Grassley quietly demanded answers from Patel on FBI travel spending before Democrats went public

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley sent a private letter to FBI Director Kash Patel back in May asking point-blank whether he had reimbursed the government for personal travel on the bureau's jet, weeks before Democrats seized on the same issue with a public pressure campaign of their own. The Iowa Republican's letter, first reported […]

Nearly a month after cardiac arrest, McConnell remains hospitalized — and his own colleagues say they know almost nothing

Sen. Mitch McConnell has been inside George Washington University Hospital for more than three weeks, and the people who work alongside him in the United States Senate still cannot say with certainty what happened to him or when, or whether, he will return. The latest confusion arrived Tuesday when Rep. Brett Guthrie, a fellow Kentucky […]

Trump hails Florida venue ruling as a win while $3.8B Washington Post defamation suit falls at summary judgment

A federal judge in Florida handed President Donald Trump a procedural victory Monday, denying The New York Times' bid to move his defamation lawsuit out of the Middle District of Florida, a ruling Trump quickly celebrated on Truth Social. The same week brought a setback on a separate front: a different federal judge dismissed Trump […]

Air Force major confined to D.C. base, faces UCMJ probe after uniformed impeachment protest on Capitol steps

An Air Force major with 17 years of active-duty service is restricted to a military installation in southwest Washington after staging a brief, uniformed protest on the steps of the U.S. Capitol calling for the impeachment of President Trump and Vice President Vance. The military is now investigating him under five articles of the Uniform […]

Third Circuit judges press attorneys on scope of Catholic nuns' contraception exemptions

A federal appeals court panel grilled lawyers from both sides this week over whether Trump-era rules shielding religious employers from the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate followed proper procedure, the latest chapter in a legal fight that has dragged on for more than a decade and twice reached the Supreme Court. The oral arguments before […]

Democrats flee Graham Platner's Senate bid after rape allegation surfaces in Maine

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner watched his party abandon him Monday after a 41-year-old Maine woman accused him of rape in interviews published simultaneously by Politico and CNN, triggering a cascade of endorsement withdrawals, funding threats, and public demands that he exit the race immediately. Jenny Racicot told both outlets that Platner entered her […]

Michael Rapaport admits he was wrong about Trump after years of public attacks

Michael Rapaport spent years making a second career out of bashing Donald Trump. Now the 56-year-old comedian says he was wrong, and he's willing to say so out loud, which puts him ahead of most of Hollywood. Rapaport laid out his reversal on Jamie Kennedy's podcast "Hate To Break It To Ya," as Fox News […]

Trump's legal team moves to merge Carroll cases — and her attorneys fear it could erase both judgments

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan issued an order on July 4 directing Donald Trump to release a $5.8 million civil judgment held in escrow to E. Jean Carroll by the following Tuesday, or explain to the court why he would not. The order came as Carroll's legal team raised alarms about a separate maneuver they […]

Sen. Mark Kelly draws conservative fire for wearing Mexico jersey during World Cup

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly posted photos of himself and his wife, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, decked out in Mexico jerseys at a World Cup watch party in Tucson, and the response from the right was swift and unsparing. Kelly shared the images on X on Sunday evening, writing from a venue called La Rosa as […]

Missing Florida woman found dead in McDonald's parking lot as questions mount

A McDonald's manager in Tampa arrived for the Sunday morning shift, spotted a vehicle in the parking lot with someone inside who wasn't moving, and dialed 911. By the time Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies reached the East Fletcher Avenue restaurant, they confirmed what the caller feared: the person in the black Volkswagen Tiguan was […]