Escalating campus protests come to a boil
Colleges across the country are barreling toward crisis as pro-Palestinian student protesters show no signs of relenting, posing growing risks to the schools and threatening to become a major...
View ArticleGreene leaves them guessing on threat to oust Speaker Johnson
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is happy to keep them guessing. The Georgia hard-liner introduced her motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in March, framing it as a warning to GOP leaders...
View ArticleNebraska district to play pivotal role in Biden-Trump rematch
The results of a single congressional district in Nebraska could be critical to determining the outcome of this year's presidential election in what will likely be an extremely tight race. The...
View ArticleTrump’s hush money trial mixes bawdy and boring
NEW YORK – Former President Trump’s first criminal trial began with a whirlwind week of salacious testimony from media mogul-turned-state's witness David Pecker, the ex-National Enquirer publisher who...
View Article‘She’s DOA’: Noem’s dog tale sinks chances of becoming Trump’s VP
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) has found herself in the doghouse after a shocking anecdote from her forthcoming book made the rounds in recent days. Noem attracted criticism and mockery in...
View ArticleStefanik files ethics complaint against Jack Smith
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) filed an ethics complaint against special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday, accusing the prosecutor overseeing the federal investigations into former President Trump of...
View ArticleTrump rails against hush money gag order while witnesses pile on Michael Cohen
Another day of testimony has wrapped in former President Trump's hush money trial on Tuesday. The day saw a host of witnesses take the stand, including an ex-banker for Michael Cohen, a C-SPAN...
View ArticleMcConnell’s exit isn’t going to be a quiet one
(The Hill) -- Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) is on his way out. But he’s not going quietly. A GOP free agent of sorts, McConnell helped convince Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to back...
View ArticleHush money judge rules Trump violated gag order, warns of jail time
NEW YORK — The judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money case held him in contempt Tuesday for violating a gag order nine times. Judge Juan Merchan fined Trump $9,000 over his recent posts...
View ArticleFormer NSA worker sentenced to 20+ years in prison for selling secrets to...
(The Hill) -- A former National Security Agency worker was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison after he was charged with selling classified information to a Russian official, the Department of...
View ArticleDemocratic leaders say they'll shield Speaker Johnson from Greene motion to...
House Democratic leaders announced Tuesday that they will protect Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a potential conservative coup, all but ensuring the Speaker will keep the gavel through the...
View ArticleWhite House: Takeover of Columbia University building 'absolutely the wrong...
The White House condemned the move by student protesters to take over a building on Columbia University’s campus Tuesday, calling it the wrong approach amid the ongoing college demonstrations across...
View ArticleGreene vows to move ahead on Johnson ouster vote after Democrats promise to...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is vowing to move ahead with a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), even after Democratic leaders said they would shield the Louisiana Republican from a...
View ArticleBiden makes play for Florida — Trump’s new home state
(The Hill) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is making a play for Florida, hoping to steal a state that has been moving toward the GOP — and has become the new home state for former...
View ArticleWhen do college protests become criminal? Experts weigh in amid Columbia...
Pro-Palestinian protesters have taken over a building at Columbia University, marking a significant escalation for nationwide demonstrations that experts say have pressed and sometimes strayed from...
View ArticleJudiciary Republicans zero in on top prosecutor in Trump hush money case
The House Judiciary Committee is again singling out a top prosecutor in former President Trump’s hush money case, asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to turn over the bulk of its communications...
View ArticleFoxx calls on heads of Yale, UCLA, Michigan as part of House-wide...
Chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) on Tuesday called on the heads of Yale University, the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), and the...
View ArticleSpeaker Johnson calls on Biden to visit Columbia amid pro-Palestine protests
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is urging President Biden to visit Columbia University and observe the pro-Palestine protests roiling its Manhattan campus after Johnson and a group of GOP lawmakers...
View ArticleSchumer condemns 'lawlessness' at Columbia University protests
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday denounced protesters at Columbia University who smashed windows and unfurled an intifada banner while seizing control of Hamilton Hall,...
View ArticleBrown agrees to Israel divestment vote as House GOP digs in on antisemitism...
The college protests across the nation saw a slew of headline-grabbing developments on Tuesday, including the takeover of a building at Columbia University, a new House-wide effort by Republicans to...
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