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Peter Mandelson’s flaws were mistaken for credentials to represent Britain in the court of a rogue president You can’t kill something that is already dead. New details about Peter Mandelson’s disastrous appointment as Britain’s ambassador to Washington can trigger more paroxysms of outrage in Westminster. They can sharpen the pitch of opposition calls for the … Read more

Mills, who is facing a potential expulsion vote, said he won’t follow in the footsteps of three House colleagues who resigned over various allegations of misconduct in recent days.

California State Treasurer Fiona Ma, who is running for lieutenant governor, is facing blowback for promising jobs and internships to students at a China-based boarding school accused of committing diploma fraud in conjunction with a California school district, after the school’s founder poured tens-of-thousands of dollars into her campaigns. Pegasus California School, based in Qingdao, … Read more

Appeals court ruling is a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into schools Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, a US appeals court ruled Tuesday in a victory … Read more

FBI Director Kash Patel and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a sweeping indictment Tuesday against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), accusing the far-left nonprofit of fraudulently paying members of extremist groups like the Ku Klux Klan. A grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama returned an 11-count indictment charging the SPLC with … Read more

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer has come under pressure over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States. Mandelson was forced out after it was revealed that he had ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with the former diplomat denying any wrongdoing. NBC News’ Raf Sanchez reports on the latest political … Read more

FIRST ON FOX — Former Vice President Mike Pence is urging congressional Republicans to cut off federal taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers, warning in exclusive comments to Fox News Digital that failure to act would hand the organization a massive paycheck on Independence Day. Pence’s demands come alongside a new policy … Read more

Governor called referendum after president urged GOP-led states to redraw maps to protect House majority Voters in Virginia on Tuesday approved new congressional maps intended to boost Democrats’ chances of retaking the House of Representatives, in the latest blow to Donald Trump’s effort to use mid-decade redistricting to preserve his control of Congress. The tit-for-tat … Read more

Democrats scored a major victory Tuesday when Virginia voters narrowly passed a congressional redistricting referendum that could give the party a significant boost in the battle for the U.S. House of Representatives majority in this year’s midterm elections, The Associated Press reported at 8:49 p.m. ET. The ballot measure gives the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature — … Read more

Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a Democratic redistricting plan that could allow the party to pick up as many as four new seats in the midterm elections, NBC News projects.