The ranking Democratic member on the House Committee on Homeland Security offered a moment this week that was less about oversight and more about exposure—exposure of how casually altered or fabricated material can be laundered into official proceedings when it serves a preferred narrative. During Tuesday morning’s hearing, Rep. Bennie Thompson referenced the fatal shooting …

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna has carefully cultivated a reputation as a reform-minded lawmaker willing to challenge powerful interests, particularly when it comes to transparency surrounding the Epstein files. His public insistence that political connections to Jeffrey Epstein should be fully examined has earned him praise from those who believe the scandal transcends party lines. Now, …

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s latest broadside against President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers over the handling of the Epstein files is a case study in modern political outrage—loud, aggressive, and carefully timed. In a video posted Monday, Crockett addressed reporters with visible frustration, accusing the Trump administration of violating a law passed in December that …

Well, Bad Bunny ended up not wearing a dress during yesterday’s Super Bowl halftime show, which, given the breathless speculation leading up to it, was almost a story in itself. After weeks of signaling, teasing, and winking at controversy, the performance landed in a far more conventional place than many expected. That has naturally raised …

Some news stories are an IQ test, and this one practically came with a Scantron sheet. My immediate reaction to the recent report accusing DNI Tulsi Gabbard of covering up a damning “whistleblower” complaint involving foreign intelligence and the Trump White House was that it would separate serious readers from people who just nod along …

Remember how this whole debate only really heated up about a week ago, when Democrats were in full meltdown mode over the Department of Homeland Security portion of the funding bill. Among the laundry list of demands, complaints, and performative outrage, there was one idea that actually sounded reasonable on its face: putting body cameras …

What the hell was that supposed to be? For a brief moment, Kamala Harris managed to convince a sizable chunk of the political world that something consequential was about to happen. Her post teased a reveal that felt loaded with implication—was she reconsidering a 2028 presidential run, testing the waters for another office, or staging …

The latest controversy surrounding Vice President JD Vance did not originate from a policy dispute or a legislative fight, but from a personal and deeply inflammatory comment made by a prominent New York Times columnist. Jamelle Bouie, writing on the left-leaning social media platform Bluesky, suggested that Vance’s mother would have been justified in attempting …

The University of Minnesota now finds itself at the center of a grim and symbolically charged controversy after federal officials proposed a civil penalty of more than $14,000 over the death of a bald eagle at one of its wind energy research facilities. The incident did not occur at a commercial wind farm tucked away …

A routine Capitol Hill hearing devolved into a sharp and highly personal exchange on Wednesday as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent openly clashed with Rep. Maxine Waters, transforming a policy discussion into a pointed confrontation that underscored the growing tensions surrounding President Donald Trump’s economic agenda. What began as a line of questioning about tariffs quickly …