Erika Kirk honors late husband Charlie in emotional White House tribute: ‘A free man made fully free’

At a White House ceremony in the Rose Garden on Tuesday on what would have been her husband’s 32nd birthday, Erika Kirk accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom on behalf…
Republican lawmakers demand Treasury probe CAIR over alleged Hamas ties and terrorism concerns

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., are pressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), claiming that it may be funded or…
Trump blasts ‘weakened’ Schumer as Democrats again block GOP effort to reopen government

A long weekend away from Washington, D.C., did little to soften Senate Democrats’ resolve as they again blocked an effort to reopen the government for an eighth time Tuesday. The…
Comey seeks to toss criminal case calling Trump prosecutor ‘unlawful’ appointee

Lawyers for James Comey told a federal judge in Alexandria on Tuesday that they plan to file a motion early next week to formally dismiss his criminal case, citing what…
Mike Johnson, world leaders to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize after Israel-Hamas deal

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced a global effort to nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize as phase one of the recent Middle East peace agreement goes…
Democrats threaten to see Trump team ‘in court’ over ‘illegal’ firings as shutdown battle escalates

Congressional Democrats from Maryland and Virginia warned on Tuesday that they would sue over the administration’s planned firings and threats of no back pay for furloughed workers. Both have been…
Trump calls Xi’s rare earth move a ‘bad moment’ — why it matters for US national security, China ties

The Trump administration is seeking to cool tensions between the U.S. and China, after Beijing unveiled plans to impose export controls on rare-earth magnets and after the U.S. threatened more…
Jordan demands Jack Smith testify over ‘partisan and politically motivated’ Trump prosecutions

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is seeking testimony from former special counsel Jack Smith about what he says were Smith’s ‘partisan and politically motivated’ prosecutions of President Donald…
Jordan asks Jack Smith to testify over ‘partisan and politically motivated’ Trump prosecutions

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, asked former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday to sit for an interview about what he said were Smith’s ‘partisan and politically motivated’…
EXCLUSIVE: New GOP report accuses Democrats of trying to ‘undermine’ healthcare in government shutdown fight

The House GOP is releasing a report accusing Democrats of trying to undermine U.S. healthcare as the standoff over federal funding escalates. The government shutdown is in its 14th day…