Politics

Nick Wagner/Xinhua via Getty Images, FILE (AUSTIN, Texas) — A bill described as “anti-vaccine” is moving through the Texas legislature and could give lawmakers the power to make decisions about vaccines in schools rather than doctors or administrators. SB 1024, which was recently passed by a Senate committee — and will soon be voted on […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., launched his reelection bid Monday despite being mired in several scandals over past lies over his biography and questions over his campaign finances. In a press release announcing his reelection bid, Santos made no mention of the various investigations into the scandals, instead casting himself […]

adamkaz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The start of the trial in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, which was scheduled to get underway Monday, has been delayed by one day, the judge in the case announced Sunday night. Judge Eric Davis said the trial would get underway on Tuesday. Jury selection […]

Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI on Monday revealed what it said is evidence of expanding espionage and security activity by the Chinese government on U.S. soil. The Justice Department announced three cases suggesting more brazen activity by China inside the U.S. in the wake of the spy balloon controversy. One case involves […]

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is returning to Congress on Monday, nearly six weeks after suffering a concussion and a fractured rib from a fall at a Washington hotel. The Kentucky senator, who’s 81, has been recovering at home upon release from a rehabilitation facility on […]

joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A convicted stalker from Colorado is asking the Supreme Court this week to toss out the law that put him in prison for sending hundreds of messages on social media to a singer-songwriter who felt threatened by the contact. Billy Raymond Counterman, who spent four-and-a-half years behind bars, says […]

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of Republican lawmakers on Monday called for a ban on the use of TikTok by their colleagues in Congress, escalating an attack on the China-based social media app over data security fears that has rapidly gained momentum on Capitol Hill. Sen. Rick Scott and Sen. […]

Alexander Spatari/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — House Republicans have taken their attack on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to New York City, holding a hearing on what they say is a local crime crisis, a move Democrats have lambasted as a “political stunt.” GOP Rep. Jim Jordan convened the House Judiciary Committee Monday morning at […]

Alexander Spatari/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — House Republicans are setting up camp in New York City to hold a hearing on local crime, a move Democrats have lambasted as a “political stunt.” The House Judiciary Committee, led by Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, will gather on Monday at the Jacob Javits Federal Building — […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said people need to be held accountable following a stunning leak of classified documents that did “a lot of damage.” “I don’t know what led to this airman’s actions, but he’s done a lot of damage in our standing. It’s very hard to get people to come forward […]