Raskin rips Patel over reported plan to release decade-old Swalwell files

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Saturday slammed FBI Director Kash Patel for reportedly pushing to release files related to Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) interactions with a suspected Chinese spy. “The FBI is attempting to smear a sitting U.S. Congressman, candidate for governor, and vocal opponent of the president,” said Raskin, the ranking member of the…

What to know about partial DHS shutdown as TSA officers start getting paid

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers started getting retroactive paychecks Monday for the weeks they have worked without pay during the partial 44-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). House Republicans on Friday rejected a bipartisan Senate deal to reopen much of the DHS, including the TSA, leaving the department unfunded as lawmakers left…

Trump Says White House Ballroom Project Ahead of Schedule, Under Budget

Construction crews continue to prepare for new ballroom construction as seen from the newly reopened Washington Monument in Washington on Nov. 14, 2025. Andrew Leyden/Getty Images Progress on the White House ballroom is “ahead of schedule and under budget,” President Donald Trump said on March 29, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One. “We’re doing very

DNC Playbook Offers Self-Critique of Party’s Organizing Failures Ahead of 2026 Midterms

Delegates listen to Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’s speech on the last day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 22, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Democratic National Committee released a 200-plus-page campaign playbook this week that delivers a blunt assessment of the party’s organizing shortcomings in recent years,

Washington Free Beacon Victorious Over AOC Campaign Photographer As Federal Court Tosses Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Fox News settled with copyright pest Jesse Korman over use of AOC photograph in 2020 A federal court tossed out a lawsuit filed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s official campaign photographer alleging the Washington Free Beacon violated his copyright when it used a cutout of a portrait he took in a Free Beacon series spotlighting