news2shortsRepublican Tony Gonzales allegedly pressured Regina Ann Santos-Aviles, who died by suicide, into sexual relationship US congressman Tony Gonzales refused growing calls to resign from his fellow Republicans on Tuesday amid a furore over allegations that he had an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide. Gonzales has been accused of sending sexually … Read more
The Pentagon has given artificial intelligence firm Anthropic until Friday to lift restrictions on how its Claude AI system can be used by the military, warning it could cancel a $200 million contract or take other punitive steps if the company refuses, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions. The skirmish broke out after … Read more
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and more than a dozen other lawmakers invited survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse to be their guests during Trump’s State of the Union speech. Marijke Chartouni said, “It’s important to show up to remind lawmakers that we are not going away.”
Senate Democrats again blocked Republicans’ attempt to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Congress gears up for President Donald Trump’s primetime address. The largely party-line vote Tuesday was the first action in the Senate since lawmakers returned from a weeklong break. It’s also the second time Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., forced … Read more
The Senate unanimously passed the ROTOR Act in December. But the Pentagon came out against the bill Monday, saying it could disrupt “national defense activities.”
EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger would never have been given airtime in the Democrats’ official response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union if it weren’t for her support of the commonwealth’s controversial redistricting and adherence to the party line, a top Republican said. A new congressional map credited to Virginia Senate Leader L. … Read more
Lawsuit is latest action by Trump administration against a university and escalation of president’s feud with California The justice department sued the University of California, Los Angeles on Tuesday, alleging the university created a hostile work environment for Jewish and Israeli faculty and staff after protests against the war on Gaza broke out across campus. … Read more
30 degrees below zero. Punishing winds. Relentless snow. Only a few hours of sunlight. These are the conditions facing the U.S. troops in the Arctic.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., is bringing a guest to the State of the Union who, at 16-years-old, started helping introduce Jeffrey Epstein to underage girls in the early 2000s after having been exploited by the disgraced financier herself as a minor. Haley Robson was pressured by Epstein to recruit six other underage girls to perform … Read more
New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Squad leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., teamed up to release an infomercial encouraging all New York parents, regardless of immigration status, to sign their children up for free preschool. In an X post, Mamdani framed it as part of the “fight for universal childcare.” In the video, … Read more
