House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries publicly embraced a new crop of congressional nominees Saturday, including three Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates whose primary victories have fueled fresh debate over the Democratic Party’s leftward shift ahead of the 2026 midterms. The powerful New York lawmaker’s post highlights the challenge facing the top House Democrat as he works to unite his party ahead of the general election. If Democrats take...

President Donald Trump on Friday mocked former National Security Advisor John Bolton after his one-time aide admitted to mishandling a classified national defense document. Bolton pleaded guilty hours earlier during a hearing in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, to one count of unauthorized possession of a national defense document. His guilty plea was part of a plea agreement that will see prosecutors dismiss the remaining 17 counts...

An eighth person was charged in a thwarted plot allegedly targeting the Freedom 250 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event at the White House, and a former key lawmaker, ex-FBI agent and current candidate for Senate warned that escalating rhetoric on the left is stoking violence. “They’re calling people Nazis and anti-American,” former House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers, who is running for Senate in Michigan, told Fox News...