US Politics

The Jeffrey Epstein files controversy continues to draw bipartisan attention, with one prominent Democratic congressman placing blame squarely on the Biden administration for withholding them. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) has argued publicly that former President Biden should have released the Epstein files during his time in office. Frost sits on the House Oversight and Government…

The Republican Party’s campaign arms have formally asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a dispute over television advertising rates ahead of the midterm elections. The request follows a federal appeals court ruling that determined only candidates, not political party committees, are entitled to the lowest available broadcast television ad rates. The GOP campaign committees…

Paxton is pushing back hard against sharp criticism from the man he defeated in the Republican primary for Texas’s open U.S. Senate seat. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appeared on Fox News Sunday to defend his campaigning pace after Sen. John Cornyn called him a weak and lazy candidate. “John Cornyn doesn’t know my schedule….

Democrats eyeing a return to the House majority are leading the early push to claim open seats on one of Capitol Hill’s most powerful committees. The House Energy and Commerce Committee, known for its sweeping authority over health care, artificial intelligence, energy, and telecommunications, will have at least eight vacant seats in the next Congress….

Approximately 85 Americans are still missing following devastating flash floods along the border of Nepal and Tibet, the State Department confirmed Sunday. State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott appeared on ABC’s “This Week” to deliver the latest figures on American citizens affected by the disaster. “This morning, I can say we now have 85 Americans, approximately,…

The National Park Service confirmed Sunday that approximately 15 people may be missing or unaccounted for after a significant flash flood struck the Grand Canyon. The flood tore through Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area on Saturday, causing widespread destruction across one of the park’s most heavily trafficked regions. The Bright Angel Trail,…

President Trump celebrated NASA’s successful launch of its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Sunday, calling it a defining moment for American space ambition. Trump posted his congratulations on Truth Social, writing, “Congratulations to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and the Great Patriots at NASA, on a successful launch.” The president punctuated his message with a…

Tony Fabrizio, a top pollster working for Republican Mike Rogers, is aggressively disputing public polls showing Rogers trailing in Michigan’s high-stakes Senate race. Fabrizio argues that recent surveys are over-sampling Democratic-leaning voters, specifically college-educated and Black voters, according to an internal memo obtained by POLITICO. A Susquehanna poll released this month showed progressive Abdul El-Sayed…

The U.S. military struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Sunday, marking its first attack on Iran in more than a month, according to a U.S. official. American forces targeted the two launchers on Larak Island after observing Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz. U.S….

The Department of Homeland Security is pushing back hard against a New York Times report detailing alleged abuse inside Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities. DHS issued a sharp rebuttal on Sunday, posting on social platform X that the Times story amounted to misinformation designed to undermine the agency’s operations. “Another day and another hoax…