Billie Eilish, Sheryl Crow, Niles Rogers, Bootsy Collins, and other famous musicians released a video under the banner of “Artist for Action to Prevent Gun Violence” in hopes of securing more gun control. Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild also took part in the video, as did Rozzi, Peter Gabriel, and Rufus Wainwright. Variety reported that […] More

A federal judge has struck down a California law banning so-called “high capacity” magazines for pistols and modern sporting rifles. The ban, the outcome of California’s Proposition 63 passed in 2016, outlaws the possession of any magazine holding more than ten rounds of ammunition. Federal District Judge Roger Benitez, a George W. Bush appointee and, according […] More

Cash, gold bars, and a Mercedes Benz – totaling more than $710,000 collectively – were recovered between the home and safety deposit box of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and his wife, Nadine Menendez, during an investigation into bribes they allegedly accepted from New Jersey businessmen, federal prosecutors say. The indictment, brought by the U.S Attorney’s […] More

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has allegedly asked occult “Spirit Cooking” performance artist Marina Abramović to serve as an ambassador for his country, according to a report from London’s Daily Telegraph. Ahead of debuting her first solo exhibition in Britain, the controversial 76-year-old Serbian claimed that President Zelensky has asked her to become an ambassador for Ukraine and […] More

House GOP efforts to advance government funding vehicles that would exert the leverage of the party that controls just one half of one-third of government have thus far failed, and with a Sept. 30 deadline just days away, several top conservatives are concerned that the Republicans might have blown it. Overall, the House Republicans generally […] More

House Democrat Whip Katherine Clark (MA) revealed to Politico a scheme to use Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) effort to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as leverage to end the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. A Gaetz motion to vacate the chair would require Democrat votes for success. Clark, the second-ranking Democrat in the House […] More

House Republicans have adopted Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) strategy to pass single-subject appropriations bills, which removes the inclusion of House Republican border funding. “The House has really abandoned the McCarthy CR strategy today and has embraced the Matt Gaetz strategy of single subject spending bills,” Gaetz said on a podcast Thursday. Gaetz, who has long had a […] More

Joe Biden had a rare late night on Thursday, appearing at the 46th Annual Gala for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. As he began to speak, it was immediately obvious why the president rarely does evening events. He continually screwed up his own “MAGA Republican” insult, calling them “mega” Republicans instead. It wasn’t his senility that was noteworthy, though. Rather, […] More