The sudden violence triggered panic, with customers escaping through side exits or ducking behind tables to avoid being hit.

Hugs and personal equations between leaders do not make a nation a country of consequence. That truth needs to be faced head-on.

Both Democrats and Republicans alike readied for a unanimous House vote Tuesday to pass a bill to force the release of the case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But in the end, one lawmaker stood alone in opposition: Clay Higgins