Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) will serve as the new chairman of the Homeland Security Committee after the House Republican Steering Committee selected him over three other contenders late Monday night. Garbarino, the co-chair of the SALT Caucus, defeated Reps. Michael Guest (R-MS), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), and Clay Higgins (R-LA). He will replace former Tennessee Rep. […]
Legendary singer-songwriter Billy Joel said he no longer cares what “woke” critics think of him or his music, telling Bill Maher during a recent appearance on the Club Random podcast that he’s “inured” to criticism. “And you don’t care what they say about you — the woke or … ?” Maher asked Joel on his […]
Republican infighting over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files is causing delays in the House of Representatives, putting key votes at a standstill as the Rules Committee is on track to cancel a meeting meant to set the agenda for the week. The Rules Committee was expected to meet on Monday evening to vote on procedural measures that would advance a […]
A federal judge sentenced a former Kentucky police officer on Monday to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during a 2020 raid in which medical worker Breonna Taylor was fatally shot. United States District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings handed down a 33-month sentence to Brett Hankison after the Department of Justice recommended […]
Washington Examiner’s Joe Concha weighed in on the recent cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, saying the program’s end has deeply disappointed Democrats, having served as a “late-night therapy session” for them during the Trump years. Appearing Monday on Fox News’ America Reports, Concha rebuffed critics, including Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who framed […]
Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, sat down for two lengthy interviews in which he discussed his past drug abuse, denied that a bag of cocaine found at the White House during his father’s administration was his, and discussed his father’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential election. The younger […]
A military-style grenade caused last week’s accidental explosion that killed three Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies at a training facility, the LA County Sheriff’s Department said on Monday. The cause was revealed after the sheriff’s department investigated a Santa Monica apartment complex on Monday concerning Friday’s explosion. A former ex-military tenant allegedly left behind grenades at […]
The House passed two bills Monday night that would authorize the United States Postal Service to create 76 new ZIP codes for communities nationwide. These two bipartisan bills, led by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO), could help smaller communities by speeding up mail delivery and emergency response times. Diaz-Balart‘s bill passed by voice […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) definitively answered on Monday that the House will not hold a vote on the release of the Epstein files before lawmakers leave for summer recess by the end of the week. “My belief is we need the administration to have the space to do what it is doing. If further congressional […]
A campaign office for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–NY) was vandalized over the weekend with bright red graffiti that read “AOC funds genocide in Gaza.” Police responded to the scene around 1 a.m. Monday, after the slogan was discovered painted across the entrance. The vandalism comes in the wake of a contentious vote last week in […]
