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General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, faced mounting scrutiny for evasive testimony before Congress regarding Iran war strategy. The hearing questioned whether his silence reflects genuine military uncertainty or fear of contradicting President Donald Trump.

During nearly 14 hours of recent testimony, lawmakers repeatedly asked how the military allowed Iran to cut off the Strait of Hormuz oil flow and what plan exists to reopen it and end the war.

Former Homeland Security aide Miles Taylor ripped into President Donald Trump on Thursday's edition of "Deadline: White House," saying that his ballroom project writes its own attack ads and Democrats hardly have their work cut out for them at all.

This comes as even Republican lawmakers fight over the new proposal to include $1 billion in funding for the project.

A new lawsuit accused a MAGA culture warrior in Oklahoma of working with Chaya Raichik, founder of the Libs of TikTok social media account, to terrorize a teacher for more than three years, according to a report.

The Advocate reported on Thursday that Regan Killackey, a former Oklahoma public school teacher, filed a lawsuit accusing former state superintendent Ryan Walters of working with the popular social media account to attack Killackey over a photo of the teacher's son attacking the teacher's daughter with a plastic sword while she wore a President Donald Trump mask. The lawsuit says the campaign lasted more than 1,000 days.

Political analysts and observers mocked a giant Trump-aligned media company on Thursday after it was reported that the company is in talks to acquire a floundering conservative podcast.

Axios reported that Paramount is evaluating a potential distribution deal with Katie Miller, wife of President Donald Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, and her podcast "The Katie Miller Podcast." The report noted that Paramount is considering the deal as it attempts to bolster its podcast roster. The company has also had discussions with Paragon Collective, which hosts comedians Whitney Cummings and D.L. Hughley, and Jubilee Media, according to the report.

An 83-year-old Democratic lawmaker had vanished from Capitol Hill, not participating in votes for weeks, and fueling rumors that she was either about to retire or so ill her days were numbered.

But according to Axios, Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) has finally clarified her absence and made clear she is in fact still running for re-election.

An "America First" candidate running for the Senate in North Carolina has been caught selling merchandise made in China, according to a new report.

Michael Whatley has been giving supporters drink koozies that were made in China, according to a Daily Beast report. The koozies appear to be linked to a campaign expense exceeding $1,600 that Whatley's team noted in a recent Federal Elections Commission filing, the report added.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) became frustrated with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing Thursday for repeatedly discussing the Biden administration's record instead of his own.

Turner noted there were 770,000 homeless people under Former President Joe Biden, but Gillibrand pressed him for results from his tenure.

The Capitol Hill bar where Sen. Rand Paul's son unleashed a drunken antisemitic and homophobic tirade at a Republican congressman has issued a blunt statement making clear William Paul is no longer welcome — ever.

"That person had his last drink at the Tune that night," the Tune Inn declared in a morning-after statement, referring to the incident that erupted Tuesday when Paul confronted Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) at the popular DC watering hole.