Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faces a treacherous path to confirmation, with a skeptical Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) now forced to rally his fractious caucus behind a nominee increasingly viewed with suspicion by his own party.According to Washington Post reporting by Theodoric M…
I have several female friends who have been victims of domestic abuse. Over the past decade, they have confided in me because I’ve been open about my mental health struggles. When you make yourself vulnerable, it often gives others permission to do the same.It is difficult to hear their stories. Tha…
Two legal analysts were outraged on Wednesday by recent reporting about the immigration crackdown that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is undertaking while he is running for the Senate. Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian discussed a recent New York Times report on Paxton’s efforts to dis…
A Trump cabinet secretary is the target of online backlash after making a shocking claim about immigrants.Scott Turner, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, said during an appearance on Fox News that “tens of millions of illegal aliens came across our borders unchecked,” and that “because…
A prominent Republican who previously managed election administration in one of the nation’s largest swing-state counties tore to shreds a theory from a MAGA-aligned attorney about how to put Trump’s election conspiracy theories into practice.The California election results, and particularly far-rig…
Political analysts and observers referred to a GOP lawmaker as a “racist” after he made remarks that seemed to reveal his thinly veiled thoughts. Rep. James Comer (R-KY) spoke about Medicaid fraud during a Fox News interview, where he said, “What we’re seeing, especially in the blue states, is there…
President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to respond after Iran downed a U.S. Army Apache helicopter, with the official X account for the U.S. Central Command proclaiming that they “began launching self-defense strikes against Iran at 5 p.m. ET today at the Commander in Chief’s direction,” a…
South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) conceded in the state’s primary election on Tuesday after failing to qualify for a primary runoff to a Trump-backed opponent, whom she then sided against.Mace ran in a crowded five-person Republican primary for governor, and came in fifth place with jus…
A Democratic political strategist was flabbergasted on Tuesday after new reporting indicated that the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has taken a disturbing turn. On Monday, Scripps News reported that former New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas was told to “stand down” from investigating disgraced fi…
Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) got the last laugh against Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), following the latter’s relentless anti-LGBTQ bullying stunts.Mace, who originally described herself as “pro-transgender rights” as recently as 2023, took a hard turn to campaign against any expression of transgender identit…