Nancy Pelosi told an audience at George Washington University on Monday that President Trump's public clash with Pope Leo XIV over the war in Iran was not worth discussing on its merits, only as a matter of psychology. "It isn't even worthy of a conversation;…
A 60-year-old high school principal in Oklahoma charged an armed former student in a school lobby, took a gunshot to the right leg, and still wrestled the shooter to the ground, likely preventing a mass killing that the suspect told investigators he had modeled on…
The Senate voted down a Democratic war powers resolution on Wednesday, defeating an effort to force President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from hostilities in Iran without explicit congressional authorization. The final tally, 47 to 52, marked the fourth time this year that Senate…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
