politics

Scandal and crime have plagued the political landscape in the United States for generations, sometimes causing headaches for presidents whose own family members have proved themselves to be a political liability. From gun crimes, arrests for drunk driving, and investigations of alleged influence peddling, several past presidents have been bogged down by legal drama surrounding some of their closest family …

North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak came away with the win in the state’s Republican primary for its at-large congressional district. Fedorchak, who emerged as one of the favorites in the race, was up 46% to 29% when AP called the race. The result all but wraps up what had become a heated contest for North Dakota’s lone congressional …

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is paying a visit to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a closed-door transcribed interview with the House select subcommittee investigating the coronavirus pandemic. Cuomo’s handling of the pandemic as governor has been a significant focus of the panel’s – in particular, a March 25, 2020, executive order by the then-governor that restricted nursing homes …

RENO, Nev. – Afghanistan war veteran Sam Brown has won Nevada’s Republican Senate primary and will now face off against a tough incumbent Democrat in the November general election. Brown led former U.S. Ambassador to Iceland Jeffrey Gunter by around 24 percentage points when The Associated Press called the race. The campaign turned increasingly ugly in the months preceding the …

President Biden spoke Tuesday before a crowd of gun control advocates where he called for an assault weapons ban and other measures to limit access to firearms, but also failed to mention his son’s convictions hours earlier for lying about his past drug use while purchasing a gun. The president was speaking in Washington D.C. before the Everytown for Gun …

The Trump Organization fired back Tuesday at reports that the State of New Jersey is considering pulling three liquor licenses held by former President Trump, following his felony convictions in NY v. Trump. Multiple reports surfaced Tuesday that New Jersey was considering invalidating liquor licenses tied to golf club properties in Colt’s Neck, Lamington and Pine Hill, N.J. Lamington Farm …

President Biden’s student loan handouts, a campaign priority for the Democrat incumbent, received approval from just 30% of Americans, according to the results of a new national poll released on Tuesday. Three in 10 U.S. adults say they approve of how Biden has handled the issue of student loan debt, while 4 in 10 disapprove, a new poll from the …

FIRST ON FOX: A conservative activist group has released a new ad urging Senate Democrats, particularly those facing tough reelections in red states, to support a House bill aimed at preventing noncitizens from voting in U.S. elections. Building America’s Future announced in a press release that the ad is “urging Americans to tell Senate Democrats to pass HR 192 and …

One of the jurors in the Hunter Biden gun trial said the case was heart-wrenching, moments after the guilty verdict was handed down. The 68-year-old juror from Sussex County, Delaware described the case to Fox News but said he didn’t buy the defense’s narrative that Hunter may have gone to a 7-Eleven to buy coffee — and said he thought …

WILMINGTON, Del. — First son Hunter Biden was found guilty on all charges Tuesday in his historic criminal case focused on his purchase of a handgun in 2018. The jury deliberated for a total of three hours between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. Hunter Biden was found guilty of making a false statement in the purchase of a gun, making …