Nine members of the Kennedy family have sued to block construction of President Donald Trump’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., opposite Arlington National Cemetery. The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in D.C. federal court on Tuesday, arguing that the structure will permanently overshadow the grave sites of former President John F. Kennedy, former Attorney […]
EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) will run for a second term in the Senate in 2028, an early announcement that spares Republicans an open seat in purple North Carolina. “That’s the plan. Absolutely, I’m in,” Budd, 55, told the Washington Examiner at the Capitol on Tuesday. “This is an awesome state. It’s an honor […]
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA) said on Tuesday that White House border czar Tom Homan is “at the very top” of the list of targets for the incoming Democratic-controlled House oversight committee. “Tom Homan is at the very top of the list, I think, from the perspective of the oversight committee, wanting to […]
The White House withdrew President Donald Trump’s nomination of U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky to the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday after Sens. John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) opposed his elevation. Trump will instead nominate their preferred candidate, Arkansas Supreme Court Associate Justice Cody Hiland. The swap came a day […]
Senate Republicans are confronting a grim reality: they’re likely to be out of power until at least the 2030 elections. The “bluenami” performance from Democrats, coupled with a challenging Senate map for Republicans in 2028, presents the very real possibility the GOP may not control the upper chamber again until 2031 or beyond, a bitter […]
House Republicans successfully blocked Rep. Thomas Massie’s effort to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Tuesday evening. The House of Representatives voted 211-204 in favor of sending the articles to committee, effectively ending the impeachment battle — for now. Massie, increasingly isolated from his own party, was the lone member of Congress to vote […]
The Supreme Court grappled on Tuesday with a case involving poor working and living conditions for migrant workers at a New Jersey farm and how the federal government can collect damages for violations of the migrant worker program. The high court heard oral arguments in Department of Labor v. Sun Valley Orchards, a case involving […]
The chorus of Democrats demanding the party move on from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) grew louder on Tuesday from across the caucus’s ideological spectrum as the balance of power prepares to shift in Washington. Schumer has led Senate Democrats for nearly a decade. But the 75-year-old now faces a fight for survival when […]
A U.S. soldier has been arrested in the United Kingdom on suspicion of espionage related to Russia, Britain’s counterterrorism police said Tuesday. The 41-year-old man, who was unnamed by the Metropolitan Police, was apprehended near Gloucester, England, under a British national security law enacted in 2023. The law is designed to counter espionage and foreign […]
Rep.-elect Adam Hamawy (D-NJ) deflected a question on whether he considers Iran an adversary. Hamawy said the United States “pushed” Iran into fighting when asked if Iran was an adversary in an interview on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown. “I see that we are pushing Iran into a fight when we […]
