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The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into former New York Republican Rep. George Santos for allegedly engaging in insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, according to reporting by NPR.
Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (R-NJ) won renomination as the Republican nominee for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District after Tuesday night’s primaries despite an unspecified medical issue that kept him out of the public eye for months.
U.S. and partner forces conducted strikes on Qeshm Island in response to Iranian attacks across the Middle East on Monday, according to U.S. Central Command, before another wave of drones targeted U.S. assets in Kuwait later in the evening.
The pilot of a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle shot down by Iran survived another shootdown just weeks earlier when Kuwaiti forces mistakenly downed American aircraft in a friendly fire incident, according to a report published Monday.
Senate Democratic leadership is grudgingly sticking with Graham Platner, their presumptive nominee in Maine, after a whirlwind tour through Washington, D.C., meant to ease concerns over a new extramarital “sexting” scandal.
The House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) over sexual misconduct allegations, making him the latest member to face investigation as scandal roils Capitol Hill. Gomez is under investigation for allegedly kissing a congressional aide outside of a party in Washington.
The Pentagon has defended its decision to hire a former Jan. 6 riot defendant for a sensitive counterterrorism position, calling him a “qualified, patriotic young professional” after reports surfaced about his new role within the Department of War.
The House has approved a geothermal legislative package, made up of parts of several Republican- and Democratic-authored bills aimed at accelerating approvals for geothermal projects, which generate clean energy by drilling deep into the Earth to access stored heat.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told House lawmakers on Tuesday that the Justice Department will not move forward with its $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund.”
The White House press corp was left largely looking for answers on Tuesday after Mehmet Oz was tapped to headline the press briefing, thereby ensuring the agenda focused mostly on healthcare as opposed to more controversial subjects.
New York lawmakers are racing to approve a first-in-the-nation statewide pause on new large-scale data centers, though the measure could face resistance from Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY), who has suggested decisions about data center development are better left to local governments.
Senate lawmakers from both parties were blindsided by President Donald Trump’s decision to tap Bill Pulte as the acting director of national intelligence on Tuesday and are questioning his qualifications for the post.
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) said on Tuesday that homosexuality doesn’t belong in the United States.
Overnight on Tuesday, Russia delivered one of its most devastating aerial assaults on Ukraine since Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022. More than 600 drones and 73 missiles struck civilian infrastructure across multiple cities, killing at least 22 people. Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure sustained heavy damage across eight Kyiv districts, with at least four people killed and 63 injured in the capital alone. Their number included three children.
At the end of this month, Tulsi Gabbard steps down as the director of national intelligence, following a bumpy 16-month tenure as our nation’s top spy. Gabbard was an unconventional fit, as a Democrat opposed to most foreign wars. In President Donald Trump’s second term, with its multiple military operations around the globe, she became a marginal Cabinet member. This led to West Wing jokes that DNI, in her case, stood for “Do Not Invite.”
THE DEMOCRATIC MESS IN MAINE. THE DEMOCRATIC MESS IN MAINE. Can Graham Platner, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, survive his sexting scandal? The first thing to know is how little we know about it.
Eight Muslim countries, including those relatively friendly to Israel, such as the United Arab Emirates, released a joint statement condemning Israel over Jewish activists’ occupation of the al-Aqsa mosque.
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For the first time in over a decade, the FIFA World Cup is coming to a country that respects basic human rights. But, because that country is the United States, the “LGBT community” has to get its victimhood points in while it still can.
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from transferring control of a major federal supercomputing center in Colorado from the National Center for Atmospheric Research to the University of Wyoming, handing a victory to the consortium that manages the facility.
