House Democrats will reconvene their Jan. 6 riot investigation select committee on the fifth anniversary of the incident. The hearing will be unofficial, as House Republicans wouldn’t agree to hold a hearing largely pitched by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in partisan terms. In a letter to House Democrats, Jeffries said the hearing would […]

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) announced Monday she would appeal a federal judge’s ruling denying her effort to toss charges for allegedly assaulting law enforcement outside a federal immigration facility earlier this year. U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper denied McIver’s efforts to toss the case on claims of vindictive prosecution, while also denying her bid from November to […]

President Donald Trump floated filing a lawsuit alleging “gross incompetence” against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over the costs associated with renovating the Fed headquarters. Trump renewed his feud with Powell on Monday, this time directing his complaints against the project. “They don’t know what they’re doing. They’re way over budget,” Trump bemoaned. He then […]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Monday that he was unsure whether he would attend Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s January inauguration, saying some of the latter’s supporters “protest everything.” Adams has taken on a more conciliatory tone toward Mamdani after positioning himself as one of his foremost rivals during the mayoral campaign. When asked […]