Newsom sets date for special election to fill Swalwell’s House seat

Two House Republicans who backed the subpoena of former Attorney General Pam Bondi expressed resistance to joining Democrats in seeking to hold her in contempt after the Justice Department said she would not appear for a scheduled deposition. Reps. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) and Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) both questioned the value of hearing from her. “She's out. Let's...

Erika Kirk, the widow of activist Charlie Kirk, withdrew from a Turning Point USA tour talk with Vice President JD Vance at the University of Georgia, following threats on her life Tuesday night.  Vance and Kirk were set to highlight the talk when, two hours before the event, “some very serious threats in her direction” arose, according to Turning […]

The filing seeks to clear some of the last remaining convictions related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, clearing Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued a proclamation on Tuesday setting the date for a special election to fill the remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) term for Aug. 18.  Swalwell resigned from Congress earlier Tuesday after a flurry of reporting from the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN late last week alleged that the congressman, once seen as the Democratic front-runner in the California governor’s race, had sexually assaulted...