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Obama family dog Sunny dies at 13 after more than a decade with the former first family

Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama announced the death of their Portuguese water dog Sunny, calling…
By Samuel Lee

House heads home seven weeks early with debt, AI, and surveillance bills untouched

The House canceled its remaining September session and will not return until after the November 3 midterm elections, leaving legislation…
By Francis Walshe

House votes 352–72 to make Trump's fraud enforcement division permanent, with more than 140 Democrats joining in

More than 140 House Democrats, including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, voted Wednesday to codify President Trump's National Fraud Enforcement Division…
By Elizabeth Delaney

Hoeven tried to tell McConnell how to vote on the farm bill — McConnell voted his own way

Sen. Mitch McConnell defied a colleague's whispered instruction and cast his own "aye" vote during a heated farm bill markup,…
By Mandy Donalds

Fetterman loses patience with reporters pressing him on a Republican switch

Senator John Fetterman snapped at Capitol Hill reporters who followed him to an elevator demanding answers about his party affiliation,…
By George Robertson

House GOP leaders send lawmakers home early, sidestepping Hegseth impeachment vote

House Republican leaders scrapped Thursday's scheduled votes and sent members home ahead of the midterm elections, a move that conveniently…
By George Robertson

Kash Patel arrived at Senate hearing with opposition research on Dick Durbin — and at least one claim was wrong

FBI Director Kash Patel showed up to his Senate oversight hearing Tuesday with a page of typed talking points targeting…
By Francis Walshe

AG Blanche pledges compliance with Supreme Court order blocking USPS mail ballot rules

Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Trump administration will follow the Supreme Court's decision halting new Postal Service mail voting…
By Elizabeth Delaney

NYC Mayor Mamdani won't join anti-Netanyahu protests he helped stoke

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who spent the summer encouraging New Yorkers to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the…
By George Robertson

NYC's socialist mayor and Letitia James sue to block Trump's public charge rule for immigrants

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Attorney General Letitia James filed twin lawsuits to stop the Trump administration from…
By Matthias Dathan
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