Former special counsel Jack Smith is expected to sit for a closed-door deposition on Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, marking the first time lawmakers will directly question him about the federal prosecutions he brought against President Donald Trump. The deposition, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET, comes as House Republicans continue a sweeping […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York suggested White House chief of staff Susie Wiles should have expected a negative outcome from agreeing to an interview with Vanity Fair. “Vanity Fair was invited into the White House,” York said on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle on Tuesday. “Top officials in the White House, Vice President […]
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is testifying in front of the Senate on Wednesday for the first time since a national controversy around talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. His testimony is set to begin at 10 a.m. He will be joined by commissioners Olivia Trusty and Anna Gomez, though he will likely face the […]
Australian authorities on Wednesday announced that they charged the gunman accused of targeting Jews at a recent Hanukkah celebration with committing a terrorist act. The New South Wales Police revealed a total of 59 counts against Naveed Akram, including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of causing wounding or grievous bodily harm to a person […]
One of Jared Kushner’s firms announced on Tuesday it is exiting the takeover battle for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., after previously helping finance Paramount Skydance Corp.’s bid to acquire the entertainment company. Kushner, who founded Affinity Partners, is President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and is known as one of his top informal advisers. Affinity Partners has now […]
The Texas Democratic Party is running a candidate in every 2026 state and federal election for the first time in the modern history of the state. The party is running 104 candidates to fill every congressional and state legislative seat, along with every statewide judicial and state Board of Education race, the Texas Tribune reported. […]
The second round of December Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued today. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, Dec. 17. The first round of payments went out on Dec. 10 to recipients born on or […]
House Republicans have found themselves once again staring down the barrel of an 11th-hour vote ahead of the holidays that risks fracturing the party. The item before the House this time around is their healthcare plan, the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, a response to the Obamacare subsidies that are set to […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) said there would not be a vote to extend the expiring Obamacare subsidies. The decision not to do so has left many legislators peeved, including many Republicans such as Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY). During an interview on CBS News’s The Takeout with Major Garrett, Lawler blasted the decision […]
President Donald Trump amplified a social media post on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday, calling for the arrest of former FBI Director Christopher Wray and former Attorney General Merrick Garland. “Someone should be arrested. Wray & Garland,” Truth Social account @Jay_Anthony45 posted on Tuesday night. The comment was in response to an earlier Trump […]
