Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s spy chief, who is accused of having plotted a coup attempt to keep his boss in power. Alexandre Ramagem, Bolsonaro’s intelligence chief, was sentenced in absentia to 16 years in prison in September over his role in the alleged coup attempt, which included plans to […]
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) on Tuesday said he is not the man accompanying Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) in a viral video showing the former California gubernatorial candidate with a woman in a compromising situation. Gallego has been viewed as one of Swalwell’s closest friends in Congress but has begun distancing himself since five women came […]
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) floated two of his Republican colleagues as possible nominees for the Supreme Court as speculation swirls over whether Justice Samuel Alito may soon step down. Grassley, whose committee is responsible for ushering judicial nominees to Senate confirmation, told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday that he would recommend Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Ted Cruz […]
President Donald Trump called for a clean extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act following a meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Though Trump has long blamed FISA for the federal surveillance of his 2016 presidential campaign, the White House has in recent days rejected calls from some conservative lawmakers to reform the program […]
Freedom 250 unveiled details on Tuesday about the Great American State Fair set to mark 250 years of U.S. independence in the capital this summer. The landmark celebration in Washington, D.C., will highlight all 56 U.S. states and territories “in a single World’s Fair-scale event,” according to Freedom 250, the organization President Donald Trump spearheaded […]
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) may be resigning under a cloud of scandal, but he is still eligible for a taxpayer-funded congressional pension. According to a National Taxpayers Union analysis obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner, the 45-year-old Swalwell would be eligible to receive a taxpayer-funded pension of roughly $22,000 per year starting at age 62. […]
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Tuesday a suspension of the federal tax on gasoline and jet fuel until Labor Day, a move that comes just one day after he secured the Liberal parliamentary majority. Carney said the temporary suspension, expected to take effect Monday and run through the peak summer travel months, would […]
The Trump administration urged a federal court this week to allow construction of the White House East Wing, including the new ballroom, to continue, with a senior Secret Service official warning of “numerous security risks” if the project is halted. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, had ordered […]
Gov. Wes Moore‘s (D-MD) hopes to redistrict Maryland have fallen by the wayside as the state Senate refused to advance an effort to redraw the state’s maps in favor of Democrats. The Maryland Democratic caucus was splintered over the redistricting move, as Democratic state Senate President Bill Ferguson staunchly opposed the effort Moore had promoted. Though the […]
Another woman on Tuesday accused Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) of rape, after a slew of sexual misconduct claims made against the congressman led him to suspend his California gubernatorial campaign and announce he will resign from office. Lana Drews said she met Swalwell socially in 2018, when she said she was a model in California […]
