Rep. Christian Menefee (D-TX) was sworn in Monday to represent the voters of Texas’s 18th Congressional District, bringing Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) already razor-thin margin even narrower. Menefee won a runoff against Amanda Edwards on Saturday to succeed the late Rep. Sylvester Turner for the Houston-based seat. Turner died in March 2025, and the seat […]

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) rejected former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s offer to testify on the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ahead of the House moving forward with contempt proceedings. The offer was made as the House is set to vote on the resolution to […]

Ed Martin, the Trump administration’s pardon attorney at the Justice Department, will remain in that role for now despite no longer serving as the chief of the department’s Weaponization Working Group. Since President Donald Trump‘s return to the Oval Office last year, Martin has been leading the administration’s effort to restore balance to the DOJ following […]

Former Texas Democratic Rep. Colin Allred weighed in on the Texas Senate race he withdrew from with an endorsement for Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX). Allred announced his endorsement for Crockett in a video posted to X in which he blasted Texas state Rep. James Talarico for allegedly calling him a “mediocre black man.” “I understand […]