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0:29Rep. Jamaal Bowman arrives to the U.S. Capitol, June 22, 2023.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Rep. Jamaal Bowman pleaded guilty on Thursday after being charged with falsely pulling the fire alarm at a congressional office building, a misdemeanor, before…

Shadowbanning and the Israel-Hamas war, explained. Shadowbanning dates back to the early days of the internet. Vox; MirageC/Getty Images A.W. Ohlheiser is a senior technology reporter at Vox, writing about the impact of technology on humans and society. They have…

4:28Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) leaves a House Republican conference meeting in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Oct. 24, 2023 in Washington, DC.Drew Angerer/Getty Images The House at last has a new speaker and the 2024 presidential…

1:56Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks after his election at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on Oct. 25, 2023.Tom Brenner/AFP via Getty Images In the wake of an unprecedented three-week void without a House speaker, Republicans on Wednesday elected…

Are GOP leaders more aligned with Democrats than with the MAGA right? Mostly no — but sometimes yes. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-KY), in the Capitol…

1:56Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) leaves a House Republican conference meeting in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Oct. 24, 2023 in Washington, DC.Drew Angerer/Getty Images Republican Rep. Mike Johnson, a conservative hard-liner, staunch ally of former President…

14:33Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Governor of Arkansas, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., May 2, 2023.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is embroiled in a controversy dubbed by critics and the…

A viral essay by Biden’s foreign policy adviser shows why Israel is more of a liability to the US than anyone’s ready to admit. President Joe Biden confers with national security adviser Jake Sullivan during a roundtable with Jewish community…

7:02Affirmative Action supporters and and counter protestors shout at each outside of the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 2023, in Washington, D.C. In a 6-3 vote, Supreme Court Justices ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard…

5:03Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump looks on during a campaign event, Oct. 23, 2023, in Derry, N.H. Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the 2023 First in the Nation Leadership Summit, Oct. 13, 2023, in…