Political Developments in Congress

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who on Sunday suspended his campaign for California's governor amid sexual assault allegations he has denied, is now facing pressure from fellow congressional Democrats to leave his seat in Congress. In a post on the social platform X, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.

Why did an Oxford-educated journalist say something so transparently foolish?

The Trump administration is proposing a government-wide non-disclosure agreement for federal workers, which has been protested by free speech and open government groups as an assault on the First Amendment, and is compounded by cuts to the government workforce and increased political control over th

When we speak of declining trust in experts, this is the sort of thing we're talking about.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) directly blamed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for a resurgence in vaccine-preventable illnesses Thursday. On the social media platform X, Cassidy shared a New York Times article reporting on hospitals seeing a resurgence in vaccine-preventa

🎂 Plus: Viral ‘dot cakes’ take over the internet {beacon}   It’s Thursday. I can’t escape these viral “dot cakes” that have taken over my social media feeds. They seem *so* overhyped. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, keep scrolling to “internet buzz.” I have thoughts.   In today