A Democratic Washington state lawmaker has apologized after admitting he showed up to a committee hearing after drinking alcohol and making somewhat slurred remarks during the proceeding.   Democratic state Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, the state House majority leader, said it was a “serious mistake for many reasons” when he appeared at a House Appropriations Committee meeting Wednesday where he discussed the operating budget.  “I made a poor choice...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Friday said he was ordering the “complete and immediate cancellation” of all Department of War attendants at universities like Princeton, Columbia, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brown and Yale, starting with the 2026-27 academic year. Hegseth added that the ban would also include “many others,” claiming the higher education system has been “poisoned from within from a class of so-called elite...

The Texas Senate primary for Republicans is a bloodbath, and President Donald Trump isn’t wading in. Trump, who appeared in Corpus Christi, Texas, to tout his energy agenda Friday, had the opportunity to stake his claim in the contentious race and endorse a candidate.  Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is the longtime incumbent fending off seven challengers. But the real race is between Cornyn, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton...