From White House hopeful to scandal: Swalwell’s short-lived 2020 bid resurfaces after resignation

Rep. Eric Swalwell’s political collapse amid scandal was sudden. With sexual assault and harassment allegations mounting, the Democratic representative who was one of the leading contenders in California’s 2026 campaign for governor dropped out of the race on Sunday. Two days later, he resigned from Congress. The congressman’s stunningly swift collapse comes seven years after … Read more

Johnson faces GOP revolt over warrantless surveillance powers ahead of key vote

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is facing a brewing conservative revolt ahead of a high-profile vote on reauthorizing the government’s warrantless surveillance powers.  House GOP leadership is up against an April 20 deadline to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., support a … Read more

Spanberger signs gun bills, makes a proposed gun ban even harsher

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a series of gun-control bills Tuesday, toughening a proposed assault-firearms ban before sending it back to lawmakers, which drew immediate backlash from Republicans and is likely to draw a constitutional objection from the Justice Department. The Democratic governor’s changes to House Bill 217/Senate Bill 749 remove the word “fixed” from … Read more

FLASHBACK: Swalwell was dubbed Hunter Biden’s ‘biggest cheerleader’

As now-former Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., continues to face a reckoning over multiple sexual assault allegations and past scandals, his praise of Hunter Biden and Hunter’s wealthy Hollywood “sugar brother” lawyer, who donated tens of thousands of dollars to Swalwell’s failed gubernatorial campaign, has resurfaced “Eric Swalwell is literally Hunter Biden’s biggest cheerleader – from … Read more

Todd Blanche on Next Steps for Epstein Files, Trump’s Role in DOJ

In an exclusive interview with NBC News, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche shares what’s next in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation after the Justice Department produced more than 3 million pages of documents earlier this year and discusses whether anyone will be prosecuted. Blanche also talks about President Donald Trump’s involvement with the Department of Justice.