Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) will not seek reelection in 2026, despite earning an endorsement from President Donald Trump for another term late last year. Buchanan, 74, was first elected to represent Florida in 2006. He represents a district in southwest Florida that Trump won by 18 percentage points in 2024, but could be redrawn via […]
Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher knocked Gov. Tim Walz’s (D-MN) Holocaust comparison to “bolster” the Democratic Party’s “agenda.” The U.S. Holocaust Museum issued a statement on Monday denouncing Walz’s comparison of Holocaust victim Anne Frank to immigrants in Minnesota, saying “false equivalencies” such as this are “never acceptable.” Doescher questioned whether Walz may […]
President Donald Trump distanced himself on Tuesday from comments Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy, made regarding the fatal shooting of Minnesota nurse Alex Pretti. Departing the White House for a campaign rally in Iowa, Trump was asked whether he thought Pretti was acting as an “assassin” when intervening in […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that allows the federal government to bypass roadblocks imposed by the California government in rebuilding Los Angeles after the Pacific Palisades fire. In the executive order, Trump placed much of the blame on state and local leadership for failing to act quickly when the fire started and […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) was in Minneapolis on Monday, where he was confronted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters. Khanna hugged one protester, Michael Wilson, on camera. Wilson discussed the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis and referred to Khanna as a “pimp.” “When you go back to Capitol Hill, tell ’em I said […]
Renowned American composer Philip Glass has abruptly pulled the scheduled premiere of his newest work from the Kennedy Center. Glass announced on Tuesday he pulled the world premiere of his newest work, “Lincoln,” because of an irreconcilable clash between his artistic message and the direction of the institution’s leadership. “Symphony No. 15 is a portrait […]
Former President Joe Biden released his first statement on controversial events that transpired in Minnesota recently, specifically the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were fatally shot by federal immigration enforcement. While broadly criticizing his Republican successor, Biden called for “full, fair, and transparent investigations into the deaths of the two Americans” who […]
Almost 11% of lawmakers are looking to make a change after the 2026 midterm elections, with several in both chambers either retiring or seeking higher office. The House received its first departure on Jan. 5. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced in November that she would retire at the beginning of the year and not […]
The Department of Homeland Security is in the midst of a public relations crisis as officials fight internally over how to explain and respond to Border Patrol‘s shooting of protester Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend. The behind-the-scenes and public finger-pointing between the White House, political officials at the Department of Homeland Security, and […]
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced on Tuesday her intention to retire from Congress after quietly ending her reelection campaign over the weekend. Norton, 88, filed paperwork to end her reelection campaign on Sunday without notifying the public — the news was only picked up through public records. She finally acknowledged the development in a statement on […]
