Politics
Facing separate scandals and mounting bipartisan criticism, two congressmen quit office
Rep. Eric Swalwell, the California Democrat accused of sexual misconduct and raping a woman who worked in his congressional office, resigned from Congress on Monday. His decision followed a...
Justice Department repeatedly making unforced errors under Trump
One of the Justice Department’s most fervent missions in the Trump administration has been to pry voting lists from states, including by suing, to force them to clean up...
Spanberger urged not to release illegal alien convicted of groping girls at Fairfax High School
The Trump administration wants to ensure that an 18-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador stays put after he was found guilty of nine counts of assault for groping teenage...
Congress faces showdown over warrantless surveillance law
When House and Senate lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday, they’ll have just a few days to renew a critical intelligence-gathering law that has sharply divided both parties...
DNC debate exposes party rift on Israel, immigration
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin’s push for party unity ran headlong Thursday into thorny — and simmering — internal fights over how far the party should go in...
DOJ probes Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson for perjury
The Justice Department is reportedly investigating Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide whose congressional testimony implicated President Trump in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol. Georgia...
J.D. Vance says Iran faces two pathways: Normalcy or more pain
Vice President J.D. Vance said Tuesday the U.S. has achieved many of its military objectives in Iran, but the regime in Tehran must choose between two pathways if it...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warns U.S. ‘very dangerously lurching into another forever war’ in Iran
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warned Sunday that the United States is “very dangerously lurching into another forever war” in Iran. The 47-year-old Democrat drew on his own military experience...
