Thursday

26-02-2026 Vol 19

Year: 2026

GOP scrambles to kill Venezuela war powers resolution

Senate GOP leaders are working overtime to quash a resolution requiring President Donald Trump to come to Congress before taking additional military action in Venezuela. They don’t yet know...

Slotkin says she is under investigation for November military video

Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday confirmed she is under federal investigation for her participation in a November video urging military members not to follow illegal orders. In a video...

Powerful House Republican will hold Clintons to account after they skipped Epstein depositions

Oversight Republicans had scheduled mandatory interviews with the former first couple for Jan. 13 and 14 — but the Clintons informed Comer that they would decline to answer any...

Hillary Clinton defies subpoena, skips deposition in congressional Epstein inquiry

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will vote next week to hold former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress after she defied a subpoena and...

FBI searches Washington Post reporter’s home in classified documents investigation

The FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter Wednesday morning as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of unlawfully hoarding federal secrets. The FBI...

SCOTUS rules Illinois GOP rep can challenge state mail-in ballot rules in case with 2028 election implications

In a 7–2 decision, the high court determined that Bost (R-Ill.) and the others who joined his suit have standing to sue despite lower courts concluding that they hadn’t...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey calls for ICE to deploy to red states, insists his city isn’t a problem

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey contended that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would be better suited in red states such as Texas, Florida and Utah that have a larger population...

US withdrawing some troops from key Middle East bases as tensions with Iran rise

The disclosure follows remarks by a senior Iranian official who told Reuters earlier on Wednesday that Tehran had warned neighbors hosting U.S. troops that it would hit American bases...

Trump says Jamie Dimon ‘wrong’ to warn that DOJ’s Jerome Powell probe threatens Fed independence

"I think it’s fine what I’m doing. And we have a bad Fed person," the president said of Powell and the DOJ investigation against him. "I think it’s fine...

Capitol agenda: More floor meltdowns threaten funding bills

House GOP leaders are losing control of the floor to non-stop intraparty revolts ahead of the rapidly approaching deadline to avoid another shutdown. Speaker Mike Johnson needs his ranks...