Author name: Lance Hudgins

January 23, 2026 11:21 AM ET A word to the punny: Make sure your word play doesn’t tread too close to someone’s trademark.  Patagonia, the outdoor apparel and gear company, is reportedly taking legal action against “Pattie Gonia,” who describes himself as an “ independent drag artist advocating for people & our planet.” “Pattie Gonia’s”

January 21, 2026 7:23 PM ET Democrats scored a major win Wednesday evening after a Manhattan judge ruled Republican New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ district is unconstitutional and must be redrawn ahead of November’s midterm elections. Democratic firm Elias Law Group, led by high-profile election lawyer Marc Elias, argued that Malliotakis’ district covering all of

January 21, 2026 6:23 PM ET Ghislaine Maxwell has agreed to appear before the House Oversight Committee in February. Maxwell is set to testify on Feb. 9 as part of the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s activities, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer revealed during a markup of contempt resolutions against former President

January 21, 2026 5:53 PM ET A new Congressional spending package includes billions of dollars for an arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that previously collaborated with private entities to censor online speech, including suppression of the validity of Hunter Biden’s laptop in 2020. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) would receive

January 21, 2026 5:28 PM ET The House Oversight Committee passed bipartisan resolutions Wednesday to hold the Clintons in contempt over subpoena noncompliance in the Jeffrey Epstein probe. Members of both parties voted to hold the former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton accountable for willfully defying lawful, bipartisan subpoenas. (RELATED:

January 21, 2026 4:00 PM ET Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was heckled by former Vice President Al Gore during a World Economic Forum (WEF) event in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, according to news coverage. Gore booed Lutnick while the Commerce secretary was giving a speech at an invite-only dinner event hosted by BlackRock CEO Larry

January 21, 2026 3:25 PM ET Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley sparked backlash after he appeared to push back against federal voter ID laws in response to a constituent’s general inquiry about election integrity in a letter. Grassley, who serves as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote in a Jan. 20 letter to a

January 21, 2026 2:47 PM ET A federal judge on Wednesday shut down a bipartisan bid by two House members to force the Justice Department to speed up the release of Jeffrey Epstein-related records, ruling the court lacks authority to police the Justice Department’s compliance inside Ghislaine Maxwell’s “effectively closed” criminal case. Republican Kentucky Rep.

January 21, 2026 11:30 AM ET China is cozying up to Europe — and using President Donald Trump to do it.  China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng threw subtle jabs at the Trump administration in a speech delivered at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Tuesday, pitching China as a defender of the rules-based international order.  “The

January 21, 2026 1:26 PM ET The Heritage Foundation’s new policy paper, “Saving America by Saving the Family,” seems to have ruffled the feathers of New York Times (NYT) opinion writer Jessica Grose. The paper claims the family “is the foundation of civilization, and marriage—the committed union of one man and one woman—is its cornerstone.”