Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) secured the Democratic nomination in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday in a landslide primary victory, positioning the longtime lawmaker for another reelection bid as Republicans awaited the outcome to determine who will challenge him in November.  Thompson, who has represented the district since 1993 and is 78, faced little opposition […]

Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn Harris will advance to a runoff in Georgia’s special election to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after neither candidate secured a majority of votes in Tuesday’s crowded contest.  The special election in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District featured a field of 17 candidates from multiple parties competing on a […]

At least six people were killed and several others were injured after a passenger bus caught fire Tuesday in western Switzerland, authorities said. Police in the canton of Fribourg said the fire that broke out around 6:25 p.m. local time on a postal bus in the town of Kerzers may have been a deliberate attack. […]

EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) will meet with Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, next week as he lays the groundwork for a Senate run in Oklahoma. Hern, a member of House GOP leadership who has represented the Tulsa area in Congress since 2018, has been calling senators to […]