Politics

Buttigieg separated from children after being targeted by false CPS report

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he was briefly separated from his 4-year-old twins after an anonymous caller filed a false report with Child Protective Services concerning his family.

The Housing Solution Trump Is Avoiding

He’s applying a real-estate developer’s mindset to the nation’s highest office. But who is he building for?

Trump attacks Democrats as ‘godless communists’ in test of midterms message

President seizes on wins by Mamdani-backed candidates to warn darkly of threat to ‘traditional American way of life’

US reporter urges supreme court to halt ruling forcing her to reveal sources or pay $800-a-day fine

Catherine Herridge makes final bid to stave off penalty related to series of stories she wrote in 2017 for Fox News

California appeals court upholds Weinstein’s rape conviction but orders resentencing

Weinstein was convicted in 2022 of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault and sentenced to 16 years

Bill Barr calls on Senate GOP to confirm Todd Blanche for attorney general

President Donald Trump‘s first-term Attorney General Bill Barr is making an aggressive public push for Senate Republicans to confirm Todd Blanche as the nation’s next attorney general, arguing the president’s acting Justice Department chief is the best person to lead the department.

Appeals court upholds Harvey Weinstein's California rape conviction, but says he must be resentenced

Updated on: June 26, 2026 / 3:34 PM PDT / AP

US says it struck Iran targets after attack on cargo ship in the strait of Hormuz

Strikes against military facilities were in response to drone attack a day earlier on a cargo vessel

Christians Aren't Voting for a Saint

Christians of different denominations but similar political backgrounds expressed strong support for the Republican Party at the annual Road to Majority Conference in Washington, D.C.

Gavin Newsom calls for national tax on billionaires

California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for a national tax on billionaires. Democratic strategist and former Biden adviser John McCarthy and Republican strategist T.W. Arrighi return to "The Takeout" to discuss.

JD Vance says Watergate would be a "12-hour" story if it happened now

Democratic strategist and former Biden adviser John McCarthy and Republican strategist T.W. Arrighi join "The Takeout" to discuss JD Vance saying Watergate would be a "12-hour news story" if it happened now, the NYC primary results earlier this week, and more.

Texas approves Bible stories as part of required K-12 reading list

Texas became the first state in recent history to approve a required K-12 reading list mandating the teaching of Bible stories in public schools on Friday.