The House Committee on Ethics has revealed it is investigating Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX), the latest lawmaker to face scrutiny from the congressional panel. A public statement released Monday by Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) and ranking member Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) did not disclose the allegations that precipitated the investigation. “The Committee notes that the mere […]

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission on Monday, ruling that the advisory panel does not violate a federal requirement that presidential advisory committees be “fairly balanced.” U.S. District Judge John Cronan, a Trump nominee in New York, rejected arguments that the commission was unlawfully skewed because it included […]

Washington Examiner Executive Editor Bob Cusack says Republicans desperately want President Donald Trump to focus on selling the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to the public.  Looking to examine whether Americans have benefited from the legislation, host Taylor Popielarz asked Cusack what he had learned about who is gaining economically from the bill, and whether […]

The Democratic National Committee is confronting a renewed credibility crisis under Chairman Ken Martin as financial struggles, management controversies, and questions about the committee’s influence fuel calls from outside Democrats for new leadership. Democrats outside the DNC have grown louder in their calls for Martin to step down, while renewed fights over the party’s direction […]