President Donald Trump got one of the rarest things in American politics: a second chance. In this month’s midterm elections, voters rendered the verdict that he blew it. While his second, nonconsecutive term is not over, Trump is running out of time to change their minds — and Republicans are starting to look past him […]
Texas Republicans are divided over whether Democrats’ historic sweep of statewide offices is the beginning of a political realignment or a temporary backlash against President Donald Trump, with some warning that the losses could put the longtime Republican stronghold in play in the 2028 presidential election. Democrats rode voter frustration over the cost of living, […]
Democrats’ sweep Tuesday night delivered their largest House majority in decades, flipping traditionally Republican seats across the country thanks to a favorable political environment. However, many of these newly elected officials immediately face uphill climbs in two years defending deep-red terrain. Democrats notched several shocking flips in seats President Donald won by double digits in […]
President Donald Trump blamed the current stock market volatility on voters electing Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections. “The Stock Market crashed today because the Dumocrats had a big Tuesday — So sad to see, you only have yourselves to blame!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Democrats retook the majority in both the House and […]
Four men accused of being involved in an alleged gang rape at Cornell University have joined a legal effort to remove New York Attorney General Letitia James from the investigation into the incident. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) tapped James to serve as special prosecutor in the Cornell gang rape case in early October, saying James […]
War Secretary Pete Hegseth is expanding the National Guard’s vehicle presence in Washington, D.C., with a deployment of military boats and wheeled vehicles into the district to support the patrols. The guidance “authorizes the use of up to 60 marked patrol cars, military tactical vehicles, up to 20 light towers and generators, and D.C. National […]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is reportedly not considering War Secretary Pete Hegseth as her replacement in the upper chamber once she is sworn in as Tennessee’s governor. Blackburn defeated Democrat Jerri Green in Tennessee’s gubernatorial election on Tuesday, holding 45.49% of the vote compared to Green’s 42.98%, with 98.9% of the vote counted, according to […]
A group of Maryland property owners are urging the Supreme Court to get involved in a property rights fight over the potential construction of power lines amid a data center boom in the region. Data center development and increased energy production to support those data centers have been hot-button issues across the country in recent […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be headlining the Federalist Society’s National Lawyers Convention next week, marking his first speech following the midterm elections. The news came on Thursday as rumors of Rubio’s impending resignation began circulating in the wake of new reports from the Independent and Bloomberg, though Rubio promptly denied the reporting in […]
The House Republican conference is set to see a major brain drain of intelligence and defense hawks following the staggering defeat in the 2026 midterm elections. The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is set to lose three members after Tuesday’s elections, with another race still too close to call. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Scott […]
