Author name: Lance Hudgins

January 23, 2026 4:07 PM ET Every year, world leaders and world leader wannabes gather in Davos to congratulate themselves on their commitment to globalization, or shutting down coal plants, or anti-racism, or whatever. The Davos summit is the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), a think tank founded by Klaus Schwab. Davos

January 23, 2026 3:09 PM ET Conservatives erupted after dozens of GOP lawmakers rejected an amendment Thursday evening to block funding for a controversial Biden-era vehicle “kill-switch” mandate GOP privacy hawks warned that failure to block the enforcement of technology that would disable the cars of impaired drivers would grant the government excessive powers over

January 23, 2026 2:18 PM ET Democratic California Rep. Linda Sanchez appeared to slam the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during a Ways and Means Committee hearing with healthcare CEOs Thursday. While questioning Gail Boudreaux, the president and CEO of healthcare insurance company Elevance Health, Sanchez shared a personal story about her struggles with her health

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