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House Ethics Committee Finds Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Guilty of 25 Violations, Opening Door to Expulsion Vote

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The ruling comes just weeks before Cherfilus-McCormick is scheduled to face criminal trial on money laundering allegations Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D., Fla.) committed 25 violations of House ethics rules for her role in an alleged scheme to use millions of stolen taxpayer dollars to win her 2021 political campaign, a

‘Borderline Barbaric’: Leading Dem Payroll Vendor Accused of Punishing Employees Who Take Paid Family Leave

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Rippling has received generous tax breaks from California’s Gavin Newsom and New York’s Kathy Hochul, both champions of expanded paid family leave policies Gavin Newsom and Kathy Hochul (Getty Images) The Democratic Party’s top payroll vendor, the human resources software company Rippling, has cultivated a “borderline barbaric” internal culture that penalizes employees who take the

‘They Have Been Just Beat to S—’: Iranian Regime ‘Begging’ for Ceasefire Deal, Trump Says

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Trump added that U.S. military operations are ‘way ahead of schedule’ and the United States has sunk at least 154 Iranian ships WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 26: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty

House Energy Committee To Investigate Columbia’s Compliance With Trump Deal

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The House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce is investigating whether Columbia University is honoring its deal with the Trump administration, according to a letter sent to the university on Tuesday. The letter, from committee chairman Brett Guthrie (R., Ky.), comes as Columbia is under fire for allegedly withholding information from a federal monitor,

Senate Republicans Introduce Bill Boosting Defense Cooperation Between Abraham Accords Members

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North Carolina’s Budd and Iowa’s Ernst hope to include the legislation in this year’s annual defense spending measure Joni Ernst (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images), Ted Budd (Grant Baldwin/Getty Images), Abraham Accords signing (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Sens. Ted Budd (R., N.C.) and Joni Ernst (R., Iowa) introduced legislation on Thursday that would significantly boost defense cooperation between

For America at 250, Some Jewish Wisdom on How to Last 3,000 Years

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Ruth Wisse’s ‘grateful Jewish message on staying power’ Ruth Wisse gives the lecture at the Trump Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on March 25, 2026. (Ira Stoll) March 26, 2026 image/svg+xml The scholar of Yiddish Ruth Wisse began her Jefferson Lecture last night at the Trump Kennedy Center in Washington with the observation that “There

EXCLUSIVE: We Obtained the Syllabus for Claudine Gay’s New Harvard Course on Higher Education

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Harvard students will soon be able to take a class about the meaning of Harvard, which is very Harvard—even more so because the new course will be taught by Claudine Gay, the former university president who resigned in disgrace amid plagiarism accusations and criticism of her response to anti-Semitism on campus. More than two years