A government watchdog filed an ethics complaint this week in Arkansas against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over concerns she helped conspire to derail President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign by fabricating ties between his team and Russia. Democracy Restored is seeking a “formal review” into Clinton from the Arkansas state bar that could strip […]
A Republican bid to approve new congressional maps in Texas cleared a major hurdle on Wednesday as the state House of Representatives advanced the legislation in a procedural vote. The new maps, which would create five new GOP districts to “enhance” Republican performance in the 2026 midterm elections, advanced 88-52 with a final vote expected […]
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced on Wednesday plans to cut her “bloated” department’s workforce by over 40% by the end of September, billing the effort as an initiative to save taxpayers over $700 million annually. After the reorganization wraps up at the end of fiscal 2025, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence […]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Fox News’s Will Cain accepted the Trump administration’s latest “Make America Healthy Again” challenge, sharing footage of their attempt on X. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. unveiled the “Pete & Bobby Challenge” Monday evening. It requires participants to complete 100 push-ups and […]
(The Center Square) – Reinstating work requirements for some welfare recipients found support across the aisle on Wednesday. It’s a notable change after the partisan nature of the debate in recent years: Republicans have long wanted waivers from the mandate, which have been used on and off for the last 20 years, to expire amid […]
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), along with a handful of House Democrats, will introduce two bills requiring federal officers to use body and dashboard cameras on marked vehicles and terminate President Donald Trump‘s federalization of the Washington, D.C., police force. The legislation will include Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Park Police among those who […]
(The Center Square) — New Hampshire ranks last in the nation for higher education funding, according to a new report, which said the lack of financial support for college students could impact the state’s economy. The report by the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute, a nonpartisan research group, found that New Hampshire spent $4,629 per full-time student […]
The miles of steel slats along the southern border are getting a fresh coat of paint meant to disincentivize would-be crossers, drawing praise from Republicans and new criticism from Democrats. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced while in New Mexico this week that President Donald Trump had instructed her to paint the “entire” reddish brown […]
Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier on Wednesday interrupted a Zoom call promoting Democratic redistricting fights to say she was being threatened with a felony before abruptly leaving the bathroom where she had been speaking. Collier made headlines for sleeping at the state Capitol rather than agreeing to police surveillance imposed by Republicans following a […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s early advantage over Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the state’s primary battle is rapidly shrinking, according to a new poll. Paxton is challenging Cornyn from the right ahead of the 2026 primary. The attorney general has enjoyed a commanding polling lead over Cornyn for months amid conservatives’ dissatisfaction with the […]
