Politics - Friday, April 10, 2026

Eric Swalwell, a Democratic congressman, denied the account of a former staff member published by CNN and The San Francisco Chronicle. Nancy Pelosi called on him to withdraw from the governor’s race.

The alleged victim revealed Rep. Eric Swalwell pressured her to send naked pictures of herself and sent sexually explicit photos of his own genitalia.

An interagency dispute over the use of high-energy lasers near airports led the Federal Aviation Administration to temporarily close the airspace twice in Texas this year.

A group of law professors mount a campaign challenging birthright citizenship, arguing Trump's executive order to narrow the 14th Amendment is defensible.

The lost mines have prevented Iran from quickly complying with President Trump’s demand to allow more ships to pass through the waterway.

Conservatives disowned Derek Bullock in 2023 after he allegedly used racial slur to call for people of Pakistani heritage to be shot A Reform UK candidate for next month’s council elections was twice disciplined by the Conservatives over alleged offensive or racist comments, while another shared conspiracy theories about Covid, it has emerged, as the full slate of candidates was confirmed. More than 5,000 council places in England are being contested on 7 May, along with several mayoralties, and elections for the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, in a significant test for all the major parties. Continue reading...

After defeating a Democratic fixture in a 1988 primary, he rose to lead the House Foreign Affairs Committee, then was toppled himself in 2020, undone by an overheard comment.

Designs for the President Donald Trump-touted 250-foot Triumphal Arch near Arlington National Cemetery were revealed ahead of next week's Commission of Fine Arts vote.

Gov. Wes Moore attacks the Baltimore Sun's new ownership as right-wing as journalists prepare an investigation into his personal and military record.

PM pushes back after Trump’s threats to leave alliance and says European members must do more in light of Iran war Keir Starmer has said it is in the best interests of the US to stay in Nato and that Europe must do more to support the alliance in light of the war in Iran. The British prime minister, speaking at the end of a multi-stop trip around the Gulf to discuss the tentative ceasefire and options to fully reopen the commercially vital strait of Hormuz, pushed back against Donald Trump’s threats to leave the defence alliance . Continue reading...