Rep. Tony Gonzales’s (R-TX) decision to end his reelection bid has quelled an effort to rebuke him for having an affair with a staffer — sparing House Republicans a messy disciplinary fight as they struggle to manage their razor-thin majority. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is reportedly halting her effort to censure the Texas Republican […]

Former President Barack Obama provided a dim outlook of the country during his eulogy for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, saying, “it’s hard to hope.” Obama told the crowd gathered at the House of Hope on Chicago’s South Side for Jackson’s funeral that “each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic […]

The Florida Bar denied it is investigating Lindsey Halligan, the former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, after a bar official mistakenly said otherwise in response to a left-leaning nonprofit watchdog’s complaint. News of the pending investigation circulated Thursday night based on a Feb. 4 letter reported by the New York Times and […]

Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) pressed a State Department official Thursday about Biden administration funding to “queer” maps during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.  During the exchange, Mast questioned Undersecretary of Public Diplomacy Sarah B. Rogers about a program he referred to as “queer maps.” “Can you tell me — what is ‘queering’ the map?” […]