The FBI opened a formal investigation into several Republican members of Congress in January 2021, days after prosecutors handling the case privately called the allegations behind it "embarrassing," "appalling," and "completely incredible," according to internal government records obtained by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley. The…
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom in the state, handing religious-liberty advocates a significant legal victory and setting the stage for a likely showdown at the U.S. Supreme…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced Tuesday that Republicans will push forward this week on a budget blueprint that would channel an additional $70 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, enough to keep the agencies funded through at least January 20, 2029,…
President Trump threw the Republican primary race for New York's 21st Congressional District into turmoil Tuesday, endorsing upstate entrepreneur Anthony Constantino over state Assemblyman Robert Smullen, the candidate backed by the state party chairman and the overwhelming majority of local GOP committees in the district.…
A Houston federal judge on Tuesday dismissed FBI Director Kash Patel's defamation lawsuit against former FBI counterintelligence chief Frank Figliuzzi, ruling that Figliuzzi's televised claim that Patel spent more time in nightclubs than at bureau headquarters was protected speech, not a statement of fact. U.S.…
A prominent mental-health activist who collaborated with former President Joe Biden and Oprah Winfrey is fighting for her life after she was stabbed inside her Burbank home early Monday morning. Her mother, a beloved second-grade teacher, did not survive the attack. An eerie photograph of…
A 41-year-old illegal immigrant who had been entrusted as a young girl's guardian pleaded guilty this week in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to aggravated crimes against nature by incest, a charge stemming from what investigators say was a two-year pattern of rape that ended only when…
Sen. John Fetterman has broken with his party on border security, Israel, Iran, and cabinet nominees. Now his own state's House Democrats won't say he deserves another term, and some aren't even trying to hide their frustration. Punchbowl News spoke to several Pennsylvania congressional members…
Sen. John Fetterman broke with his party's celebration Tuesday evening, calling a Democratic redistricting victory in Virginia a defeat for the country. Appearing on NewsNation's "Cuomo," the Pennsylvania Democrat learned on-air that Virginia voters had narrowly approved an initiative allowing Democrats to redraw the state's…
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut posted a single word, "Awesome", on X in response to a report claiming 26 Iranian shadow fleet vessels had slipped past the U.S. naval blockade in the Gulf of Oman. The backlash was immediate, bipartisan in tone if not…
In January, BART, the subway and rail system serving San Francisco and its suburbs, reported that crime on its trains fell 41 percent in 2025. The agency installed 715 new fare gates across all 50 stations. Fare gates are the waist-high turnstiles riders must pass…
President Trump flatly rejected his own Energy secretary's timeline on falling gas prices Monday, telling The Hill that Chris Wright was "totally wrong" to suggest Americans might not see sub-$3 fuel until next year. The public contradiction, delivered in a phone interview, exposed a visible…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sat across from NBC's Kristen Welker on Sunday and did what politicians do when every honest answer carries a cost: he said nothing at all. Asked repeatedly whether Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should mount a primary challenge against Sen. Chuck…
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from two Massachusetts parents who say a public school secretly encouraged their child's social gender transition, using a new name and pronouns behind their backs while presenting a different picture in every communication sent home.…
