Former President Barack Obama publicly stumped with Democratic Texas Senate nominee James Talarico in Austin on Tuesday. The duo stopped in a taco shop together, along with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa, near the University of Texas at Austin to surprise voters. “Do you know our outstanding next governor and senator?” Obama asked the patrons. […]
A federal judge upheld her block on the Trump administration from redetaining and deporting Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, sharply criticizing the government’s handling of the case during a Maryland court hearing on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, accused the administration of making “false assertions” […]
The Missouri Supreme Court granted a major win to the state’s Republican Party on Tuesday, upholding the GOP redistricting plan in two opinions it handed down Tuesday evening. The two decisions upheld that the state’s Republican-friendly redrawn map is legal and can be used for the 2026 midterm election cycle. The map, signed into law […]
Don’t use the dreaded B-word to describe new White House security funding. Republicans are avoiding the “ballroom” label as they forge ahead with $1 billion in taxpayer money to harden security for President Donald Trump’s new East Wing reconstruction as part of a party-line budget bill. The messaging is meant to push back on Democratic […]
FBI Director Kash Patel denied Tuesday that the bureau is investigating journalists over negative reporting about his leadership, responding to mounting Democratic criticism as the Trump administration simultaneously ramps up a separate crackdown on classified war leaks to the media. The issue erupted during a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing just hours after acting Attorney General […]
Michigan Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul el Sayed frequently touts his credentials as a physician, though records indicate he has little history practicing medicine. State medical licensing records in both Michigan and New York do not show Abdul el Sayed ever holding a physician’s license in either state, according to a new report from Politico. In […]
House Republican leadership is weighing changes to bipartisan housing legislation that has already passed the Senate, despite President Donald Trump reiterating on Monday that the House should pass the legislation as is. House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday that Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (R-AR) and Rep Maxine Waters (D-CA), the ranking member, […]
Republicans are hedging throwing support behind suspending federal gas taxes, despite President Donald Trump backing the idea. Trump said on Monday he supported suspending the tax “until it’s appropriate,” in an effort to provide voters with relief from spiking gas prices due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran war. However, […]
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation is awarding its $300,000 Bradley Prize to three conservative leaders, chosen from 60 nominees. Former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm, University of Florida professor James Hankins, and Rabbi Meir Soloveichik were named the three 2026 winners of the prestigious prize. Their “accomplishments reflect The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation’s mission […]
South Carolina‘s state Senate blocked a Republican redistricting push in the state on Tuesday, with five Republicans joining Democrats to vote down the measure. Just one day after South Carolina’s state House advanced the measure that would have likely enabled Republicans to flip the only Democratic seat, held by Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), in the state red, […]
