A New York district attorney is reopening an investigation into allegations that a Cornell University student was drugged and gang raped by seven fraternity members in 2024, nearly two years after prosecutors declined to bring criminal charges. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said his office intends to present the case to a grand […]
Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) crossed President Donald Trump on Sunday by not supporting the president’s policy agenda during the first and only televised debate in the competitive race for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District. Kean is on a difficult journey to the general election in November, as the congressman was absent from the House […]
Supreme Court justices will return to Washington on Monday for their first closed-door conference to discuss cases petitioned to them, a week ahead of the beginning of the high court’s new term featuring several major cases. The high court’s “long conference,” held the week before the new Supreme Court term, will feature thousands of petitions […]
Three Republicans and one Democrat are running on two of Alaska‘s general election ballots after the second Democrat in each race dropped their bids following the state’s open primaries, elevating a third Republican to each race. In the state’s gubernatorial election, the top primary vote-getter, Democratic former state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, is taking on three […]
This is part of a recurring Washington Examiner series ranking the House seats most likely to flip in the 2026 midterm elections. The rankings will be updated as the political landscape shifts, with new editions planned for Oct. 1 and one week before Election Day. Democrats need to flip just three seats to regain the […]
A wave of federal charges and military actions are rooted in President Donald Trump’s move to legally recognize drug cartels and gangs as foreign terrorists. Bombings of alleged drug boats, at least two dozen prosecutions, and the military’s January capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro directly stem from Trump’s State Department listing criminal groups as […]
The attorney for the holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy case said on Sunday his client had “a mountain of evidence” to support his belief that Clancy was criminally responsible for her children’s deaths. In a pre-released clip from a Fox News interview with Kayleigh McEnany, attorney Edward Paltzik said juror Michael Desronvil, whose vote […]
Twelve teenagers were shot in the early morning on Sunday after gunfire broke out at a birthday party in Macon, Georgia. Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said at a press conference that local high school students congregated at the skate park at Carolyn Crayton Park late Saturday night after being told to leave the Airbnb […]
Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the White House’s reporter ban on Sunday, reiterating that it was implemented for national security purposes. “Well, the president hasn’t denied access, that’s not the right way to describe it,” Blanche said while speaking with Martha Raddatz on ABC News’s This Week. She asked Blanche to justify the lack of […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said on Sunday impeaching President Donald Trump for a third time would amount to “setting a standard” should Democrats retake the House of Representatives in November’s midterm elections. While speaking with NBC News’s Kristen Welker on Meet the Press, Khanna rejected the idea that House Democrats should refrain from investigating and […]
