Texas Attorney General and Republican nominee Ken Paxton pushed ahead of his general election contender, Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, in a new poll published Tuesday as the two face off in a highly contested U.S. Senate race. A poll conducted by the University of Texas in collaboration with the Texas Politics Project showed Paxton […]
The race to replace retiring Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) in Maryland’s deep-blue 5th Congressional District is rapidly becoming one of the most expensive House primaries in the country, fueled by millions of dollars from outside groups. Outside organizations had spent a collective $12.5 million in the race, according to Federal Election Commission filings. The largest […]
In a rare sign of bipartisanship, Sens. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) joined forces to find a “common-sense solution” to preserve Social Security for future generations. The Social Security trust fund for retirees is expected to be significantly depleted by late 2032, according to a trustees’ report released by the Social Security Administration […]
A nationwide healthcare fraud crackdown resulted in charges against 455 defendants accused of schemes involving more than $6.5 billion in fraudulent claims, marking what federal officials on Tuesday described as the largest coordinated healthcare fraud enforcement action in Justice Department history. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., […]
EXCLUSIVE — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is in the midst of returning from maternity leave following the birth of her second child, with administration officials discussing potentially holding her first briefing back behind the podium as soon as next week. Leavitt, the youngest White House press secretary in history, started her leave in […]
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of expanding a fast-track deportation process to let the Trump administration expeditiously remove illegal immigrants who are living inside the United States, not just at the southern border. On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reinstated President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20, 2025, plan […]
Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington Secrets, which takes a deep dive into a new history of the Biden presidency. The verdict is brutal, even among writers who are willing themselves to find some wins. So given all that, why is Gavin Newsom talking up his relationship with a president who is even less popular […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is refusing to back down after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk threatened to sue him, declaring, “You’re not going to be able to intimidate me.” The dispute between Khanna and Musk began after Khanna argued that Department of Government Efficiency-backed cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development could put the lives […]
A federal judge in Texas on Monday blocked a Biden administration immigration rule that allowed judges to close deportation proceedings indefinitely, ending the policy the same day Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and a conservative legal group challenged it in court. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, a nominee of former President George W. Bush, entered […]
Jeff Metcalf, the father of Austin Metcalf, said Karmelo Anthony’s family has shown zero remorse after his son was murdered. “I know what happened was terrible, and your son made a horrible mistake,” he said on the Will Cain Show on Monday. “I was hoping for some accountability, maybe, and some remorse. Neither one was […]
