The Senate Budget Committee advanced the reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement after a vote along party lines. The bill aims to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, which were excluded from budget negotiations under a deal to end the most recent government shutdown. Democrats voiced their usual protests over the […]
President Donald Trump joked on Wednesday that he would have won California if “Jesus Christ had come down” and counted the votes because of GOP support from Hispanic voters in 2024. Trump made the comments when asked about Spencer Pratt’s run for mayor of Los Angeles, California. “I’d like to see him do well. He’s […]
President Donald Trump is delivering the keynote commencement speech at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut on Wednesday morning. Trump is expected to address students at 11 a.m. His remarks at the graduation, which is being held at Cadet Memorial Field in New London, mark his first visit to the Constitution State since his […]
Two incumbent Georgia Supreme Court justices won their elections Tuesday, fending off challengers who were backed by high-profile Democrats. Incumbent justices Charles Bethel and Sarah Warren, who were appointed to the court by then-GOP Gov. Nathan Deal in 2018, defeated attorney Miracle Rankin and former Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan (D-GA). Warren and Bethel also […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York criticized President Donald Trump’s management of the Republican Party, calling out Trump’s endorsement of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). “The president has done a favor for [James] Talarico and the Democrats in Texas,” York said on The Hugh Hewitt Show on Tuesday, hinting that Paxton, a candidate […]
Former Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank, known for his role in responding to the 2008 Great Recession, died on Tuesday after being treated for congestive heart failure. Frank had been on hospice care at his home in Maine for several months. He was 86. As one of the first openly gay lawmakers in Congress, Frank […]
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones quickly switched gears after making it to a runoff in the Georgia gubernatorial election, challenging his rival, healthcare executive Rick Jackson, to a debate. Jones and Jackson made it to a runoff Tuesday after they took 38.4% and 32.5% of the vote, respectively. The two are largely ideologically aligned, distinguished by […]
Tuesday’s primaries saw several major developments of national significance, some of which may help shape the dynamics of the midterm elections. Some of the most consequential primary elections took place on Tuesday, with some decided decisively and others going to runoffs. Here’s everything you missed from Tuesday night: Kentucky: Massie ousted In one of the […]
The June 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 12 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. The program supports people with limited income who are blind, age 65 or older, or have a qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive varies […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, with the two leaders hailing what Putin called an unprecedented level of relations. Putin received a red-carpet welcome at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, where Xi described the China-Russian relationship as a stabilizing force in a turbulent world and warned […]
