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Former federal prosecutor Preet Bharara has signed on as counsel for Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) to fight the new criminal investigation the Trump administration has launched into him.

The investigation, led by Ed Martin, will examine whether Schiff committed mortgage fraud by holding primary residences in California and Maryland at the same time — a common practice for members of Congress that experts say, as long as all applicable state laws are followed, is not illegal. A spokesman for Schiff clarified he did not mislead any mortgage lender about his use of either property.

A Missouri Republican made an eyebrow-raising acknowledgement to a right-wing podcast that he suspects giants were real.

Rep. Eric Burlison made the comments to BlazeTV host Alex Stein in a clip published July 30. The comments were first flagged by Meidas Touch.

The gunman who rampaged at Emory University in Georgia, near a building of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may have been acting out of revenge for what he believed was an injury from the COVID vaccine, CNN's Ryan Young reported Friday evening.

The shooting, which left a police officer dead, is the latest in a series of lethal firearm incidents around the country this year, which also included a mass shooting at a bar in Montana and a mass shooting in New York City that appeared to target the headquarters of the NFL.

Texas' MAGA attorney general, Ken Paxton, snapped Friday night at Republican Sen. John Cornyn for taking a shot at him in a legal document supporting the state's lawsuit trying to vacate a Democratic lawmaker's seat.

Cornyn filed an amicus letter with the state Supreme Court in support of Gov. Greg Abbott's lawsuit seeking to vacate state Rep. Gene Wu's seat after Democratic lawmakers fled the state to thwart a GOP scheme to redistrict the state to boost the party's slim House majority. Wu is the chair of the Texas House Democrats.

A Republican governor thumbed her nose at President Donald Trump on Friday as she poured cold water on any notions her state would join a handful of other GOP-led states to attempt mid-decade redistricting to boost the number of Republican seats in Congress ahead of a tough mid-term election next year.

Republican-led states are redistricting this year primarily to gain a political advantage before the 2026 midterm elections. In the most prominent example, Texas Republicans are pushing for a mid-decade redraw to add more congressional seats favorable to the GOP, which could increase their House majority. Democratic lawmakers fled the state to thwart the plan, leading to an escalating standoff with Gov. Gregg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton.

President Donald Trump's just-fired IRS chief appears to be taking the news in stride.

Trump is firing former Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) from the IRS after just two months on the job. Four sources told The New York Times that, despite his loyalty and allegiance to Trump, Long was being canned and will get an ambassadorship instead.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is bringing the hammer down on a pro-Trump county prosecutor's move to investigate a state senator for disclosing the location of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

The state lawmaker in question, Analise Ortiz, posted information on the locations of ICE agents during a raid in her neighborhood. There is no law against doing this, but Trump supporters have sought to threaten or intimidate people who share that information, claiming that it puts agents' safety at risk.

A former Biden Pentagon official told CNN viewers Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin just proved who holds "all the cards" after news dropped he would meet with President Donald Trump in Alaska.

Sabrina Singh joined "The Lead" with fill-in host Phil Mattingly and Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt to discuss Trump's announcement on Truth Social.

Texas Democrats who left the state to deny Republicans a quorum in the state legislature are firing back after Gov. Greg Abbott's novel legal salvo.

The legislators made the move to obstruct any debate or passage of a new gerrymandered congressional map that state Republicans drew at the request of President Donald Trump, which makes five districts more favorable to the GOP, as the national party scrambles to prevent a wipeout in the midterm elections next year.

President Donald Trump's Oval Office makeover didn't pass muster for one interior designer, who said the facelift looks "cheap" and "tacky."

The White House now prominently includes extensive gold embellishments on the walls, ceiling trim, and fireplace mantle. Trump, no stranger to opulence, included golden drapes, gold cherubs, a gold FIFA World Cup trophy, and gold vases and urns on the mantel.

Vice President JD Vance was put off by a joke that Secretary Marco Rubio tried to tell during a "very serious" conversation about the Middle East.

According to a Daily Beast report, the story came from Katie Miller, the wife of top Trump adviser Stephen Miller. On her debut podcast episode Thursday night, Miller spoke with Vance and gave him a series of "Marco questions." Specifically, she wanted to know the "funniest joke" Rubio had ever told him.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a sinister message to a CIA official as President Donald Trump's negotiating envoy disbanded after negotiations for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

The ceasefire isn't likely to move forward as Putin continues to demand that Ukraine hand over territory, but Putin sent the award, "The Order of Lenin," which is made for Russians who give outstanding service to their country. But he didn't give it to a Russian; he gave it to the family of a dead American who fought in Ukraine beside Russia.

The Daily Beast reports comedian and podcaster Margaret Cho tore into 1990s actor Dean Cain for enlisting in ICE for a DHS recruitment video.

“You’ll never be white,” Cho told Cain in her own video posted to Instagram. “Why would you join ICE and encourage people to join ICE when your ancestors were interned in World War II?”