WATCH: Texas Dem Who Fled State in Private Jet Compares Himself to Abraham Lincoln

The Republican president leapt from a window in an attempt to break quorum. James Talarico’s chartered flight featured leather seats and flight attendants. Texas state representative James Talarico (D.) compared himself to Abraham Lincoln while touting his party’s walkout to block Republican efforts to pass a new congressional map. But while the Great Emancipator attempted

MSNBC Host Promises To ‘Uphold’ Journalistic Standards After Husband, a Biden Climate Adviser, Launches Congressional Bid

After Biden administration climate adviser Jake Levine announced his campaign to represent California’s 32nd Congressional District, his wife, MSNBC host Jacqueline Alemany, took to X to assure the public that she will uphold journalistic standards. “As a journalist, it’s paramount to respect certain boundaries on my support,” Alemany wrote on Tuesday. “That means I won’t

Jamaal Bowman Said He Had ‘Millions’ in Donations Lined Up for His PAC. It’s Actually in Debt, Records Show.

Latest financial disclosure from Bowman’s Built to Win PAC shows $3k on hand, $47k in debts Jamaal Bowman (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) It’s a PAC of lies. Former congressman Jamaal Bowman left Congress claiming he had received commitments “in the millions” for his new Built to Win PAC, but his most recent federal financial disclosures show

Trump Officials, Allies Move To Dismantle Obama-Era Guidelines That Pressured Banks To Drop Conservatives

Executive order will also target banks for dropping clients over politics Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order directing federal regulators to eliminate Obama-era guidelines that pressure banks to deny services to conservative groups. It also calls to punish banks that drop customers because of politics. The

Tom Cotton Presses IRS To Probe CAIR’s Tax-Exempt Status, Citing ‘Ties to Terror Organizations’

‘Tax-exempt status is a privilege, not a right, and it should not subsidize organizations with links to terrorism,’ Arkansas senator writes Tom Cotton / Getty Images Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) is petitioning the IRS to formally investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for violations of its tax-exempt status, citing “ties to terrorist organizations,

‘Abandoning the Very People It Was Established To Protect’: Red Cross Comes Under Fire After Disturbing Footage Shows Starved Israeli Hostages

The aid organization, which traditionally works to provide aid to hostages during armed conflicts, has not visited the Israelis held captive by Hamas (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images) The Red Cross is under fire from GOP lawmakers and officials for failing to advocate on behalf of the remaining Israeli hostages after shocking videos showed two