A water treatment plant failure threw North America’s oldest continuous lawmaking body into crisis this week, as lawmakers were effectively shut out of the Virginia State Capitol for safety reasons. Throughout the rest of Richmond, residents were dealing with a lack of water, and hospitals had to employ tanker trucks to provide the water needed not only to quench patients, but to provide heat and sanitization of medical...

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., sparked online backlash with a post in which he questioned President-elect Donald Trump’s ability to bring down grocery prices. Social media users were quick to point out that food prices spiked under President Biden’s leadership. “I don’t care if Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland. I just want to know what he’s going to do to lower the cost of groceries,” Rep. Swalwell wrote...