Politics

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), center, speaks about Virginia's redistricting vote.

DeSantis invites Jeffries to go ‘fishing’ in Florida after Democrat attacks redistricting effort

Emily Hallas · April 23, 2026 2:22 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom speaks about the sexual assault allegations against Cesar Chavez during a press conference at San Lorenzo High School.

MAGA ‘losing at their own game’: Gavin Newsom

Holocaust Memorial Museum’s National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance.

Lawmakers honor Holocaust Remembrance Day amid rising antisemitism

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) talks before President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in March 2025.

MTG cites 25th Amendment as she calls out Trump over Iran

TPUSA spring collage tour-collage

Faith, free speech, and fire: Kirk and Leavitt kick off TPUSA college tour

‘What is this Bart that is Breit?’: Cory Booker mocks late conservative media king Andrew Breitbart

Ellie Bufkin October 24, 2019 2:41 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during the 9th annual Shale Insight Conference at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, in Pittsburgh.

Trump says the US is ‘building a wall in Colorado’

Zach Halaschak October 24, 2019 3:05 am

Umpire Rob Drake stands on the field in the x inning of a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Nationals, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, in Washington.

‘CIVAL WAR!!!’: MLB looking into umpire’s tweet saying he planned to buy AR-15 if Trump is impeached

Zach Halaschak October 24, 2019 2:25 am

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, on Facebookâs impact on the financial services and housing sectors.

Mark Zuckerberg says he ‘definitely’ considers himself a capitalist

Zach Halaschak October 23, 2019 11:50 pm

Senior Cybersecurity Advisor at the Department of Homeland Security Matthew Masterson, left, Deputy Assistant Director for Counterterrorism at the FBI Nikki Flores, second from left, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Security Adam Hickey, second from right, and Vice Chair at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission Ben Hoveland, right, are sworn in to testify before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, on election security.

DOJ defends assessment by CrowdStrike and FBI that Russia interfered in 2016 election

Jerry Dunleavy October 23, 2019 10:56 pm

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington.

Whistleblower claim Ukrainians were aware by early August of military aid freeze confirmed: Report

Jerry Dunleavy October 23, 2019 10:51 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg tours a legal marijuana dispensary in suburban Las Vegas on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. Buttigieg said Wednesday that he's used marijuana "a handful of times a long time ago," and that it's time for the U.S. to legalize marijuana. Buttigieg, speaking to reporters after touring a legal pot dispensary, was asked about whether he'd ever used marijuana.

Buttigieg says he has used marijuana ‘a handful of times’

Zach Halaschak October 23, 2019 10:38 pm

File - In this Aug. 21, 2014, file photo, U.S. Navy Adm. William McRaven, the next chancellor of the University of Texas System, addresses the Texas Board of Regents, in Austin, Texas. Barely a month on the job, retired Adm. McRaven has staked out positions on guns, immigration and tuition rates that put him at odds with the Legislature's new conservative leadership on some of the thorniest issues of the session.

Top Democrat floats SEAL admiral William McRaven for 2020

Zach Halaschak October 23, 2019 8:40 pm

Remember, both sides can be terrible

Tiana Lowe Doescher October 23, 2019 5:38 pm

In this Oct. 21, 2019 photo, President Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House.

Trump announces permanent ceasefire in Syria and will release Turkey from sanctions

Ellie Bufkin October 23, 2019 4:07 pm

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, of Calif., stands in an elevator, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Rep. Jim Banks: House Democrats decide Schiff can lie and get away with it

Rep. Jim Banks October 23, 2019 4:06 pm

The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, William Taylor, is escorted by U.S. Capitol Police as he arrives to testify before House committees as part of the Democrats' impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Taylor expressed unease about the president's motives in delaying U.S. security assistance for Ukraine as Trump was pursuing help with his political campaign from Ukraine's president.

Diplomat to Congress: Ukraine military aid contingent on investigation into Bidens and 2016 election

Zach Halaschak, Jerry Dunleavy October 22, 2019 10:01 pm