Year: 2026
January 14, 2026
Congress
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...
January 14, 2026
Congress
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...
January 14, 2026
Politics
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...
January 14, 2026
Congress
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...
January 14, 2026
Politics
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...
January 14, 2026
Politics
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...
January 14, 2026
Politics
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...
January 14, 2026
Politics
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...
January 14, 2026
Politics
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...
January 14, 2026
Congress
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...