Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) reported to prison Friday afternoon, officially capping off the New York Republican’s dramatic rise-and-fall in politics that saw him ascend as a GOP trailblazer before plunging to disgrace. Santos, 37, surrendered to the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Fairton in New Jersey, according to a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of…
South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman (R) is expected to file is candidacy Friday to become his state’s next governor. “America has a businessman in the White House, and I believe we need a businessman as Governor of South Carolina,” a statement on Norman’s campaign website reads. “I have a vision for South Carolina – one…
The House Ethics Committee “found substantial evidence” that Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) violated the code of conduct for the lower chamber when his wife profited off stock trades for a company the congressman was focusing on in Washington. The report — which spans 28 pages and has three packets of supporting documents — cleared Kelly of intentionally causing his wife to…
“South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone had a simple response to the furor the often-controversial show stoked this week with an episode showing President Trump in bed with Satan and making fun of what they depicted as the president’s small genitals. “We’re terribly sorry,” Parker said Thursday, holding a deadpan stare as the…
Senate Democrats are demanding answers over how the Trump administration plans to manage the $50 billion rural health slush fund included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in light of reports the fund was made to buy Republican votes. In a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz, a…
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An attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex offender and associate of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, said he has not talked to President Trump’s team about a potential pardon for his client. “We’re going to take one day at a time. I know that’s very cliche, but it’s true, because things are happening so…
“Pod Save America” host Dan Pfeiffer railed against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s accusations that the Obama administration led a “treasonous coup” over the 2016 election. “I don’t think we should call this a scandal,” Pfeiffer, a onetime adviser to former President Obama, said in a Friday episode of the podcast. “Like I don’t…
Minnesota Democratic state Sen. Nicole Mitchell resigned from office after being found guilty of burglarizing her stepmother’s home.
Financial markets finished the week on a high note after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stood his ground against President Trump in a rare joint appearance by the two men Thursday. The S&P 500 finished 0.4 percent up, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 208 points or 0.47 percent. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite…
