Four-term Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) lost renomination to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday in a GOP primary that became a referendum on loyalty to President Donald Trump. The Trump-backed Paxton received 62.5% of the votes compared to Cornyn’s 37.5% when the Associated Press called the race. The three-term attorney general will face off […]
Rep. Christian Menefee (D-TX) beat longtime Rep. Al Green (D-TX) in Tuesday’s Democratic primary runoff after the two Texas incumbents were placed in the same seat by mid-decade redistricting. When the Associated Press called the race, Green trailed Menefee 31.1% to 68.9%. Age and generational change were a central theme in the contest. Green, 78, […]
President Donald Trump threw his support behind the federal agency overseeing prediction markets on Tuesday, amid a growing battle between Washington and the states over who should regulate the rapidly expanding industry. Trump backed the authority of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency responsible for overseeing derivatives and financial markets, arguing that prediction […]
A Florida judge blocked an effort to temporarily halt the use of a newly approved congressional map, dealing another setback to Democrats seeking to stop the state’s latest redistricting push. Florida Circuit Judge Joshua Hawkes, an appointee of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), denied requests from multiple groups to pause implementation of the map, which is […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha warned about the impact that Democrats regaining power could have on the Supreme Court after party leaders spoke out in support of packing the Supreme Court in response to recent rulings. “We’re getting a preview out loud at this point what the country will look like if Democrats take back […]
President Donald Trump added an unexpected addition to his public schedule this week: a trip to Camp David. Trump was poised to hold Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting at the presidential retreat and military installation in Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland before traveling to New York. But those plans were upended by the weather, with Trump canning […]
The Trump administration announced plans Tuesday to introduce governmentwide nondisclosure agreements aimed at preventing leaks of sensitive government information. In a draft notice submitted to the Federal Register, the Office of Personnel Management said the proposed NDA policy would promote “consistency across Government, better protect confidential information, and better inform Federal employees of their rights […]
Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (R-NJ) has missed over 100 votes in the House due to an undisclosed illness, but the New Jersey Republican is still tending to his finances. Kean, 57, has not voted in the House since March 5, but financial disclosures show that the lawmaker has certified 13 stock trades since March 10. […]
A White House social media page trolled CNN with photos of the network’s talent with their eyes closed on Tuesday, following a network medical analyst diagnosing President Donald Trump with a sleep disorder. The account, Rapid Response 47, posted multiple screenshots from CNN broadcasts of anchors, reporters, and analysts with their eyes closed, accusing the […]
Mexico arrested the nephew of former cartel drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman during a security operation on Tuesday. Mexican official Omar Hamid Garcia Harfuch identified the suspect as Isai “N,” who was captured by the Mexican military in Nogales, Sonora, near the U.S.-Mexico border. Harfuch said the man has an extradition order. Isai “N” […]
