Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows says home targeted in swatting incident
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said on her Facebook page Saturday that her house was swatted.In her Facebook post, Ms. Bellows says her home address was posted on the internet and that an...
View ArticleHouse GOP schedules first hearing on Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment
The House on Wednesday announced its first hearing on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, officially kicking off the quest to oust the man who’s overseen the most chaotic border...
View ArticleGOP leaders visit border, call migrant surge 'heartbreaking and infuriating'
EAGLE PASS, Texas — House Speaker Mike Johnson led dozens of Republicans to the border in Texas on Wednesday, saying they got a firsthand look at the devastation of unprecedented illegal immigration...
View ArticleMary Miller, GOP lawmaker, wants government shut down over illegal...
A Republican lawmaker who visited the southern border with other GOP members in Texas called for a government shutdown over the surge of illegal migrants entering the U.S.Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois...
View ArticleDOJ says it could have targeted nonviolent Jan. 6 protesters who did not...
Editors Note: An earlier version of this story mischaracterized U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves’ remarks about the Jan. 6 prosecutions. He said the DOJ could have but did not...
View ArticleRobert Menendez makes the case that he is the victim of political payback
Sen. Robert Menendez called the federal criminal corruption case against him "outrageous" and "unprecedented" and suggested Tuesday that it was an attempt to remove a key voice blocking some of...
View ArticleNYC students forced out of school building after officials move in nearly...
New York City high school students' classes went remote Wednesday after nearly 2,000 migrants moved into their school building in Brooklyn following an evacuation from a tent shelter Tuesday to avoid a...
View ArticleCongressional Democrats move to crack down on militia activity in the U.S.
A pair of Democratic lawmakers have introduced bills that would prevent private paramilitary activity in the U.S.Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts put forth the...
View ArticleFox News cancels MyPillow ads
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell announced Friday that Fox News Channel dropped MyPillow commercials.It appeared to end the turbulent but profitable longtime relationship between Mr. Lindell and Fox...
View ArticleFederal agencies flagged Americans' financial transactions using terms like...
A version of this story appeared in the On Background newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive On Background delivered directly to your inbox each Friday.The federal government flags...
View ArticleHouse Republicans pass pro-life bills before Roe v. Wade anniversary
House Republicans passed two pieces of pro-life legislation Thursday, days before the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion.The first bill...
View ArticleRep. Clay Higgins accuses DOJ of hiding evidence of undercover agents...
Rep. Clay Higgins says the Justice Department is withholding exculpatory evidence from police video and audio recordings that reveal hundreds of undercover law enforcement officers were among the...
View ArticleJamaal Bowman apologizes for lauding pro-Hamas speaker at district event
Rep. Jamaal Bowman is apologizing for introducing with praise a speaker who has accused Jews of exploiting the Holocaust to legitimize Israel's treatment of Palestinians.Mr. Bowman, New York Democrat,...
View ArticleDemocrats' Jan. 6 committee accused of deleting over 100 files before GOP...
The now-defunct House Select Committee on Jan. 6 destroyed more than 100 encrypted files from its 2021 investigation before Republicans took over the chamber, House investigators say.Rep. Barry...
View ArticleHouse Jan. 6 committee files shielded from GOP due to 'national security,'...
Federal agencies are withholding some Jan. 6 witness transcripts from House Republican investigators due to "national security" concerns, the Democrat who led the now-disbanded committee has...
View ArticleRNC seeking new credit line to help climb out of money hole
The cash-strapped Republican National Committee will consider opening a line of credit when members gather for their winter meeting that starts Tuesday in Las Vegas, The Washington Times has...
View ArticleConservative activists to confront RNC at winter meeting in Las Vegas
Conservative activists plan to gather at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Las Vegas to deliver their grievances, sparking fears they will push a no-confidence vote against RNC Chair...
View ArticleCori Bush under criminal probe for campaign funds misuse for bodyguard,...
Rep. Cori Bush, the far-left Squad member, is under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice for allegedly misusing campaign funds to pay a bodyguard whom she later married.The department...
View ArticleMike Johnson calls truce in GOP fight over FISA overhaul
House Speaker Mike Johnson has been pressuring two committees to stop butting heads and quickly meld their competing bills to rewrite the government’s most powerful spy power, The Washington Times has...
View ArticleGOP lawmakers say FBI deleted records related to anti-Catholic memo
Republican lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee say they are seeking "action and accountability" after discovering new details and discrepancies surrounding an anti-Catholic memo prepared by...
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