Politics

Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (BOSTON) — The U.S. attorney for Massachusetts leaked information to help her preferred candidate for the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, district attorney, among other “egregious” violations of DOJ policy, two government watchdogs announced Wednesday. Rachael Rollins, the first African American U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, announced her resignation Tuesday after being […]

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a slate of legislation Wednesday targeting the LGBTQ community, including restrictions on transgender health care, content on LGBTQ identities in schools, transgender bathroom use and drag performances in the state. The news comes on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, May 17. What […]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As oral arguments begin in a federal appeals court case Wednesday weighing access to the widely-used abortion pill in the United States, some lawmakers on Capitol Hill are sounding the alarm about data privacy. Rep. Sara Jacobs, a Democrat from California, said in an exclusive interview with […]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives is expected to consider a Democratic resolution to expel Rep. George Santos from Congress. When the House reconvenes at 5 p.m., Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., will offer his resolution to expel Santos from the chamber. But Republicans aren’t expected to vote on the […]

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday has declined to block Illinois’ assault weapons ban from being enforced as a legal challenge continues, handing a win to gun safety advocates at a time when the nation is grappling with a surge of mass shootings and gun violence. The single page order […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he is “confident” the U.S. will avert default, expressing optimism a crisis could be avoided as he left for a foreign trip even as debt ceiling negotiations were coming down to the wire. “I’m confident that we’ll get the agreement […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff called for both celebrating Jewish American history, and tackling antisemitism head on, during an event marking Jewish American Heritage Month at the White House Tuesday afternoon. “I want to thank all of you for joining us as we celebrate Jewish Americans whose […]

Paul Morigi/Getty Images for World Food Program USA (WASHINGTON) — Attorneys for an IRS whistleblower have informed key members of Congress that their client, who claims to have information suggesting the Biden administration could be mishandling the investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, has been removed from the probe into the president’s son. […]

Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden was headed Wednesday for a less extensive-than-desired visit to Asia, cut short by crisis talks with Republicans over the debt ceiling. The truncated trip — during which Biden will visit only Japan — comes as solving a domestic crisis took precedence over Biden’s […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, struggling to keep up with his competitors in early polling for the Republican nomination for president, said Tuesday on “GMA3” that support for President Donald Trump is “inflated.” Asked about a polling average from FiveThirtyEight showing support for Hutchinson at 1% and support for […]