In a bid to boost his moderate credentials amid one of the cycle’s toughest reelection campaigns, Sen. Jon Tester (D., Mont.) has pledged to balance the federal budget. There’s just one problem: Tester voted against balanced budget legislation at least eight times since entering the Senate, a Washington Free Beacon review has found. During Tester’s
Pennsylvania Rep. Susan Wild, one of the most vulnerable House Democrats up for reelection, has locked down her Facebook account after catching flack for baselessly claiming a military veteran in her district was an anti-LGBT bigot. The drama started after Wild commented on a friend’s post displaying the gay pride flag and relayed her recent
Disgraced senator allegedly traded political favors for gold bars and other bribes (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Disgraced Sen. Bob Menendez (D., N.J.), who has faced four federal indictments on bribery charges, plans to file for reelection as an independent, according to a New Jersey Globe report. Due to his legal restraints, Menendez will be at trial
TikTok, the Chinese-controlled social media giant, has denied allegations that it enables anti-Semitic and pro-Hamas content on its platform. That claim will be a tough sell given the company’s partnership with an anti-Israel “digital rights” group that defends Hamas and has called for “intifada” against Israel. Three TikTok executives will speak Wednesday at the Palestine
President Joe Biden flew Sunday to Wilmington, Del., ahead of his son Hunter’s trial, which began on Monday. The first family spent the weekend in Rehoboth Beach, Del., before traveling to Wilmington on Sunday. First lady Jill Biden on Monday appeared in the front row of the courtroom in Wilmington, where jury selection has begun
‘Congress-wide probe’ hits Harvard, Columbia, Northwestern, and others for failure to stem skyrocketing Jew hatred on campus The John Weeks Footbridge with Harvard behind it on in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images) Six congressional oversight committees on Monday initiated a wide-ranging probe into anti-Semitism at 10 top American colleges and are laying the groundwork to
Editor’s Note: On Thursday, the Washington Free Beacon published a piece about a police report that details a harassing phone call Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D., N.M.) made to his former employer while enrolled at New Mexico State University. According to the report, Vasquez was fired from a call center in Las Cruces for falsifying data