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Maxwell invokes the Fifth Amendment at closed virtual House Oversight deposition
Ghislaine Maxwell October 18, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jimi Celeste/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein, invoked the Fifth Amen...
Feb 09, 2026
Guardsmen ambushed in DC to be awarded the Purple Heart
National Guard members Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe. (U.S. Department of Justice)(WASHINGTON) - -The two West Virginia National Guard members shot in November will receive the Purple Heart, Defens...
Feb 06, 2026
Virginia voters considering redrawing congressional districts to favor Democrats
The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Abigail Spanberger will face off with Winsome Earle-Sears on November 4, giving the state its first female governor. (Pho...
Feb 06, 2026
White House takes down racist video shared by Trump about Obamas after backlash
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing in the Oval Office of the White House on February 03, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump shar...
Feb 06, 2026
Trump unveils TrumpRx website he says will help Americans buy lower-priced prescription drugs
US President Donald Trump, left, and Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, during an announcement in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Offi...
Feb 06, 2026
US-Russia nuclear arms treaty expires as Trump looks to include China
President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shake hands after signing the latest nuclear arms reduction treaty between the two countries, known as "new START", at Prague Castle, April...
Feb 05, 2026
Hillary Clinton continues to push for public hearing ahead of Epstein probe deposition
Hillary Clinton speaks onstage at 92NY on May 01, 2025 in New York City. (Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday made it clear that even thoug...
Feb 05, 2026
Are too many Democrats running for governor in California? Republicans see an opportunity
Gavin Newsom, governor of California, during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) -- Ar...
Feb 05, 2026
Warren slams Kennedy’s 'disregard for child welfare' amid immigration crackdown
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) participates in a public forum on the violent use of force by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Februa...
Feb 05, 2026
Supreme Court declines to block California's new mid-decade congressional map
(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by California Republicans to block a newly redrawn congressional map backed by Democrats and endorsed by voters ahead of the 2026 midterm ...
Feb 04, 2026
