Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) called for the “truth” from former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) amid what she said was a “pattern of lies and coverups” following reports the Democrat’s campaign recruited one of her midterm opponents to “ballot-stack.” “While some may try to write this off as just how politics works now, ballot-stacking should have…

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) called for the “truth” from former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) amid what she said was a “pattern of lies and coverups” following reports the Democrat’s campaign recruited one of her midterm opponents to “ballot-stack.” “While some may try to write this off as just how politics works now, ballot-stacking should have…

Nonprofit leaker collective Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) published data Wednesday on more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees, some of whom are working in the intelligence community. The collective did not identify the source who leaked the personnel information, referring to the unnamed individual instead as the “Department of Peace.” “This dataset…

Nonprofit leaker collective Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) published data Wednesday on more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees, some of whom are working in the intelligence community. The collective did not identify the source who leaked the personnel information, referring to the unnamed individual instead as the “Department of Peace.” “This dataset…

Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot is looking to be Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s primary opponent in an election cycle where Israelis are growing displeased with current leadership. Eisenkot worked in the Israeli military for 41 years before eventually serving as the country’s military chief. He has hammered Netanyahu for security failures, calling him an “anti-leader,”…

Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot is looking to be Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s primary opponent in an election cycle where Israelis are growing displeased with current leadership. Eisenkot worked in the Israeli military for 41 years before eventually serving as the country’s military chief. He has hammered Netanyahu for security failures, calling him an “anti-leader,”…

Meghan McCain, former Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) daughter, predicts that convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will get a pardon from President Trump. “One of my hottest, hot takes is that Elizabeth Holmes will eventually get a Trump pardon,” McCain wrote on the social platform X. She shared her thoughts in another post, asking comedian and…

Meghan McCain, former Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) daughter, predicts that convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will get a pardon from President Trump. “One of my hottest, hot takes is that Elizabeth Holmes will eventually get a Trump pardon,” McCain wrote on the social platform X. She shared her thoughts in another post, asking comedian and…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reportedly searched a California home tied to its current investigation into former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.). The Beverly Hills mansion, owned by a donor of Swalwell’s, was searched as part of the probe into the former lawmaker, CNN reported, citing two people familiar with the investigation. “Early this morning…

Danish and Estonian officials expressed skepticism over leadership from Finland and Norway communicating with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this week amid heightened tension between Moscow and Kyiv. Estonian Foreign Affairs Minister Margus Tsahkna wrote on social platform X, “Only increased pressure on Russia will make it take peace negotiations seriously.” “Every contact with Russia…

A Cheesecake Factory jab from former President Obama quickly spiraled into a midterm spat between the GOP and Democrats as the competitive election cycle nears its end. Obama quipped during a recent campaign stop in Cleveland that President Trump has the White House “looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory, it’s just gold everywhere.”…

Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) said the midterms are trending toward being a “complete tsunami” ahead of the November elections where the GOP is projected to lose the majority in the House.  “Well, the atmosphere is definitely right, I believe, for a complete tsunami,” the former senator said, responding to a question from Blake Burman…

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva bucked prediction market odds with his unlikely win in the Brazilian presidential runoff election this weekend. On Sunday, Lula was rated an underdog in the election, as his odds were at 20.2 percent on Kalshi and 20.5 percent on Polymarket at noon EDT.  His opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, the…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked former President Obama outside a Cheesecake Factory in Washington on Monday after Obama likened recent White House renovations to the famous restaurant chain during a Saturday rally. “Well, two things. This is the man who built the museum that looks like Darth Vader’s tomb,” Bessent said while exiting a Cheesecake…

A bipartisan pair of former South Carolina governors endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews over Sen. Darline Graham (R) in the state’s Senate election. Former South Carolina Govs. David Beasley (R) and Jim Hodges (D) appeared in a video for Andrews’s campaign on Monday.  “Now, over the years, the two of us haven’t always agreed on everything,”…

Six individual citizens — a civics teacher, a legal journalist, a student journalist, a human rights advocate, a historian and a media watchdog — are suing the president and Trump administration officials over the White House’s bans and restrictions on the press, according to the lawsuit filed Monday. The complaint, which named President Trump alongside…

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) criticized President Trump, saying Sunday he had “become a curse to Republican candidates” ahead the November midterm elections when the GOP is projected to lose the House.  “He has no idea how bad he is doing in GA. And to threaten our state that he would refuse to help…

World leaders scoffed at President Trump reportedly mulling the idea of nominating his ally former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as the United Nations secretary-general. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the possibility “funny,” adding “just a moment ago, he was a candidate for president of the European Commission,” according to Politico. He was referring…

Republican Vivek Ramaswamy slammed opponent Democrat Amy Acton’s campaign on Sunday, saying her campaign “defamed my mother” before he released a controversial attack ad earlier this month. Appearing on Fox News, Ramaswamy was asked whether he regretted releasing an attack ad that featured Acton’s estranged mother, Donna Arthur, calling her daughter a “liar.” “I’ll tell…

President Trump declared on Sunday that Norway “sucks” after he was not selected to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norway-based selection committee honored Navi Pillay, a former International Criminal Court (ICC) judge, instead. “I said to our great first lady, ‘First lady, I get the Nobel Prize in two weeks, and it’ll be an…