Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) won’t be the lone Senate Democrat defending the filibuster next year. Adam Hamilton, the megachurch pastor elected in Kansas on Tuesday, would vote to keep the 60-vote threshold intact, while former Gov. Roy Cooper, the senator-elect in North Carolina, hasn’t been quite so definitive but praised it recently as a firewall […]
Many congressional races remain uncalled, but it is clear that Democrats will end up with solid majorities in both chambers. To the victors go the spoils, and chief among them are committee chairmanships in the House of Representatives and Senate. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) is expected to become chairman of the potent House Oversight and […]
Democrats gained strong control of both the House and the Senate in the Nov. 3 midterm elections and are expected to target President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda in some form. How effective these efforts to curb the broad-based, price-hiking tariff program can be is an open question. Democratic wins across geographic regions and demographic groups […]
Opponents of gender ideology have achieved a series of wins over the past year securing youth gender-medicine bans and safeguarding girls’ sports that codify such protections and legally recognize states’ authority to enforce their own transgender regulations. The movement picked up major electoral victories on Tuesday with the passage of five ballot initiatives across four […]
House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) declined to back Secretary of War Pete Hegseth as an impeachment vote against the secretary looms, saying there are “a lot of questions” about him. The House must vote next week on impeachment articles filed by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) prior to the midterm elections. Frustrations over high prices […]
President Donald Trump lashed out at the Senate on Friday evening, saying the body is “killing our country” and needs to “act” when it returns for the lame-duck session next week. “The Senate has to act. The Senate is getting nothing passed, and it’s just killing our country,” Trump told reporters Friday in Florida following […]
The Department of Justice reviewed criminal allegations against the Southern Poverty Law Center that went far beyond the financial charges it currently faces, court documents show. Investigators were briefed in December 2025 about claims that the nonprofit group committed extortion, blackmail, tax evasion, obstruction of justice, and fraudulent tactics against conservative organizations, according to an […]
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has been replaced as the representative for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District by retired Navy Adm. Nancy Lacore, a Democrat. The Associated Press called the race for Lacore at 6:51 p.m. Friday evening. She garnered 49.7% against Republican Jenny Costa Honeycutt’s 48.6%, with 99% of the vote counted. Lacore served in […]
President Donald Trump said he expects to fire Cabinet members after Republicans experienced blistering losses in the 2026 midterm elections, though he didn’t specify who. In a preview clip of Ross Douthat’s interview with Trump on CBS News’s 60 Minutes, Trump was asked if he was going to fire any Cabinet members after the Tuesday […]
An illegal immigrant from Venezuela was arrested near the White House while carrying multiple firearms on Thursday, after making threats against President Donald Trump’s life. According to the Department of Homeland Security, Secret Service officers approached Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos after spotting him “acting suspicious” in a car on Constitution Avenue. After being confronted, Chrinos […]
