Another Democrat jumped into the primary race to topple Rep. David Scott (D-GA), who has represented suburban Atlanta in Congress for more than two decades. Georgia Democratic state Rep. Jasmine Clark launched her campaign Monday for Georgia’s 13th Congressional District. Clark, 42, is a microbiologist, state representative, and Emory University nursing school professor. Clark’s entrance […]
The Senate is gearing up to vote on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”, during which Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s (R-OK) desk will likely come to the aid of those needing a treat. Mullin was assigned the historic candy desk in January at the start of the 119th Congress, though the tradition of the desk dates […]
Ukraine’s brazen, multifaceted attack on Russian military bases over the weekend was more than a year in the making and demonstrated its creativity in picking up battlefield victories against a much larger and better-resourced military. The full extent of Operation Spider’s Web, as it was called, demonstrated Ukraine’s evolving tactics, the significance of drones in […]
The House Freedom Caucus is calling on leadership to pass the White House‘s $9.4 billion rescissions bill “immediately,” the fiscal conservative group’s latest demand to codify Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency cuts. The Freedom Caucus said upon receiving the proposal, which calls for major cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and foreign aid […]
Justice Clarence Thomas blasted the Supreme Court on Monday for declining to take up a case challenging Maryland’s law banning “assault weapons,” which specifically targets the AR-15 firearm. The high court denied a petition to hear a case brought by a pro-gun group to overturn a 2013 Maryland law that outlawed various semiautomatic firearms, labeling […]
Aaron Brooks was riding his bike Sunday afternoon when he heard screams for help come from around the corner of the Boulder courthouse. What Brooks encountered next is something that he said will stay with him forever: “I hear somebody yelling, ‘Is anybody a doctor, is anybody a doctor?’ And I thought somebody maybe at […]
South Korean politics nearly imploded after former President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law at the end of last year. He alleged that a grand conspiracy of communists, North Korean assets, and subversive radicals had compromised the National Assembly and federal government. By the end of the week, the declaration had been rendered invalid by […]
The Trump administration must face a trial next month over allegations that it used immigration powers to retaliate against foreign student protesters in a case that could test the outer bounds of constitutional protections for noncitizens involved in anti-Israel activism. U.S. District Judge William Young, an appointee of former President Ronald Reagan, ruled Monday that […]
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) shared a TikTok video of himself eating a taco to mock President Donald Trump’s tariff negotiation strategy. In the video, posted on Friday, Swalwell is asked about the TACO acronym, which means “Trump always chickens out,” while sitting at his desk. Investors have used the acronym to characterize Trump’s habit of […]
The campaign for Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) agreed to pay an over $60,000 fine to avoid going to court after a Federal Election Commission investigation found the congresswoman’s 2020 committee violated several campaign finance rules. Citizens for Waters and its treasurer, David Gould, are accused of “failing to accurately report receipts and disbursements” and “knowingly […]
