Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are tangling over potential consequences for Department of Justice (DOJ) officials after the department failed to share every document tied to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as required under law. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), the bipartisan duo who led the effort to force…
Jim Beam, the Bourbon company, is stopping its main distillery’s production this year. “We plan to pause distillation at our main distillery on the James B. Beam campus for 2026 while we take the opportunity to invest in site enhancements,” the James B. Beam Distilling Co. said in a statement to The Hill on Thursday,…
The Fox News host and the audience at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest thought it was hilarious, however.
Democrats largely acknowledge that former President Clinton’s association with Jeffrey Epstein isn’t the best of circumstances — particularly for a politician whose personal life has been tabloid fodder. The release of thousands of files late last week revealed a number of photographs of Clinton and Epstein, the convicted child sex offender. The images released included Clinton…
President Trump will make an announcement Monday alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Navy Secretary John Phelan about shipbuilding. Earlier this month, Phelan previewed the administration’s plans to build a “Golden Fleet” of Navy ships. “We will invest smartly in the cornerstones of American seapower—carriers, destroyers, amphibs, and submarines but we also need new ships,” he…
Education Secretary Linda McMahon has apparently decided that giving blind entrepreneurs priority at Army dining halls “adversely affects” U.S. interests.
Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb expressed concern over the Trump administration’s pending overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will release a new vaccine schedule next year that recommends fewer shots, NewsNation reported Friday. The move would bring the U.S., which recommends 72 childhood…
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said on Sunday he thinks it’s “premature” to talk about possible contempt or impeachment resolutions against top Department of Justice (DOJ) officials after they released heavily redacted files on Jeffrey Epstein. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Kaine urged fellow members of Congress to use other tools available…
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) was named by President Trump on Sunday as his special envoy to Greenland, which Trump previously has sought to acquire as part of the United States. On Truth Social, the president said Landry “understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security, and will strongly advance our Country’s Interests for…
The cringeworthy comments sure made an impression.
Prominent anti-Trump critic George Conway III filed paperwork Monday to run as a Democrat for the seat being vacated by Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). A conservative lawyer who later founded the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, Conway has been one of the loudest critics of the president. Conway was married to…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Vice President Vance top their respective parties’ lists of potential 2028 presidential contenders, according to a new CNN poll. In the survey, two-thirds of American respondents said they don’t have a specific person in mind that they’d like to see run for president in 2028, while 16 percent mentioned…
Washington has been roiled by controversy surrounding the files linked to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for months, but the scandal heated up at the end of last week with the Justice Department choosing to release only some of the files. Multiple files available on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) website featuring Epstein were discovered to…
More than 125 Democrats in Congress are urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to withdraw a rule that would open the door to denying a green card to those who use public benefits like Medicaid or food stamps. President Trump’s latest crack at a so-called public charge rule would strike down the Biden-era version…
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CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is defending her decision to abruptly pull a “60 Minutes” segment about infamous CECOT prison in El Salvador, just hours before it was set to air.
The ambush near Palmyra, which killed two American soldiers and a civilian interpreter, has highlighted the resilience of ISIS remnants and the fragility of Syria’s newly reformed security apparatus, forcing the U.S. to navigate a complex policy challenge in its new military partnership with the Syrian government.
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) said Monday that Democrats are considering “all options” to compel the Justice Department to release the full slate of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In an interview on “CNN News Central,” the No. 2 House Democrat accused the White House of working with the Justice Department…
AmericaFest didn’t just showcase conservative star power. It exposed a movement wrestling with its own identity.
Files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are once again top of mind after the Justice Department released thousands of documents over the weekend. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, however, are unhappy with the high level of redactions found in the cache of files. Some have even threatened to seek to hold…
Trump-appointed conservative judges have been lining up for years to audition for the next Republican Supreme Court opening. Lately, their efforts have been escalating, in keeping with Pres. Donald Trump’s well-known expectation of demonstrative fealty. One judge may have come up with a new way to find favor with the president, by openly taking a…
What better way to recognize the 250th anniversary of American independence than a bloodless revolt against the current would-be king.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is offering migrants living in the U.S. illegally a $3,000 stipend to voluntarily self-deport by the end of the year. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday that DHS is tripling the so-called exit bonus for migrants who register to self-deport through the CBP Home app before the end…
The Trump administration has suspended the authority of five major offshore wind farms to keep building in federal waters, yet another escalation of the administration’s attacks on the wind energy industry. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a post on the social platform X that five leases, all on the East Coast, were being paused…
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board went after former Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) over his “tax the rich” proposal in a New York Times op-ed. “The rich who favor higher taxes pitch this as an act of civic virtue. But paying higher taxes on income or capital gains is no great sacrifice for them because…
Vice President Vance on Sunday rejected the idea of “purity tests” within his party as tensions between different conservative factions rose to the surface during Turning Point USA’s annual event in Arizona over the weekend. “When I say that I’m going to fight alongside of you, I mean all of you. Each and every one,”…