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Sen. Jim Banks: Chinese diesel giant Weichai belongs on Pentagon’s blacklist

Sen. Jim Banks is urging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to add a Chinese-owned multinational industrial equipment enterprise to its blacklisting of China's military companies.

August 13, 2026

New bill by Sen. Mike Lee gives more protection to victims of sex crimes

Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill Wednesday to shield sexual abuse victims from any further unwanted contact with their abuser.

August 13, 2026

White House seeks new charges in dropped Reflecting Pool case

White House officials have asked the Justice Department to determine whether a new criminal case can be brought against a former Olympian over vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

August 12, 2026

Lawsuit challenges Trump’s sale of early access to his Truth Social posts

President Trump's newly launched paid service for early access to his Truth Social posts is being challenged in court.

August 12, 2026

Dem senators accuse Belgian diamond group of ‘cartoonish bribe’ to Trump to buy break from tariffs

Two Democratic senators are pressing for answers about whether a diamond trade organization's 18-karat gold ring gifted to President Trump was a "cartoonish bribe" to obtain tariff exemptions.

August 12, 2026

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell refuses to concede in Minnesota’s GOP gubernatorial primary

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell is refusing to concede his loss in Minnesota's Republican gubernatorial primary, saying he wants to make sure no voting irregularities occurred.

August 12, 2026

Trump warns of federal action against Mamdani’s pied-a-terre tax

President Trump threatened to use the federal government to upend New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's new pied-a-terre tax a day after a judge ordered an emergency pause of the new surcharge.

August 11, 2026

Robert Gilman, a Marine veteran in bad health, released from Russian prison after 4 years

A Marine veteran who has been in Russian prison since 2022 has been released and is on his way to the U.S. to remedy his "dire" condition.

August 11, 2026

Minnesota officials balk at DOJ monitors at polling sites

The Justice Department deployed monitors to polling sites in Minnesota during the state's primary elections on Tuesday.

August 11, 2026

Rep. Lauren Boebert’s son charged with sexual exploitation of a child

The son of Rep. Lauren Boebert was arrested in Colorado on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, authorities said Monday.

August 11, 2026

Moolenaar presses Trump admin to confirm chip due-diligence rule still stands amid loophole fears

House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar is pressing the Trump administration to formally confirm that a rule requiring chipmakers to vet their customers before exporting advanced artificial intelligence chips remains in force, warning that lingering ambiguity could reopen a loophole.

August 11, 2026

Nearly half of Americans see nothing good in socialism: Poll

Almost half of Americans cannot name a positive attribute about socialism or believe there is nothing good about the economic system, according to a poll.

August 6, 2026

AOC and Bernie Sanders give public housing a Green New Deal makeover

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernard Sanders are out with a new "Green New Deal for Public Housing."

August 6, 2026

FDA approves first mRNA flu vaccine after reversing its own rejection

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first messenger RNA-based vaccine for seasonal flu, after rejecting it earlier this year.

August 6, 2026

New Mexico sues DOJ, demands unredacted Epstein files on Zorro Ranch

New Mexico filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department seeking to compel the federal government to hand over unredacted files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

August 6, 2026

Education Department left student loan servicers in the dark on program changes: Report

The Education Department's $1.6 trillion student loan operation has been running on inconsistent, ad hoc coordination with the private servicers that touch 43 million borrowers, according to a new congressional watchdog report.

August 6, 2026

Most voters support SAVE America Act: Poll

A majority of likely voters back the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, a proposed law requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, according to a new poll.

August 6, 2026

Democrat quits Senate race in South Dakota, boosts the independent candidate in deep-red state

South Dakota Democratic Senate nominee Julian Beaudion has quit his campaign, blaming personal trauma and unspecified "threats and attacks" from a political opponent.

August 6, 2026

Senate confirms Erica Schwartz as CDC director; Trump’s third nominee to lead agency

The Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

August 5, 2026

U.S. DOGE Service could legally outlive DOGE’s formal shutdown, watchdog finds

Department of Government Efficiency-style work could legally continue even though it was terminated, according to a new congressional report.

August 5, 2026