Ilhan Omar's massive financial disclosure gap draws deeper scrutiny of husband's business dealings

Rep. Ilhan Omar's household wealth went from as much as $30 million on paper to under $95,000, and her office calls it an accounting mistake. The Minnesota Democrat amended her congressional financial disclosure after the original filing placed her and husband Tim Mynett's combined assets between $6 million and $30 million. The revised figure: somewhere […]

Federal appeals court erases $8.2 million defamation award for Roy Moore, citing lack of actual malice

A three-judge panel of the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday overturned the $8.2 million damages award that former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore had won against the Senate Majority PAC, ruling that Moore failed to prove the Democratic-aligned group acted with actual malice when it aired attack ads during his 2017 […]

Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer resigns amid inspector general probe into misconduct allegations

Lori Chavez-DeRemer stepped down as Labor Secretary on Monday, becoming the third cabinet-level departure from the Trump administration this year as an inspector general investigation into a widening set of misconduct allegations continued to unfold around her and her husband. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung confirmed the resignation, saying Chavez-DeRemer would be "leaving the […]

Trump orders Reflecting Pool restoration, scraps $301 million plan for $1.5 million fix

President Donald Trump announced a fast-track project to restore the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, calling the iconic landmark "filthy" and "disgusting" after years of neglect, and rejecting a previous plan that would have cost taxpayers two hundred times more. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on April 23 that contractors […]

Baltimore mayor defends $52,000 in taxpayer-funded skybox spending, calls press scrutiny 'ridiculous'

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott spent more than $52,000 in public money on food, drinks, and skybox access at Baltimore Orioles and Baltimore Ravens games, and when a local reporter pressed him on it, he dismissed the questions as "ridiculous reporting" and accused the line of inquiry of carrying a "racist slant." A City of Baltimore […]

Baltimore mayor defends $52,000 in taxpayer-funded skybox spending, calls press scrutiny 'ridiculous'

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott spent more than $52,000 in public money on food, drinks, and skybox access at Baltimore Orioles and Baltimore Ravens games, and when a local reporter pressed him on it, he dismissed the questions as "ridiculous reporting" and accused the line of inquiry of carrying a "racist slant." A City of Baltimore […]

Trump orders Reflecting Pool restoration, scraps $301 million plan for $1.5 million fix

President Donald Trump announced a fast-track project to restore the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, calling the iconic landmark "filthy" and "disgusting" after years of neglect, and rejecting a previous plan that would have cost taxpayers two hundred times more. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on April 23 that contractors […]

California spent $1 billion on migrant services under Newsom, funneling hundreds of millions to activist groups

Since Gavin Newsom took office as California's governor, the state has handed out more than $1 billion in contracts for migrant-related services, channeling enormous sums to nonprofits and activist organizations that now serve as the infrastructure of resistance to federal immigration enforcement. The spending, detailed in a report drawing on Manhattan Institute data, paints a […]

Navy Secretary John Phelan exits Trump administration as Hung Cao steps into acting role

Navy Secretary John C. Phelan departed the Trump administration effective immediately this week, ending a tenure marked by ambitious shipbuilding goals and, ultimately, internal friction that reached the highest levels of the Pentagon. Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced Wednesday that Phelan was leaving, with Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao taking over as acting secretary. The […]

Virginia Republicans mount multi-front legal challenge to save House majority after razor-thin redistricting vote

A Tazewell County circuit court judge declared Virginia's redistricting ballot language unconstitutional late Wednesday and blocked certification of the results, handing Republicans a last-ditch legal foothold just one day after voters narrowly approved a referendum that could hand Democrats a 10-1 advantage in the state's congressional delegation. Judge Jack Hurley Jr.'s ruling immediately set off […]