EXCLUSIVE — House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is demanding a sweeping review of taxpayer-funded settlement payouts to federal employees, arguing that agencies may be quietly paying out millions of dollars to resolve workplace disputes they could otherwise win in court. In a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner sent Monday […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday detailed his caucus’s strategy to block a Republican measure centered on White House security funding. Schumer outlined concerns about Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) effort to secure $1 billion in federal funding for White House security, including relating to President Donald Trump’s new ballroom project. […]
The California man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump during last month’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner pleaded not guilty Monday to four federal charges during an arraignment in Washington federal court. Cole Allen, 31, appeared Monday morning before U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden for a formal arraignment and status hearing connected to […]
President Donald Trump on Monday will take part in an event focused on maternal healthcare at 10:30 a.m. in the Oval Office. MAHA AT WAR: PENTAGON’S HEALTH REFORM IN LOCKSTEP WITH RFK JR.’S MISSION The event is likely to focus on a website launched by the Trump administration on Mother’s Day that provides resources to […]
Democrats are reportedly considering a plan to lower the retirement age of Virginia Supreme Court justices in an attempt to wipe out all sitting judges and replace them with people more likely to pass the 10-1 redistricting referendum. “They have a simple—and lawful—solution: Send the entire court into early retirement,” Quinn Yeargain, an Associate Professor […]
Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) brushed off criticisms over how his suspension of primary elections had rendered thousands of ballots null, after the Supreme Court struck down the state’s maps. In an interview with 60 Minutes, Landry elaborated on his decision to suspend Louisiana’s primaries, following a Supreme Court ruling that held the state’s creation of […]
FBI Director Kash Patel touted on Monday the “central” role artificial intelligence plays at the federal law enforcement agency, arguing it has helped officials run a “faster, more efficient, and more accountable crime-fighting machine.” “When I first arrived at the FBI, AI had no role at the Bureau,” Patel wrote in a post to X, […]
A Labour minister of parliament canceled her leadership challenge against U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer but demanded that he exit his position by September. The Labour Party has been in crisis mode since last week after it suffered devastating losses in local elections. Over the weekend, Labour MP Catherine West began rallying votes for a […]
Former President Joe Biden is looking to block dozens of hours of his audio recordings with a ghostwriter from being released amid continuing scrutiny into his mental decline. Biden’s legal team is set to resist the release of 70 hours of partially redacted audio recordings to the public or to lawmakers, according to Politico. The […]
TMZ hit Washington at a time when Congress was facing historically low trust, political fatigue, and rampant sexual misconduct scandals. Now, lawmakers have to face transparency head-on. While traditional outlets have covered Congress for decades, the entrance of the Hollywood tabloid reflects how politics, scandal, and social media culture are now inseparable from governing. Yet, […]
