A few days ago, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) told the Washington Post that his family was “split” about whether he, age 85, should run again. He said that he’d like his daughter, Jennifer Clyburn-Reed, to ...

Hi, and welcome back to The Franchise! This week, we’ll be looking at the Trump DOJ’s attempt to expand its 2020 voter fraud probe into Arizona, along with the backstory on the Cyber Ninja “audit” ...

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. A bipartisan Congressional investigati... WASHINGTON ...

In the madcap world of the Trump II White House, you knew that President Trump had to be the cause of last week’s humiliating DOJ reversal of its appeal in the law firm executive order cases. And now ...

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on March 2, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia.

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Kate and Josh talk the Iran war and Kristi Noem’s ouster.

As Jason Beaman recounts his long slog searching for mental health therapy last year, he sounds defeated. The first therapist assigned to him by the Department of Veterans Affairs told him at their ...

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John Cornyn (R-TX) on Wednesday penned a cringing op-ed in the New York Post in which he agreed to drop his longtime support ...

US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem during a television interview outside of the West Wing of the White House on ...