NPR reporter says Santos threatened him: ‘He was boiling with rage’

An NPR reporter on Thursday accused former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) of threatening him during a heated phone call that included the phrase “a gun in your face.”  NPR’s Bobby Allyn said the comments from Santos came a day after he published a report on the Justice Department (DOJ) investigating the ex-lawmaker for possible insider…

Senate passes bill to fund ICE for 3 years, without DOJ fund ban

Washington — Senate Republicans passed long-sought funding for the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement agencies following a marathon vote series that began Thursday and stretched through the night and into Friday morning, approving the reconciliation package despite intense pushback over the administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund that had threatened its path forward.  In a 52 to

Murder 60 Minutes? Yes, Please.

Rome Hartman is a recently retired 60 Minutes producer. In the spirit of the show’s self-important, solipsistic, navel gazing culture, Hartman let it rip, expressing in his own words what his former colleagues feel but can only express through vicious and poorly veiled leaks to media scribe Oliver Darcy. In a LinkedIn post (yes, seriously),

Hilton, Becerra lead California governor’s race as Steyer faces narrowing path

The race to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom in California remained undecided Friday morning, with Republican former Fox News host Steve Hilton holding the top spot over the second-leading candidate, Democratic former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. In third place was Democratic billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer. Some experts are closely watching returns to see