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Concerns for outgoing Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s health are bubbling up again. Punchbowl News’s John Bresnahan just reported that McConnell fell after GOP senators ate lunch and is currently receiving medical treatment. Medical staff also reportedly came in with a wheelchair and followed him as he left. New: @LeaderMcConnell fell…

The arrest of Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has upended the investigation with revelations of his ties to a prominent Maryland political family. Mangione, a former Ivy League student and self-described anti-capitalist, was taken into custody Monday at a McDonald’s in Altoona,…

Former congressman Matt Gaetz may be gone, but he won’t be forgotten by former colleagues who will soon be covered by him from his perch in the Fourth Estate. Since resigning his seat and dropping out of the confirmation process for U.S. attorney general, Gaetz last updated the public that…

Joe Biden has made such a mess of things as he’s occupied the Oval Office, and it’s concerning that he’s still there in the condition that he’s in as things continue to implode around him. Yet he lives in a dream world. He delivered remarks at the Brookings Institution on…

Luigi Mangione had a brief court appearance today in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he remains detained without bail due to his threat to the general public. The proceedings dealt with his extradition back to New York, where he’s been charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was allegedly…

Few men in recent political history are as contemptible Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The first black man elected to his prestigious position, Bragg is also known for a number of other things. Namely, he’s perhaps best known for being the New York paper pusher who became vaingloriously obsessed —…

President-elect Trump just trolled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau like a boss, calling him ‘governor’ of the ‘great state of Canada’. “It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada. I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon…

CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota, 58, signed off from her final broadcast with the network on Sunday after more than a decade on air and just five months after she lost her husband to pancreatic cancer. In an emotional farewell, Camerota reflected on her remarkable journey with the channel which she…

GOP Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa announced Monday that she will now be supporting Pete Hegseth through the confirmation process to become the next secretary of defense. Ernst had been perhaps the most prominent Republican holdout in backing President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee. “I think for a number of our senators,…

FBI Director Christopher Wray plans to resign on or before Inauguration Day, according to recent reports. The move, widely seen as preemptive, reflects growing pressure from Republican lawmakers, led by Senator Charles Grassley, and signals yet another shift in leadership for an agency that has been at the center of…