Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., was one of nearly a dozen Senate Republicans allegedly probed by former Special Counsel Jack Smith, an investigation she wasn’t aware of until earlier this month. She was one of several Senate Republicans that Smith allegedly surveilled as part of his investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots. But it

A Senate Republican plans to launch a hearing to put political violence from the left under the microscope. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., plans to announce an upcoming hearing, dubbed ‘Politically Violent Attacks: A Threat to Our Constitutional Order,’ to examine the origins of political violence and extremism that he argued stemmed largely from the Democratic

Former PBS host and ex-Boeing engineer Bill Nye ‘The Science Guy’ will join former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to headline a rally with Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday in the hometown of their party’s forefather. Spanberger will rally with Buttigieg and Nye in Charlottesville – the city that birthed President Thomas Jefferson

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently made it known she is no fan of President Donald Trump’s project to construct a ballroom at the White House in an appeal to voters, telling them that 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. is their ‘house.’ ‘It’s not his house,’ Clinton wrote on X Tuesday morning. ‘It’s your house. And

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said first lady Melania Trump could play a critical role in winning the White House’s support for congressional sanctions on Russia. ‘I think the first lady is our secret weapon,’ Blumenthal said Tuesday. The remark comes as lawmakers weigh whether to advance a Russia sanctions bill that has been in the

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., told reporters on the 21st day of the government shutdown Tuesday that Democrats ‘ran on killing the filibuster, and now we love it.’ The Pennsylvania Democrat made the remark on Capitol Hill after being asked for his reaction to Republican senators proposing nuking the filibuster to force the government to reopen.

In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi Tuesday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, referred former CIA Director John Brennan to the Justice Department for allegedly making false statements to Congress. Jordan accused Brennan of lying in his 2023 Judiciary Committee testimony by denying that the CIA used the Steele dossier in prepping

The top congressional Democrats want a meeting with President Donald Trump as the government shutdown stretches on. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said that both he and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., reached out to Trump on Tuesday to set up a confab with the president. The top Senate Democrat said the duo

A group of House Republicans is raising concerns about the potential effects of the U.S. importing Argentinian beef after President Donald Trump floated the idea earlier this week. Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D., is leading seven other House GOP lawmakers in a letter to the president on Tuesday evening, warning the potential plan has rattled the

Former first son Hunter Biden is claiming that his father only pardoned him because Donald Trump reclaimed the presidency in November 2024 — and ‘would not have’ done so under ‘normal circumstances’ while the appeals process played out. ‘Donald Trump went and changed everything,’ Hunter said in an interview released Monday on journalist Tommy Christopher’s