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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) have demanded the Justice Department and Office of the Director of National Intelligence release documents they say were deliberately misclassified to obstruct scrutiny of alleged Biden family wrongdoing. In a Monday…
Anthony Constantino is self-funding his congressional campaign after clinching the Republican primary for New York’s 21st District. The 43-year-old founder and CEO of Sticker Mule, a custom printing company based in Amsterdam, New York, has committed millions of his own…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has plastered New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani alongside Iran’s supreme leader, Hezbollah’s chief and Turkey’s president on a massive re-election billboard in Tel Aviv. The sign, mounted along the Ayalon highway, displays superimposed images…
Declassified FBI documents reveal the bureau discovered Eric Swalwell’s affair with suspected Chinese spy Christine Fang by accident while attempting to recruit her as a double-agent. The California Democrat, 45, who is currently running for governor, was codenamed in bureau…
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a $5 million jury verdict in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll. The justices issued a one-sentence order denying Trump’s request to rehear his appeal, with no explanation…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 36, has fired back at critics who judged her decision to freeze her eggs. The New York congresswoman addressed the backlash directly on Instagram after followers questioned whether she regretted the fertility preservation process. Ocasio-Cortez, who represents New…
Ricardo Hausmann, 70, has broken his silence after his anti-Trump Financial Times op-ed was found to be largely AI-generated. The Harvard Kennedy School professor addressed the controversy in a statement to the FT, explaining that he had used artificial intelligence…
President Trump said Friday that he plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz “a territory of the United States” after the Iran war, marking a dramatic escalation in his rhetoric about the strategically vital waterway that has become central to…
Wisconsin Democratic congressional candidate Rebecca Cooke called out her own party for abandoning rural and working-class voters during a podcast interview Thursday. Cooke, 38, appeared on the “Politics War Room” podcast with co-hosts James Carville, 80, and Al Hunt, where…
Nigel Farage has successfully retained his parliamentary seat in the Clacton by-election, winning with 22,239 votes to defeat his main challenger Count Binface, who captured 9,455 votes. The result has allowed Farage to remain an MP after triggering the special…
The Kennedy Center’s board voted Thursday to create a “President Donald J. Trump Plaza” around the performing arts complex and add new signage crediting Trump for restoring the building. Trump, 78, who chairs the board, participated virtually in the meeting…
A Democratic congressional candidate is under fire from Republicans for hosting a fundraiser at a San Diego LGBTQ nightclub with sexually themed menu items. Marni von Wilpert, a San Diego city councilmember, scheduled the Thursday event at Gossip Grill, which…
Fresno County supervisors have filed a lawsuit against California after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation forcing a local road tax onto the November ballot. Newsom, 56, signed Assembly Bill 1923 last week, requiring Fresno County to place the Better Roads,…
President Trump announced that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving her post at the end of August to spend more time with her family. View this post on Instagram Leavitt, 28, had officially returned from maternity leave just…
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed into law new abortion regulations on Monday, Aug. 10. Democratic Gov. Maura Healey was met with applause and smiles as she signed away Massachusetts’ gestational limits on abortion, making the deep-blue state the 10th to…
Republican Senator John Kennedy unveiled a catchy new insult for progressive Democrats on Monday night, deriding democratic socialists as “Lulu Lenins” during an appearance on Fox News. The Louisiana senator’s creative moniker — a blend of the high-end athletic apparel…