House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) said “team players” should get top committee spots after Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) bucked Democratic leadership for the second time this month by crossing the aisle on a party-line vote. “The American people know we’re focused on them and that means we need team players who are all in on […]

Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico named Alyssa Edwards as his favorite drag queen. The name refers to Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson, whose stage name is Alyssa Edwards. The drag performer has been outspoken on LGBT issues, especially in support of youth drag shows. Talarico was approached by a man after a campaign event who […]

An Afghan man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday for his role in supporting the Islamic State group-K, five years after the terrorist group’s bombing at Kabul’s Abbey Gate killed 13 U.S. service members and roughly 160 Afghans during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Mohammad Sharifullah received the maximum sentence for his one-count […]

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles announced she was cancer-free in a social media post on Wednesday. “Thank you to my family, friends, doctors, and everyone who prayed for me, checked in, and supported me along the way,” she wrote in a post on X. President Donald Trump announced Wiles had been diagnosed with “early-stage” breast […]