Eric Swalwell:
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., announced he would resign his congressional seat on Monday.
Tony Gonzales:
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) confirmed that he would be filing to retire from Congress after he admitted to having an affair with a former aide who committed suicide last year.
Regina Ann Santos-Aviles, who had been Gonzales’s “regional district director,” admitted to having an affair with the congressman in 2024. In September 2025, Santos-Aviles died after she “poured gasoline over herself and was engulfed in flames.”
Rep. Tony Gonzales to Retire from Congress After Admitting to Affair Scandal (Breitbart)
Katy Perry:
Ruby Rose alleges that Katy Perry sexually assaulted her 20 years ago, a claim that Perry says is a “reckless lies.”
Katy Perry fights back against Ruby Rose’s ‘categorically false’ sexual assault allegations (Fox News)
DIGNIDAD Act:
Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) says Republicans ought to pass her “DIGNIDAD Act,” a broad amnesty scheme allowing millions of illegal aliens to remain in the United States while hugely expanding legal immigration levels, to prove to Democrats that they are not racist.
Maria Salazar Suggests Republicans Pass ‘DIGNIDAD’ Amnesty for Illegal Aliens to Prove They Are Not Racist (Breitbart)
Ouch:
Former President Joe Biden reportedly wanted Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to be his vice president but “had to choose” former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Biden ‘had to choose’ Harris for VP but ‘wanted it to be’ Gretchen Whitmer: report (Fox News)
Utah Valley University:
Utah Valley University (UVU) is facing backlash over its choice of commencement speaker as critics object to her past comments about Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk following his assassination on the same campus.
