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Comey appears in court in Trump threat case that’s likely to pose a challenge for Justice Department
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former FBI Director James Comey appeared in court on Wednesday, kick-starting a criminal case against him that legal experts say presents significant hurdles for the prosecution and will likely be a challenge for the Justice Department to win. Comey, who didn’t enter a plea, was indicted in North Carolina on Tuesday on charges of
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Major House vote falls apart as GOP members stage rebellion
House Republican leadership is delaying a vote on the farm bill, after an uprising by several GOP lawmakers enraged about sticking points within it — jeopardizing yet another major piece of legislation House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was hoping to move into the outbox this week. According to Politico, “Leadership will send the agriculture policy
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Infamous ‘Quality Learing Center’ is now totally abandoned after FBI conducts massive fraud raid in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS — The infamous Somali immigrant-run “Quality Learing Center” in Minneapolis was abandoned on Wednesday — a day after the FBI raided the daycare and about 20 other local operations as part of an investigation into allegations of massive social services fraud in Minnesota. The business’s misspelled sign has been removed, and replaced with a
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In Hostile Hearing, Democrats Accuse Hegseth of Misleading Public on Iran War Progress
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth frequently argued with Democrats during a testy hearing in the Rayburn House office building in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2026 —Nathan Posner—Anadolu via Getty Images Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived on Capitol Hill on Wednesday facing what was supposed to be a budget hearing. Instead, he confronted something the
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Donald Trump’s Disturbing Welcome for King Charles
President Trump welcomed the British monarch King Charles III to the White House yesterday and gave a speech that, on its surface, expressed warmth between the two countries. But its true purpose was darker. Trump’s speech stamped his imprimatur on an ascendant view of American history and politics—one that is controversial even on the American
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White House says funds to pay TSA and other Homeland Security workers will ‘soon run out’
WASHINGTON — The White House is warning Congress that funding to pay Department of Homeland Security personnel will “soon run out,” sparking new threats of airport disruptions and national security concerns as the House slow-walks legislation to end what has been the longest-ever lapse in agency funding. In a memo late Tuesday to lawmakers, the Office of
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Trump’s disgraced ex-AG pick may have accidentally blown up his revenge case
President Donald Trump‘s former pick for attorney general and disgraced former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) might have sabotaged the president’s strategy to try and take down his perceived enemy, former FBI Director James Comey, according to TMZ on Wednesday. Trump had nominated Gaetz in 2025 for the top Justice Department job and something he wrote
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NBC’s Mike Tirico flubs Tina Fey’s name on live TV at Knicks game
This was so not fetch. NBC sports commentator Mike Tirico botched Tina Fey’s name on live TV during Tuesday night’s New York Knicks game. During Game 5 of the NBA playoffs at Madison Square Garden, the broadcaster and his co-commentator Reggie Miller were listing off the star-studded lineup of A-listers sitting courtside. Tirico accidentally called
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Female Looksmaxxer Alorah Ziva Is Suing Clavicular for Alleged Battery
An 18-year-old woman who promotes herself as the “#1 female looksmaxxer” is suing the highly controversial streamer Braden Eric Peters, aka Clavicular, for fraud, battery, and alleged sexual assault. In the suit, which was filed in Miami-Dade County court and obtained by WIRED, Aleksandra Mendoza, who goes by the name @zahloria, or Alorah Ziva, on
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The hellishly hot trend in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ is pink slips for the media industry
“The Devil Wears Prada 2” opens like a knockoff of itself, with sight gags calling back to the mean quips in the 2006 hit: near-identical teal belts, a gala hailing the less-than-innovative theme “Spring Florals” and a red carpet that’s actually cerulean. Those belts, if you’ll remember, were the trigger for Meryl Streep’s Oscar-nominated speech