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The press secretary-turned-governor was a polarizing figure during her tenure behind the White House Briefing Room podium, where she often sparred with the Washington press corps while defending then-President Donald Trump amidst the controversy and scandal of his administration. Sanders herself finally found herself embroiled in controversy in 2019, when a report released by special counsel Robert Mueller revealed that the press secretary admitted to misleading reporters during a 2017 briefing discussing Trump's decision to fire FBI director James Comey. Sanders said at that briefing that “the FBI rank and file had lost trust in their director” and that the…

If the International Olympic Committee allows the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes, the use of official Russian or Belarusian flags, emblems or anthems should be prohibited, Jean-Pierre said during his press conference on Thursday. In recent weeks, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the International Olympic Committee to ban athletes from the two countries from competing at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. But last week, the IOC issued a statement saying: "No athlete should be prevented from competing just because of their passport," and proposing that participants from Russia and Belarus be allowed to compete as "neutral athletes."

Senator Dianne Feinstein arrives at the United States Capitol. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Feinstein, the longest-serving Democrat in the Senate, is in the midst of one of the most uncomfortable endings of a political career. His prolonged previous departure has become, for many of his fellow Democrats, an abject lesson in the dangers of holding out. “She's still the state's top senator,” said a longtime Democratic strategist in California. And they're dancing on it [political] grave." Feinstein, the oldest member of Congress at 89, has been a fixture in Democratic politics here for decades. But as the electorate in California…

cartoon carousel Every week, political cartoonists from across the country and across the political spectrum apply their inky skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies, and other shocking events in the world of politics. The fruits of this labor are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and infuriate readers of all political persuasions. Here's a deal on the best of this week's crop, fresh from the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker. By POLITICAL STAFF 02/03/2023 04:30amEST