The fresh faces of the 120th Congress arrived on Capitol Hill on Monday for Senate freshman orientation following Democrats’ takeover of the upper chamber in last week’s midterm elections. Among the incoming senators is Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton (D-KS), the megachurch pastor who flipped a Senate seat in a state that had not elected a Democrat […]
EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) plans to walk out of the room if Republicans move forward with Senate leadership elections on Tuesday, calling it “obnoxious” that a vote is being held so quickly after their midterm wipeout. “If you hold the election, I’ll leave the room,” Johnson told the Washington Examiner in a Monday […]
President Donald Trump’s eldest son celebrated GOP strategist Karl Rove’s condemnation of Vice President JD Vance on Monday, arguing that it means his friend “is doing something right.” Donald Trump Jr., who is active in political circles, weighed in after Rove told attendees at the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly that Vance should […]
The Supreme Court tossed a federal appeals court ruling on Monday in a dispute over a strip search of a transgender inmate, sending it back to the lower court while pointing to the high court’s recent rulings in transgender cases over sports and surgeries for minors. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit […]
The White House is pointing to President Donald Trump’s past comments about how gas prices would fall after the midterm elections in an “I told you so” moment as prices hit $4 per gallon. “President Trump was right – Iran did everything they could to drive up the price of oil before the midterm elections, […]
The political strategist running Sen.-elect Abdul el Sayed’s (D-MI) new political action committee was formerly tied to a controversy involving misleading voter texts in the 2024 election, Federal Election Commission records show. El Sayed launched Habibi PAC on Thursday, according to the FEC, after beating GOP opponent Mike Rogers on Tuesday as part of a […]
Outgoing Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) reintroduced articles of impeachment against War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday when Congress returned to Washington, D.C., kicking off what’s expected to be rigorous oversight of the Department of War and its leader in the weeks and months ahead. Massie initially introduced articles of impeachment against Hegseth back in […]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is positioning herself to become the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee next year, putting her in line to replace Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on the influential spending panel following her defeat in last week’s midterm elections. A spokesperson for Murkowski confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the Alaska Republican […]
A new Republican group with ties to Vice President JD Vance launched on Monday, in an initiative aimed at flipping congressional seats red in the 2028 elections. American Ascent, run by former Heritage Foundation chief of staff Ryan Neuhaus, is not affiliated with Vance, who is a likely 2028 presidential contender. But it is partnering […]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) declined to back current Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to lead the incoming Democratic majority in January. “We need a conversation about leadership going forward because we need new energy and ideas,” Blumenthal, 80, said Monday, according to Connecticut’s News12. Blumenthal told the outlet that he expects Schumer to “be […]
