The Justice Department on Wednesday placed two prosecutors on leave after they filed a legal brief describing the people on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021, as “a mob of rioters,” and connecting President Donald Trump to the 2023 doxxing of former President Barack Obama‘s house. Assistant U.S. attorneys Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White were […]

Virginia residents are casting ballots in a handful of days for myriad closely watched races from the governor’s office to the House of Delegates, as Republicans and Democrats battle to tilt the balance of power in the state. The GOP hopes to capitalize on a political trend toward red in the Old Dominion that they […]

House GOP leadership has leaned into attacking New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani at their daily government shutdown press conference. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), referencing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s (D-NY) endorsement of Mamdani last week, said this “dangerous ideology” is what is “motivating them” in reference to the government shutdown. As Republicans […]

Senate Democrats are holding a press conference on Wednesday afternoon to urge President Donald Trump to use the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency fund to support the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as food benefits are set to run out for more than 42 million Americans by Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown. The effort […]