Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) is in jeopardy of losing his GOP primary Thursday, after a flood of outside spending and redistricting left him in less familiar territory this cycle. Ogles has the support of President Donald Trump, who re-upped his endorsement of Ogles on Thursday, which is usually seen as a silver bullet in GOP […]
The White House launched Fraud.gov on Thursday, a website tracking the administration’s crackdown on fraud across federal agencies. According to the White House, the website serves as a public dashboard that highlights investigations, criminal charges, funding suspensions, recoveries, and enforcement actions undertaken by the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud since its establishment earlier […]
Republican mayors from Georgia’s deep-red southern region are breaking with their party to support Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) over GOP nominee Rep. Mike Collins in the race for the Peach State’s Senate seat. Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson and Tifton Mayor Julie Smith lead municipalities in Georgia’s 8th Congressional District, represented by Rep. Austin Scott […]
An Israeli settler filmed shooting a bystander in the West Bank is being charged with murder, the first such indictment since the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks. Yinon Levi, an infamous Israeli activist sanctioned by multiple countries for violent actions against West Bank inhabitants, was indicted Thursday for the killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen. […]
Since their losses in the 2024 election, Democrats have struggled to settle on a clear message ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. As the party fights to reclaim control of Congress, primaries in New York, Michigan, and Colorado have exposed a widening divide between establishment Democrats and an energized progressive wing ready to challenge party […]
A spokeswoman for the government-funded Wisconsin nonprofit Freedom Inc. declared Wednesday that all black people in jail are “political prisoners” after arrests at a protest it helped lead. The group partnered with the activist coalition Free the 350 Bail Fund to raise money for demonstrators or other detainees’ bail after police cleared an anti-cop protest […]
The elephant was in the room Monday — literally. Former U.S. Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sat courtside at a WNBA game, seemingly captivated by the mascot. Clinton attended the New York Liberty game against the Seattle Storm at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. But it wasn’t the game that caught fans’ attention. […]
Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico’s apparent abuse of Texas’s voter registration process stoked criticism Wednesday from his Republican opponent in a tight race, as the pair continue to exchange accusations of voter fraud. Talarico last month accused GOP candidate Ken Paxton, who is also Texas’s attorney general, of voting illegally in six elections in a […]
Brittany Boltinhouse has been stripped of her Miss North Carolina USA 2026 title just weeks after winning the crown, following the resurfacing of past social media activity that the Miss USA Organization said violated its standards. The organization announced the decision on Wednesday, saying it was made in coordination with Boltinhouse and state pageant directors […]
Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets, where we go inside Donald Trump’s legal battle with the BBC. We hear that his court victory today could pave the way for an even bigger damages claim. Today was meant to be the day that President Donald Trump began handing over business records as part of a […]
