The Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to block California‘s use of a new congressional map in the November election, rejecting an emergency petition from the California GOP. The brief, unsigned order did not elaborate on the high court’s reasoning for rejecting the California Republican Party’s effort to halt the use of the new congressional map, […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) announced on Wednesday her choice for lieutenant governor will be former New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as the state’s gubernatorial primary picks up steam. “I picked a New Yorker from Southeast Queens. Someone who grew up in a union household, just like I did. A fighter who knows how […]
Irish Comedian Graham Linehan urged Congress to use “every diplomatic lever” available to force the United Kingdom to enforce a court ruling on the legal definition of a woman and warned about the dangers of censorship as he testified before the House on Wednesday morning. Speaking during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Linehan, whose […]
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was forced to admit in Parliament that he was previously made aware of disgraced former Ambassador Peter Mandelson’s relationship with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer, who is attempting to distance himself and the Labour government from the former ambassador and Labour titan, appeared for Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday […]
Move over, Chuck Grassley (R-IA). John Thune (R-SD) might just take the cake for the senator with the biggest sweet tooth. Thune, who became Senate majority leader last year, is notorious for his love of dessert, according to interviews with several of his Republican colleagues, and especially ice cream, helping himself to the treat at […]
The search for Today co-host Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother has stretched into its fourth day, as investigators hunt for clues that explain the elderly woman’s sudden disappearance. Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing from her Arizona home on Sunday, sparking national scrutiny and an FBI investigation. No suspect or person of interest has yet been […]
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, backed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in the face of the Justice Department’s investigation into his conduct, despite his policy disagreements with the central banker. Scott said Wednesday that he does not believe Powell lied during his 2025 testimony before the […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) will not support any funding for the Department of Homeland Security without a deal on the conduct of federal officials, a new line in the sand for congressional Democrats that increases the likelihood of a partial government shutdown later this month. Jeffries told the Washington Examiner he is a […]
Lisa Demuth, a Minnesota Republican currently serving as the state House speaker, was leading in the GOP gubernatorial primary according to the state party’s latest straw poll. Demuth pulled ahead with more than 5,000 votes in the gubernatorial straw poll during Tuesday night’s precinct caucuses, according to the latest results released by the Republican Party […]
Fulton County sued the Trump administration for the repossession of 2020 election files taken by the FBI in a raid last week. The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday, announced at a press conference led by Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairman Robb Pitts. The chairman spoke in grandiose terms, framing the lawsuit as a global […]
