Senate Republican blocks resolution honoring Robert Mueller, calling it a partisan stunt
Sen. Jim Banks of Indiana objected Tuesday to a Democratic bid for unanimous consent on a Senate resolution honoring the late Robert Mueller, halting the measure on the chamber floor and triggering a sharp exchange over the former FBI director's legacy and the special counsel investigation that consumed Washington for years. The resolution, introduced by […]
Grassley names Cruz and Lee as his Supreme Court picks if Alito vacancy opens
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley told the Washington Examiner he would recommend Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas or Mike Lee of Utah for the Supreme Court if Justice Samuel Alito steps down, the most concrete signal yet from a senior Republican that the party is preparing for a potential vacancy on the high court. […]
Trump removes AI image critics called blasphemous, insists it showed him as a doctor
President Trump on Monday deleted an AI-generated image from his Truth Social account that depicted him in white robes with glowing hands healing a patient, a post that drew swift accusations of blasphemy not from the left, but from some of his most loyal conservative and Christian allies. Trump posted the image Sunday evening. By […]
Cook Political Report moves four Senate races toward Democrats, but GOP still holds the edge
The Cook Political Report shifted its ratings on four Senate races in Democrats' favor on Monday, moving contests in North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, and Nebraska leftward on the nonpartisan forecaster's scale. The move reflects what Cook's Senate editor Jessica Taylor called "an increasingly sour national environment for Republicans", though the report's own bottom line is […]
Trump's single question to Dana White reshapes the UFC White House fight card
President Trump spotted something missing from the UFC's historic White House fight card, and it took him about five minutes to fix it. At UFC 327 in Miami on Saturday, Trump pulled promoter Dana White aside and asked a blunt question: "Why is Derrick Lewis not on the White House card?" Within the hour, Lewis […]
Reports suggest Whoopi Goldberg may be getting pushed toward the exit at 'The View'
Behind the scenes at ABC's long-running daytime talk show "The View," producers reportedly engineered a recent guest-host appearance by Elisabeth Hasselbeck with one goal in mind: friction. And according to unnamed sources, the maneuver may be part of a broader effort to ease Whoopi Goldberg, the 70-year-old moderator who has anchored the panel for close […]