The Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned a money-laundering and cash-smuggling network tied to the Mexican Cartel del Noreste, hours after U.S. Southern Command said it carried out another strike on a suspected drug trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific.  Announced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the sanctions target six people and entities that […]

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) should be expelled by the House after an ethics investigation found she committed wrongdoing on several counts after a monthslong probe into allegations of financial misconduct. Johnson, who has shied away from calling for members to resign before the House Committee on Ethics completes investigations into […]

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Europe, sided with Pope Leo XIV in his feud with the president. In her first direct rebuke of Trump since he retook office, Meloni denounced his comments criticizing the pope, made over the weekend. “I find President Trump’s remarks about the Holy […]

A fifth woman is coming forward on Tuesday to detail sexual misconduct claims against Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who is resigning from Congress and dropping his gubernatorial bid in the wake of a slew of sexual assault allegations. ERIC SWALWELL TO RESIGN FROM CONGRESS AFTER SEXUAL ASSAULT ACCUSATIONS The new accuser is presenting her claims […]