Government
Image
ActBlue board member becomes latest to plead the Fifth in House investigation
ActBlue board member Kimberly Peeler-Allen invoked the Fifth Amendment as lawmakers probed her in their investigation into how the company vets foreign donations and whether it weakened its fraud protections during the 2024 election.
Image
Two House Democrats help Republicans advance slate of GOP-backed bills
The rule was adopted in a 210-208 split, with five Republicans voting in opposition and two Democrats, Reps. Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington, voting in favor.
Image
Doctor accused of facilitating 'birth tourism' invokes Fifth during testimony before House Oversight
Lorentz had initially refused to appear voluntarily, stating his attorney argued he could not speak with the committee due to a pending criminal probe being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
Image
Monarez' legal team disputes HHS' claim their client is no longer CDC director
The twist comes after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) earlier Wednesday announced that Monarez was no longer in the role of CDC director less than a month into her term.
Image
Trump slams Utah judge who ordered state to redraw congressional map ahead of 2026 midterms
U.S. District Court Judge Dianna Gibson ruled on Monday that the map needs to be redrawn after it appeared that state lawmakers ignored safeguards voters put in place to ensure districts aren’t gerrymandered.
Image
Trump admin to propose rule seeking to limit how long international students can study in US
Foreign students can currently stay in the United States on a student visa for as long as they are enrolled at a college full-time, but the proposed rule would limit their stay to the duration of their program, with a cap at four years.
Image
Trump's idea to accept more Chinese students appears to contradict earlier admin policy
Earlier, administration officials had planned to revoke Chinese student visas over security concerns following repeated warnings from lawmakers, intelligence agencies about how China exploits the university programs.
Image
Milley crafted Biden Admin's fiction that Afghanistan fell in just 'eleven days'
Once the Taliban had taken over Afghanistan, the Biden Administration settled on a false narrative that the collapse of Afghanistan had occurred in just eleven days, and thus could not have been predicted. Milley led the charge in promoting it, despite experts and military personnel on the ground in Afghanistan saying otherwise.
Image
Trump administration announces Susan Monarez is no longer CDC director
HHS did not give a reason for Monarez's departure and no interim replacement has yet been named.
Image
State Department's Michael Anton to leave post in the fall: Report
The Trump administration selected Anton, who leads the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, to oversee technical discussions with Iran in April, when the U.S. and Iran were discussing the Middle Eastern country's nuclear program.
Image
Senator calls for more military in Alaska after NORAD detects Russian aircraft near US airspace
NORAD said the plane was flying in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone on Tuesday, and did not actually penetrate United States sovereign airspace.
Image
You Vote: In light of the Minneapolis shooting, what is most important to prevent future shootings?
During the mass, the gunman approached the outside of the building and began shooting at the church windows, striking children and other worshipers at the mass.
Image
House Oversight launches investigation into alleged Wikipedia article manipulation
The lawmakers said their investigation seeks to examine how the nonprofit responds to bad actors in order to restore its credibility as a neutral arbiter of information, and what actions are taken to hold the bad actors accountable.