Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’s (R-NY) seat representing Staten Island is in jeopardy after a New York judge gave the go-ahead for a new state congressional map. New York Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Pearlman ruled that the current, 2024 legislative map must be redrawn by the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission by Feb. 6. The state’s GOP is […]
The House is one step closer to passing the final slate of appropriations bills after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) successfully staved off rebellions from his center and right flanks, setting up the legislation for a final vote later this afternoon. The chamber cleared a key hurdle on Thursday when House Republicans voted to bring four […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called the scheme in Minnesota that defrauded organizations feeding hungry children “disgusting behavior,” becoming the latest progressive lawmaker to condemn the scandal. “Fraud is disgusting, especially to steal money from hungry kids for a program to feed hungry kids,” Sanders said on the This Weekend with Theo Von podcast. “That is […]
A former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer was acquitted on Wednesday on 29 felony counts of child abandonment and endangerment related to the May 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting. After seven hours of deliberation, the Corpus Christi jury found Adrian Gonzales not guilty on all counts. Prosecutors emphasized that Gonzales was one of the first […]
The House unanimously passed an amendment to a government funding bill stripping senators swept up in the “Arctic Frost” investigation of the ability to sue the federal government for $500,000 in damages. The amendment will make passing the final spending bills in the Senate an uphill battle. It came the same day that former special […]
Welcome to the latest edition of Washington Secrets. Today, I get the lowdown on how anti-abortion activists prepare for arrest, how JD Vance sweet-talked the second lady into having a fourth child, and the odds of it being named Donald… Randall Terry has been arrested 50 times. By the time you read this, he will have […]
Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) said on Thursday that federal immigration enforcement agents are part of a “proto-militia that [President Donald] Trump is developing” during her first national interview since being sworn into office. Sherrill, a Democrat and former Navy helicopter pilot, took office Jan. 20 after a decisive 14-point victory centered on an affordability agenda. […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukrainian, U.S., and Russian officials would be holding trilateral talks in the United Arab Emirates on Friday and Saturday. Zelensky made the announcement at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. It would be the first meeting of its kind involving the United States since the war began. WHO […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) fired back at Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday by posting a meme parodying the secretary’s description of the governor. Bessent described Newsom as a cross between Patrick Bateman, the main character of American Psycho, played by Christian Bale, and “Sparkle Beach Ken,” the clueless boyfriend of Barbie, during a speech […]
France seized a sanctioned Russian oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, escalating its efforts to crack down on Russia’s financing of its war in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the seizure in a post on X, along with a picture of a military helicopter hovering above a ship. He said the vessel […]
