(The Center Square) – Democratic lawmakers in Washington state on Tuesday pre-filed legislation for mid-decade congressional redistricting. The proposal is part of a broader national trend of a surge in efforts to redraw maps outside the typical post-census cycle. House Joint Resolution 4209, sponsored by House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon, D-West Seattle, and state Rep. […]
(The Center Square) — Outgoing Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday approved dozens of previously passed bills as lawmakers returned to the state Capitol for another two-year session. Mills announced that she has allowed 52 of 61 bills sent to her by lawmakers in the previous session to become law without her signature and vetoed […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) led Democratic attacks against the Trump administration’s characterization of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in her car during an immigration enforcement operation. A woman, described as a legal observer, tried to drive away after ICE officers attempted to enter her car. One of the officers […]
The House of Representatives is one step closer to passing all 12 appropriations bills after leaders soothed a conservative rebellion on Wednesday, promising a removal of an “egregious” state project request and allowing a separate vote on one of the three government funding bills. The chamber voted 214 to 212 on a procedural rule to […]
Senate Democrats are putting housing affordability at the heart of their 2026 midterm elections messaging, launching a new push Wednesday with a Capitol Hill roundtable and a fresh memo laying out how they say President Donald Trump has fallen short on his promise to lower costs. Led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) announced on Wednesday that he is prepared to deploy the Minnesota National Guard in anticipation of protests following a fatal shooting committed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. “We have soldiers in training and prepared to be deployed if necessary,” Walz said, noting they are “our National Guard […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed further insight into the United States’s plans for the decapitated government of Venezuela, which is intended to ultimately culminate in transition. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Rubio said the “three-fold process” will amount to “stabilization” under the current regime headed by acting President Delcy Rodríguez, followed by “recovery,” and […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday urging the House to take up the filed articles of impeachment against Federal Judges James Boasberg and Deborah Boardman. “Both cases reveal a judiciary that has explicitly ignored its constitutional duties. I urge the House to take up its constitutional duty […]
President Donald Trump rallied House Republicans this week as the GOP tries to defy history and keep control of Congress after this year’s midterm elections. But Trump had questions for House Republicans during his address to their annual retreat on Tuesday, in 2026, at the rebranded Trump-Kennedy Center, as he and the conference grapple with […]
President Donald Trump‘s State of the Union address is officially scheduled for Feb. 24 House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) sent a letter to the president on Wednesday inviting him to speak on Capitol Hill. The State of the Union is the address a president gives in the second year of their presidency to both chambers […]
