Former special counsel Jack Smith has requested a public hearing before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on his investigations into President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and involvement in January 6. Smith’s request follows an Oct. 14 letter from House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) in which Jordan demanded Smith schedule a […]

Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is looking to steer his campaign past controversies over an old tattoo and Reddit posts.  Platner’s campaign is undergoing damage control, making key staffing changes, including hiring a campaign manager with ties to former President Barack Obama’s presidential bid, sending nondisclosure agreements to employees, and bringing in a compliance […]

The Trump administration is preparing to deploy the National Guard to Portland while waiting for three different federal courts to make decisions over the previous deployment of troops to three Democrat-run cities. In the Democrat-run states to which President Donald Trump has deployed troops, state governments have filed lawsuits alleging that the federalization and deployment of the […]

A food program that supports millions of low-income Americans could soon be affected by the shutdown as lawmakers blame one another for the Washington gridlock that is putting benefits at risk. Millions of Americans’ benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are set to lapse on Nov. 1, with at least 25 states having announced they will […]