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…
Bishop Robert Barron, one of the most prominent Catholic voices in America and a member of the Trump administration's own Religious Liberty Commission, issued a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump's public comments about Pope Leo XIV, saying the president's words were "entirely inappropriate and…
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…
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…
The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline fell to $4.11 on Wednesday, marking the fifth consecutive daily decline since Friday, according to AAA data reported by the Washington Examiner. The one-cent drop from Tuesday's price is real, but so is the fact…
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson used a nearly hour-long appearance at Yale Law School on Monday to publicly criticize her conservative colleagues for issuing emergency orders that allowed the Trump administration to advance key policy goals, calling their legal reasoning "scratch-paper musings" and their…
The Republican-led Senate voted 47-52 on Wednesday to reject a Democratic resolution that would have forced the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the conflict in Iran absent explicit congressional authorization, the fourth time this year the chamber has turned back such an effort. But 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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
