Missouri AG urges Supreme Court to restore GOP-backed congressional map after state court blocks it

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that blocked the state’s Republican-drawn congressional map and ordered a statewide referendum, warning of “unprecedented chaos” if the ruling stands. The state’s redistricting battle escalated this week after the Missouri Supreme Court threw out the new congressional […]

House Democrats in turmoil after two members join GOP to hand Trump a crucial win

Two House Democrats broke ranks and voted with Republicans to advance key GOP-backed measures, handing former President Trump’s party a political victory and provoking fury and calls for punishment from their own leadership. Democratic Representatives Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington State and Jared Golden of Maine crossed the aisle on Tuesday to support a Republican […]

Elon Musk’s America PAC pours millions into Texas as Republicans fight to hold Senate seat

Elon Musk’s America PAC has ramped up spending in Texas to support GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton, as Republicans scramble to overcome a fundraising deficit and defend their Senate majority in a high-stakes race Democrats hope to flip. Texas, a state that has not elected a Democrat statewide since 1994, is suddenly the focus of […]

Maine's highest court bars mother from bringing daughter to church, setting up Supreme Court fight

Maine's Supreme Judicial Court has sided with a father who sought to block his ex from taking their daughter to an evangelical church, a ruling her attorneys call an unprecedented assault on parental religious freedom now headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court issued its opinion on Tuesday, affirming a lower court custody order […]

Former podcaster indicted for allegedly threatening to assassinate President Trump

Federal agents arrested a former Christian reality TV host and podcaster in Los Angeles after a grand jury indicted him on charges of threatening to kill President Trump, cyberstalking Trump's personal attorney, and telephonic harassment, charges that carry up to 12 years in federal prison. Benjamin Azariah Southworth, 40, was taken into custody early on […]

Inspector general finds former Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer abused office, visited strip club on personal trip

A Department of Labor inspector general report found former Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer violated conduct standards across six areas of alleged misconduct, from a strip club visit to drinking on the job, capping a scandal that forced her resignation months ago. The Labor Department's Office of Inspector General released its investigative report Thursday, concluding that Chavez-DeRemer's […]

Trump administration returns to Supreme Court seeking to enforce mail-ballot restrictions before midterms

The Trump administration filed a second emergency appeal to the Supreme Court on Thursday asking the justices to let its mail-in ballot executive order take effect before November, just days after a federal judge in Boston blocked the policy again. The appeal sets up another high-stakes clash over election rules with barely two months before […]

Vance defends Carlson friendship despite disagreements over Trump and Michigan Senate race

Vice President JD Vance refused to distance himself from Tucker Carlson at a White House press briefing Thursday, calling the right-wing media figure a friend even as he rejected Carlson's call to remove President Trump from office. Vance fielded a pointed question about whether his relationship with Carlson had become a political liability. The former […]

FBI arrests Los Angeles man indicted for allegedly threatening to kill President Trump

Federal agents arrested a 40-year-old Los Angeles podcaster who allegedly spent months posting videos calling for President Trump's assassination and cyberstalking one of Trump's personal attorneys, the latest in a pattern of escalating threats against the president. Benjamin Azariah Southworth was taken into custody at his Westlake neighborhood home in Los Angeles on September 3 […]

White House fires back after biographer claims Melania Trump hasn't spent a night in the residence

The White House issued a blistering response to biographer Michael Wolff after he alleged that First Lady Melania Trump has not slept a single night at the White House during President Trump's current term, a claim the administration calls the work of a "serial liar." White House spokesperson Davis Ingle tore into Wolff by name […]