Author: Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner

Although Helene has weakened in strength as it rips across the Southeastern United States, the storm still poses concerns, with its intense winds knocking out power and leaving many people stranded across several states. The storm made landfall as a Category 4 Hurricane in Florida’s Big Bend around 11:10 p.m. on Thursday, becoming the largest storm to…

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) vetoed a bill that would have required the state to apply warning labels to gas stoves manufactured or sold online outlining the health risks of the product. Newsom rejected the proposal on Friday, citing concerns the bill would codify “highly prescriptive labeling content” that could later be changed by legislative amendments.…

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was hospitalized after a campaign event on Friday to be treated for burns, according to his campaign. Robinson was treated for second-degree burns on his hand that occurred during a campaign event in Mt. Airy, according to News Nation. He has since been discharged and will return to the…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said her Republican colleagues don’t deserve to maintain their slim majority in the House next year after working with Democrats to pass a temporary spending deal to avoid a government shutdown. In an interview on Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast, Greene described what she views as a “double-edged sword” in…

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is seeking to block former President Donald Trump from dismissing his federal prosecutions if elected to the White House, according to legislation the California Democrat introduced Friday. The Investigative Integrity Protection Act would prohibit the sitting president from interfering with active criminal cases against him or her, including through coercion of…

The former director of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 was dismissed from his position earlier this year due to professional misconduct and dismissive interactions with colleagues, the think tank announced on Friday.  Paul Dans, who led the presidential transition framework for the conservative organization, was removed from the top position in July as Project 2025…

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) will no longer voluntarily participate in a House Ethics Committee investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use, the Florida Republican announced Thursday. In a letter, Gaetz accused the panel of using the inquiry as a “political payback exercise” that seeks “deeply personal information that is no business of Congress.”…

The security failures leading to the first assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a July campaign rally were the fault of the Secret Service rather than local law enforcement, according to the House task force investigating the shooting and witnesses who appeared before the panel on Thursday. The House task force investigating the…

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faces a perilous path to retaining his role in leadership as some Republicans express disapproval over how he handled a government funding fight this month. Congress passed a short-term extension in government funding on Wednesday, temporarily avoiding a shutdown as Washington shifts its attention to the November election. But the measure passed…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is demanding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fire the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States for planning a visit to Pennsylvania earlier this week, a trip Republicans have decried as being politically motivated to influence the 2024 election. In a letter sent to Zelensky on Wednesday, Johnson pressed the Ukrainian president…