Lauren Boebert

Update: Lauren Boebert's office said Sunday that there is "zero truth" in the allegations, and added that, under House rules, the complaint should not be investigated. "Under House Committee on Ethics Rule 15, a complaint may not be filed within 60 days of an election in which the Member is a candidate. This filing was submitted inside that window. The Committee is required to return it," her office stated.

An explosive sworn complaint filed with the House Ethics Committee alleges Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) carried on a sexual relationship with her district director in the office, in a car and in campaign-paid hotel rooms — and that roughly $200,000 changed hands when the staffer threatened to go to the committee.

The complaint says that after Clarice Navarro Ratzlaff left the office and told Boebert she intended to file an ethics complaint, a payment of about $200,000 followed in March 2025. Its author says he does not know where the money came from, and the passage describing how he verified the payment is redacted in the published version....

A Republican strategist pooh-poohed speculation that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was hitting the road to drum up support for his own political ambitions.

President Donald Trump's defense secretary took a taxpayer-funded military aircraft Monday to visit the Iowa State Fair with Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA), who is running for re-election, but GOP strategist Kristin Davison told "CNN This Morning" that she's not buying rumors that Hegseth was setting himself up for a presidential run or another political office after his time in the Trump administration ends.

"I don't think this is Hegseth's launch in the 2028 [election]," Davison said. "Maybe he likes the bacon on a stick at the state fair – it's very good. But I do think, exactly, you know, these campaigns know what's going to work in their race. The White House political operation, they're smart people. They're not going to send folks out there who are going to hurt the candidate. So there's obviously data that probably shows that this helps rile up the base."...

Trump threatens to turn on Boebert, but it’s too late for a 2026 primary challenger

by Lindsey Toomer, Colorado Newsline
May 19, 2026

It is too late for another candidate to get on the June primary ballot in Colorado, despite President Donald Trump’s threat to back a primary challenger against longtime ally U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert....

WASHINGTON — Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) appeared to break with House Republican leadership over the reauthorization of a sweeping federal surveillance law, arguing the government should not be able to buy Americans' private data without a warrant.

"I want the Fourth Amendment to not be for sale," Boebert told reporters on Thursday. "The federal government should not be able to purchase American citizens' data from private companies. This is a complete violation — it's a workaround from any kind of warrants and looking into Americans' lives."

Boebert's comments come as the House debates reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which expires April 20 unless extended. The provision allows intelligence agencies to collect communications of foreign targets without a traditional warrant, but critics say it has been used to sweep up Americans' data, too....

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) argued that members of Congress should "find Jesus" instead of spending time being "so horny."

During a Thursday gaggle outside the Capitol, Boebert seemed disgusted by sexual conduct within the legislative branch.

"Yeah, go to church, find Jesus," she recommended. "Like, I mean, why is everybody so horny here?"...

MAGA fans unleashed a torrent of backlash Friday night when firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) shared a photo of herself catching Opening Day at Coors Field with Democratic Gov. Jared Polis.

Both Polis and Boebert shared a photo of themselves at the game decked out in purple, white and black Rockies attire.

"The @rockies and baseball bring people together! Go Rockies! W @laurenboeber," wrote a cheery Polis on X....

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) suggested over the weekend that a Trump administration official may have quietly contacted a federal appeals judge to stall a contempt inquiry, and the legal analyst interviewing him declared that if so, “people are going to jail.”

In a clip flagged by political video aggregator Acyn Torabi from the Legal AF podcast, Whitehouse laid out a hypothetical involving D.C. Circuit Judge Neomi Rao, a Trump appointee.

“If some MAGA official communicated to Judge Rao or her chambers and that resulted in the administrative stay that held the door open and kept the facts from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation and stalled investigation into misconduct by the DOJ,” Whitehouse began, “ask any judge how big a deal that is.”...

President Donald Trump cut off reporters and walked away after they repeatedly demanded evidence for his claim of widespread mail-in voting fraud in California.

Trump spoke to reporters outside the White House on Monday as he prepared to board Marine One for campaign events.

The midterm elections are less than a month away, on Nov. 3....

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) bragged about a road salt win at a Maine Senate debate, and her challenger's comeback had observers cheering.

On Tuesday, Collins faced Democratic challenger Troy Jackson in a debate weeks before the midterms. Asked what she would do about President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, Collins pointed to a specific victory.

"I was successful at getting road salt removed from the tariff list," Collins said. Jackson responded by pouncing on the answer....