A years-long feud between House Republicans and former special counsel Jack Smith just entered a new, more serious phase. Rep. Jim Jordan formally asked the Justice Department this week to investigate Smith for potential criminal charges, tied to sworn congressional testimony. Here’s the specific accusation. Smith testified in December 2025 that neither he nor his … Read more
More than six weeks after his hospitalization, Mitch McConnell still doesn’t have a clear timeline for returning to work. The senator’s office released a new statement Monday, confirming he remains in a rehabilitation facility and hasn’t been medically cleared to leave. Here’s how this whole saga started. McConnell was hospitalized June 14 following a fall … Read more
Former FBI Director James Comey is fighting to keep a seashell photo from putting him in front of a jury this fall. Comey’s attorneys filed a formal motion Monday, asking a federal judge in North Carolina to dismiss the entire indictment against him. Here’s the backstory behind this bizarre case. Comey posted an Instagram photo … Read more
Detroit Democrats are heading into one of their most closely watched primaries in years, and it’s dividing the party right down the middle. State Rep. Donavan McKinney is challenging two-term incumbent Shri Thanedar for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District seat. Here’s the issue driving much of this race. Detroit hasn’t had a Black member of Congress … Read more
An NBA player just waded into one of the summer’s most heated political flashpoints, and the internet noticed immediately. Milwaukee Bucks forward Kyle Kuzma reshared New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s viral video Saturday, attaching a pointed message many read as direct criticism. Here’s the video that started everything. Mamdani addressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin … Read more
A very public rift between President Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune just reached a new boiling point this week. The fight centers entirely on the SAVE America Act, a voting bill Trump has called his single top legislative priority this year. Here’s what the bill actually does. It would require photo ID to … Read more
Millions of Americans planning their retirement budgets just got a preview of what’s coming next year, and the numbers look bigger than last year’s bump. The Social Security Administration hasn’t confirmed final figures yet, but early projections point toward a meaningfully larger cost-of-living adjustment for 2027. Here’s why. The Senior Citizens League currently estimates a … Read more
Marvel just answered one of Hollywood’s longest running casting rumors, and the crowd reaction inside Hall H proved it was worth the wait. Ryan Gosling walked on stage Saturday during Marvel Studios’ San Diego Comic-Con panel, officially confirmed as the MCU’s new Ghost Rider. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige made the announcement himself, joking that … Read more
South Carolina’s newest senator is facing a fight that has nothing to do with policy, and everything to do with paperwork. Darline Graham Nordone was sworn in July 14, becoming South Carolina’s first woman to ever serve in the US Senate. Her appointment came under tragic circumstances. Gov. Henry McMaster named her to the seat … Read more
A Massachusetts courtroom just became the latest battleground over who controls America’s immigration protections, and this round went against the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy issued an administrative stay Friday, keeping deportation protections in place for Ethiopian nationals living in the country. Here’s the background driving this fight. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem determined … Read more