Two prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office showed up without warning at Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, asked to tour the site of a $2.5 billion renovation project, and were denied entry. The confrontation marks the latest escalation in an ongoing…
Florida Republican Cory Mills is refusing to step down from Congress despite mounting pressure from lawmakers in both parties, a new House Ethics Committee investigation, and a trail of allegations that includes a domestic disturbance call, a protective order, and an ex-girlfriend's accusation that he…
A California woman named Lonna Drewes stood before cameras at a press conference in Beverly Hills and accused Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) of drugging her drink, raping her, and choking her until she lost consciousness during an encounter she said took place in 2018. Swalwell,…
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill on Monday adding her state to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a move that would commit Virginia's 13 electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the most votes nationwide, regardless of how Virginians themselves vote. The Virginia…
Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress on Tuesday, ending a 13-year career in Washington that collapsed in days under the weight of sexual misconduct accusations from five women, two of whom alleged rape. His most powerful patron, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, wasted little time stepping…
The U.S. Supreme Court will convene Friday morning for a public non-argument session and may announce at least one opinion from the bench, setting the stage for what could be one of the most consequential stretches of decisions in recent memory. The justices will take…
Body camera footage released Monday shows a St. Louis police officer shooting 17-year-old Emeshyon Wilkins in the back of the head as the teen ran away, directly contradicting an earlier police statement that Wilkins had pointed a gun at officers. The video, obtained through discovery…
Lea Bardon, the White House director of Cabinet Affairs, is stepping down from the Trump administration to become executive vice president at The Sovereign Advisors, a Washington-based public affairs firm founded by longtime Trump confidant Taylor Budowich. The move, first reported by Politico on Tuesday,…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Semafor this week that a proposed executive order requiring banks to collect citizenship information from customers is "in process," the clearest signal yet that the Trump administration intends to close a gap that has allowed illegal immigrants to access the…
Baltimore City police confirmed Tuesday that a body pulled from the Inner Harbor belongs to Branson Oduor, a man reported missing nearly two weeks earlier after a night out in Fells Point. The grim discovery near the National Aquarium closes one chapter of a missing-person…
The House Judiciary Committee released internal Department of Homeland Security documents showing that federal officials knew a Venezuelan man had no valid asylum claim, no identification, no U.S. address, and no fear of returning home, and released him into the country anyway. Less than two…
House Oversight Democrats said Tuesday they will move to hold former Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt of Congress after she failed to appear for a deposition tied to the committee's Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) announced the threat on X, and the…
On Saturday morning, Thomas Friedman went on CNN and said he didn't want America to win the Iran war. His words were softer than that. The meaning wasn't. Friedman told Michael Smerconish that Iran's regime deserved to fall. Then he added a clause. He didn't…
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social late Sunday night to declare that he preferred Pope Leo XIV's older brother over the pope himself, the latest salvo in a public clash between the White House and the Vatican that shows no sign of cooling. "I…
