Rep. Burgess Owens, a former NFL player turned GOP U.S. congressman from Utah, has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2026, opting to step away from elected office after completing his current term. Owens, 74, said in a statement Wednesday that he would finish the remainder of his term “fully committed” before leaving Congress, a decision that aims to preserve the GOP’s narrow House majority.  “After...

A Pakistani businessman accused of trying to hire hit men to kill political targets, including President Donald Trump, insisted that Iran forced his actions as he testified to jurors in New York on Wednesday. Asif Merchant, 47, said Trump wasn’t the only potential target of the 2024 assassination scheme, telling jurors the list included then-President Joe Biden and former presidential candidate and ex-U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. He claimed that...

Chaos erupted during a Senate hearing Wednesday when Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., jumped in to help Capitol Police remove a protester — an encounter that may have left the man injured. Video of the incident showed Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, stepping in as officers struggled to remove Brian McGinnis, a Marine Corps veteran running as a Green Party candidate for Senate in North Carolina. Sheehy said in...