Sports commentator Pat McAfee says he met with an Ole Miss student who was at the center of a false online rumor he discussed on his popular ESPN show and apologized to her for feeding into the viral attention the claims received. “We weren’t clear at that point where the story originated from. It was…

An internet trade group asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to block Mississippi from enforcing its age-verification law against nine major social media platforms. NetChoice asked the justices for an emergency intervention after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week without explanation lifted a block that had protected platforms like Facebook and Instagram from the…

House Republicans are moving to create a long-delayed select subcommittee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack — more than six months after it was initially announced. A resolution to create the subcommittee was filed on Wednesday, GOP leaders tell The Hill, after months of it being put on the backburner and lawmakers hashing…

A bipartisan effort to force a binding House vote on releasing the “Epstein files” has picked up Republican support, though just how many in the GOP ultimately support the measure won’t be seen at least until the lower chamber returns from its August recess. The bipartisan bill from Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna…

The Trump administration must release Kilmar Abrego Garcia on his criminal charges in Tennessee, and immigration authorities must allow him to return to Maryland on supervision without taking him into custody, two judges separately ruled Wednesday. The rulings allow Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to restart Abrego Garcia’s immigration proceedings in Baltimore once he is back,…