Madeleine Weast is a Media Analyst for the Washington Free Beacon. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 2014. Prior to joining the Beacon, she was a Communications Fellow at The Charles Koch Institute. Madeleine is from Prairie Village, Kansas and lives in Washington, D.C. Her Twitter handle is @MadeleineWeast.
Federal prosecutors asserted in a new document filed Wednesday that Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez (NJ.) started taking bribes from a wealthy donor shortly after he entered the Senate in 2006.
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control on Tuesday designated Islamic State finance emir Salim Mustafa Muhammad al-Mansur as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, collaborating with the Iraqi government to disrupt the terrorist group's financial networks.
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) said Monday he has "no idea" whether he is still an investor in a hotel group that is being sued for defaulting on a $15 million loan.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation Monday aimed to reduce smoking that raises the minimum price of cigarettes to $13.00, the highest in the United States.
A peaceful protest in Berkley, Calif. turned violent over the weekend after "Antifa" demonstrators attacked President Donald Trump supporters and organizers who initially scheduled, but later cancelled, an "anti-Marxist" rally.
President Donald Trump plans to rollback another Obama-era policy and reinstate a military surplus program that provides local police departments with equipment such as large-caliber weapons and weaponized vehicles.
President Donald Trump on Thursday morning retweeted a meme of himself "eclipsing" a photograph of former President Barack Obama with the caption, "The best eclipse ever!"
The stock market saw a bump Friday afternoon after news broke that Steve Bannon would be leaving his role as President Donald Trump's chief strategist.
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