Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who testified before the House select committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 riot in 2021, launched his second run for Congress on Wednesday. Dunn is seeking to replace retiring Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), who represents Maryland’s 5th Congressional District. He’ll be facing state Del. Adrian Boafo (D-MD), […]
An Oregon judge temporarily barred federal officers from firing “chemical or projectile munitions” at anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters in Portland on Tuesday. The ruling, issued by U.S. District Judge Michael Simon, applies to tear gas, pepper spray, less-lethal shotguns, rubber ball grenades, and various other weapons. Officers have often used such munitions to maintain […]
President Donald Trump has renewed his focus on election integrity — including calling for what he described as the “nationalization of voting” — even as many Republicans on Capitol Hill show little appetite to embrace his push. The firestorm erupted on Monday when Trump appeared for an interview with his former FBI Deputy Director Dan […]
A pair of Democratic senators is touting tens of millions of dollars in federal funding they “secured” for local projects in their home state despite voting against the legislation. Opposing a White House-brokered funding deal that cleared Congress on Tuesday and was signed into law by President Donald Trump didn’t stop Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) […]
The NFL announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not be one of the federal law enforcement agencies present at Super Bowl 60 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday. Security for the sporting event will remain consistent with law enforcement operations at previous Super Bowls, which have not included ICE, the NFL […]
Hurricane Helene’s stalled recovery is quickly emerging as one of the most politically volatile issues in North Carolina’s marquee Senate race, with both Republican front-runner Michael Whatley and former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper facing sustained attacks over how relief efforts have unfolded. The disaster has created a rare opening in which both parties believe they […]
Campaign for Democracy, a super PAC founded by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), received $100,000 from a government affairs firm that specializes in securing state-level contracts for its clients, a Washington Examiner review of public records has found. LSN Partners and Alexander Heckler, the firm’s managing partner, each donated $50,000 to Newsom’s Campaign for Democracy in […]
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner drew the ire of the Department of Homeland Security, as well as elected officials throughout the country, for his recent comments at an “ICE OUT” press conference about “hunting down” Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers similar to the way they “hunted down Nazis for decades.” It marks the second time […]
A highly classified complaint related to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard contained an allegation she withheld classified information “for political purposes,” though the intelligence community’s inspector general determined the allegation “did not appear credible.” The complaint, from May 2025, first made headlines when the Wall Street Journal reported Monday on the lengthy process taken […]
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is hospitalized with flu-like symptoms but has a “positive” prognosis, his office says. “In an abundance of caution, after experiencing flu-like symptoms over the weekend, Senator McConnell checked himself into a local hospital for evaluation last night,” McConnell spokesman David Popp told the Washington Examiner. “His prognosis is positive, and he […]
