In the days leading up to Donald Trump’s second presidency, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham got some unexpected news. Graham was one of the longest-serving members of the Senate Committee on the Budget, and, based on seniority, would be its chairman for the 119th Congress — a job poised to place him at the center […]
South Dakota Republicans will choose their nominee for governor Tuesday in the state’s first GOP runoff election. One figure has been conspicuously missing from the race: former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem’s once-dominant influence over the South Dakota GOP has been largely absent from the campaign after being ousted from President Donald […]
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee added five candidates to its “Red to Blue” program on Tuesday, expanding its list of top recruits as Democrats work to reclaim the House majority in November. The additions, spanning Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Minnesota, and Montana, bring the committee’s flagship program to 30 candidates in competitive districts across the country. […]
For decades, the disparate right-wing parties of Europe have sought to reverse the seemingly inevitable leftward march of the continent. They have campaigned on platforms promising to liberate their national polity from the perils of globalization and the immense, tangled bureaucracy of Brussels. The past half-decade has seen these parties creep ever closer to victory. […]
Just months ago, Democrats thought they had an abundance of riches in Michigan’s 7th District with two viable candidates running for the nomination. But a deluge of outside spending in the closing weeks of the primary campaign threatens to jeopardize one of the party’s best pickup opportunities. Former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam and former U.S. […]
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed used the final debate before next week’s primary to defend controversial comments comparing Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) to an “ogre,” while Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) brushed aside criticism over millions of dollars in outside spending backing her campaign. During the debate, el Sayed was asked whether he regretted […]
Audio recordings that former President Joe Biden fought in court for years to keep private were released Thursday evening after he decided not to appeal multiple court orders that allowed for their release. The nearly 70 hours of recordings, released Monday evening by the Oversight Project, a conservative watchdog group, were cited in former special […]
The Senate on Monday advanced the Cabinet-level nomination of Jay Clayton to be director of national intelligence despite a turbulent confirmation process that’s been weeks in the making. Clayton, who currently serves as the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, advanced in a party-line procedural vote, 51-43. He is expected to be confirmed as early as Tuesday. […]
The Georgia teenager who ran onto the Capitol grounds with a loaded shotgun pleaded guilty Monday to illegally carrying a firearm on the premises, according to court records. On Feb. 16, 2026, Carter Camacho, 18, of Smyrna, Georgia, armed himself with a newly purchased shotgun and drove from his home to Washington, D.C., stopping overnight […]
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed is facing backlash from members of his own party after saying that moving the Democratic Party in a more progressive direction would require putting “one ogre on a pike.” During the donor call, el Sayed discussed how winning the Michigan Senate race would give him a national platform […]
