An Oregon Democrat who recently won a congressional primary was behind a progressive criminal justice reform bill in the state legislature backed by defund the police groups that critics say would have made the community less safe. Janelle Bynum, an Oregon state representative who owns multiple McDonald’s franchises, was the chief sponsor of HB 2002 in the state legislature in 2021 which was described as “an omnibus bill...

The recent rhubarb in the House Oversight Committee revealed one thing: Divides in Congress are more than cosmetic. “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading,” chided Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., staring across the room at Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas. In Congress, the “ayes” usually have it. But in this case, it was eyelashes. Greene faced eyelash backlash from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. “How...

Utah Republican Rep. Burgess Owens cornered Northwestern University President Michael Schill on the eye-popping sum in donations the elite school has reportedly received from Qatar amid a fiery exchange during a House hearing.  “Do you think it’d be a good idea for the University of Northwestern to partner with a government that harbors terrorist Hamas, and Iranian operatives who fund terrorism? Yes or no?” Owens asked Schill, while...