Montana. Daines, who served a single term in the House before his election to the Senate in 2014, announced on Wednesday that he will retire in January, giving another Republican […]
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) on Tuesday confessed to having an affair with his staffer who died by suicide, calling it a “lapse in judgment.” Gonzales said he has made amends with his wife and asked God for forgiveness. The admission comes as Gonzales is under investigation by the House ethics committee for the affair.
Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) will not seek another term in the House of Representatives, joining more than 30 other House Republicans opting to seek another office or retire from politics altogether. “After prayer, reflection, and many long conversations, I have decided that I will not seek reelection in 2026,” Owens said in a statement on […]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Attorney General Keith Ellison acknowledged Wednesday that their state has been engulfed in a fraud scandal targeting federally funded social services programs, as House Republicans pressed them over what they described as delayed responses to massive schemes that could have siphoned off billions in taxpayer dollars. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing […]
A Green Party candidate for Senate from North Carolina was ejected from a Senate armed services subcommittee hearing Wednesday after disrupting the testimony in an anti-war protest. Brian McGinnis, a U.S. Marine veteran, protested while dressed in uniform at the testimony of several U.S. generals before the subcommittee on the Current Readiness of the Joint […]
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday to sit for a deposition about the Department of Justice’s handling of its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The panel voted 24-19 after Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced a motion to subpoena Bondi, due to growing […]
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that federal appeals courts must defer to the findings of immigration courts, rather than do their own fact-finding, when reviewing asylum claims, confirming the federal courts’ limited role in immigration disputes even as courts try to find other ways into immigration cases across the country. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson […]
House Democrats put Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on the spot in a congressional hearing on Wednesday when they asked repeatedly if she was having an extramarital relationship with special government employee Corey Lewandowski. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) asked Noem in a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Wednesday afternoon if the secretary was having […]
The National Capital Planning Commission released more than 9,000 pages of public comments opposing President Donald Trump’s $400 million ballroom project ahead of a Thursday public hearing. The U.S. Commission on Fine Arts and the NCPC are overseeing the controversial ballroom’s construction. In January, the Trump-stacked CFA approved the ballroom. The NCPC’s Thursday meeting will […]
President Donald Trump is taking part in a White House event focused on pressing large technology corporations to sign a pledge ensuring they ward off higher electricity bills tied to data center power demand. The president’s event is set to start at 3 p.m. and is expected to feature leaders of Google, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, […]
