Trump snarls GOP’s midterm message 

House Republicans have spent months scrambling to unite around a midterm strategy that will keep them in the majority following November’s elections. In just the last two weeks, President Trump has made their task much tougher. On the messaging front, the president’s attacks on Iran have muddled his “America First” mantra and caused the price…

House Democrat moves to sanction Ogles over anti-Muslim posts

Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) on Thursday filed a resolution to censure Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) over several of his anti-Muslim posts on the social platform X, including one referring to New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D). “Ogles, a Congressman long known for his racist rhetoric, recently tweeted, ‘Muslims don’t belong in American society,’ ‘Pluralism is…

Oversight panel demands interview with former Epstein prison guard

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee requested an interview with a prison guard who was on duty the day Jeffrey Epstein died as part of its broader investigation into the convicted sex offender’s death. “Due to public reporting, documents released by the Department of Justice, and documents obtained by the Committee, the Committee believes…

Jordan on gas prices spiking amid Iran conflict: ‘We can live with that’

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Thursday said Americans “can live with” higher gas prices, a surge that’s a result of the nearly two-week-long joint U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran. Jordan told CNN’s Kasie Hunt that Americans have the “common sense” to “understand that to stop this regime that for 47 years has killed Americans, killed…