FBI Director Kash Patel said Tuesday that the bureau is investigating more than 20 people connected to an online Discord chat with Charlie Kirk murder suspect Tyler Robinson, confirming the chat’s existence, which had been leaked, and that it is now part of an active federal investigation. Patel made the disclosure during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in response […]

House Republican leadership released text for a stopgap spending deal on Tuesday afternoon as the conference races against the clock to get funding legislation to President Donald Trump’s desk by the end of the month to avoid a government shutdown. The continuing resolution will extend current funding levels for the federal government and punt the […]

A Chinese Coast Guard vessel damaged a Philippine vessel on Tuesday near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. Both sides quickly accused the other of being responsible for the latest incident in their dispute over the shoal. In the Chinese Coast Guard’s telling of events, more than 10 Philippine vessels surrounded the […]

Some Democrats are seeing state Sen. Josh Turek’s U.S. Senate bid as their best chance at success in the 2026 Iowa Senate race. Several Iowa Democratic leaders said Turek will be backed by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, according to a NOTUS report, but no formal endorsements have […]