Author name: Lance Hudgins

House Republicans on Tuesday afternoon moved to block a second effort from the chamber’s Democrats to force a vote on releasing materials related to the late convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. Lawmakers voted along party lines against permitting Democrats to offer an amendment to force Attorney General Pam Bondi to publish any “records and evidence”

Former President Joe Biden did his part to advance the disaster that is government waste. The early months of President Donald Trump’s second term were spent quantifying the precise cost and scope of that waste. In sum: Billions of dollars flushed towards silly, wasteful and, in some cases, downright evil ends. With a diagnosis in

Republican Indiana Sen. Jim Banks sent a letter to the National Park Service (NPS) on Tuesday questioning whether the agency is complying with President Donald Trump’s demands to avoid “ideological indoctrination or divisive narratives” in U.S. parks and monuments. Banks’ letter shared with the Daily Caller News Foundation — which was addressed to Interior Secretary

Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn is not bowing out without a fight. The Texas incumbent, who is seeking a fifth term in 2026, outraised his primary challenger, Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, by $1 million during the most recent fundraising quarter. The fundraising haul comes as the Cornyn campaign is working to close the

July 14, 2025 12:29 PM ET Jeffrey Epstein dominated conversation at Turning Point USA’s (TPUSA) Student Action Summit (SAS) this weekend in Tampa, Florida. Multiple high-profile conservative figures — including Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk — voiced concerns over what they view as a persistent and troubling lack of

July 14, 2025 12:07 PM ET The FBI is reportedly investigating its own actions targeting President Donald Trump during previous administrations to reveal whether they amount to a “grand conspiracy” to illegally influence U.S. elections, according to a report from Just the News. The Trump administration’s reported probe spans from the FBI’s weaponization of false

July 14, 2025 11:52 AM ET The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) sent a notice of legal action to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz concerning his state’s allegedly discriminatory hiring policies on Monday. AFPI claimed the Minnesota Department of Human Services’ (“Minnesota DHS”) plan, which it called “affirmative action,” requires “higher standards for hiring white men

July 14, 2025 11:43 AM ET Former Vice President Mike Pence thanked House Speaker Mike Johnson in a letter Monday for including provisions to defund Planned Parenthood in the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). A longtime anti-abortion hardliner, Pence has opposed abortion pills and procedures for non-viable pregnancies, and has urged Republicans to support a

July 14, 2025 11:23 AM ET The House of Representatives could vote on forcing the Trump administration to release the Jeffrey Epstein files later this week. California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna is leading an effort in the House to require the Department of Justice to release all records related to Epstein. President Donald Trump’s base

July 14, 2025 10:42 AM ET Several Democrats said that they currently have a grim outlook on the future of the Democratic Party, The Hill reported Monday. Democratic strategist Brad Bannon told the Hill he thinks that Democrats are “still stuck in the same mud that they were in six months ago.” The report comes