Tensions between House and Senate Republicans are already complicating the GOP’s latest reconciliation push, with House lawmakers openly questioning whether senators can be trusted to preserve key priorities in the party-line spending package. Vice President JD Vance met privately with House Republicans on Wednesday to reassure skeptical conservatives after leadership unveiled the $95 billion framework, […]
The Washington Examiner tracked the second-quarter fundraising data for candidates in some of the most competitive House seats. Republicans are hoping to hold on to their narrow majority in the midterm elections, but are staring down potential headwinds such as the war in Iran, a lagging economy, and historical trends. The GOP, however, came out […]
A foreign Marxist group behind decades of terrorist attacks has quietly embedded itself in American activism, an academic report finds. Several groups leading pro-Palestinian protests in the United States have shared event spaces with the violent Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, echoed its narratives, or defended its members in recent years, according to […]
The Supreme Court will hear a case in its upcoming term over whether Colorado can exclude Catholic preschools from a state program, but how the justices rule could have implications for other religious groups’ ability to participate in government programs without having to give up their beliefs. Next term, the high court will hear St. […]
The Washington Examiner tracked the second-quarter fundraising data for candidates in the most competitive Senate races. Democrats need to flip four seats to regain control after they lost the chamber in 2024. Republicans are favored to hold on largely due to Democrats needing to flip seats in red terrain. Committee cash is set to play […]
Jockeying for pole position in 2028 has already begun as Democratic hopefuls have crisscrossed the country ostensibly to campaign for the 2026 midterm elections while building up their national profiles. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA), both progressive stalwarts, raked in millions of dollars and are sitting on well over $15 million in […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is set to return to the podium on Thursday after taking months of leave for the birth of her second child. Leavitt is briefing reporters at the White House on Thursday afternoon, according to the White House schedule, when she will likely field questions about Iran, the midterm elections, […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) on Wednesday revealed his redline for staying in the Democratic Party, saying he would leave it should the political system abandon Israel. Fetterman is known as an old-style maverick in the Democratic Party, sticking to traditional positions on immigration, foreign policy, and more that are increasingly out of favor with the […]
House Democrats on Wednesday demanded Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin authorize an immediate independent investigation into two recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement-related deaths. Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and Bennie Thompson (D-MS) led nearly every member of the House Democratic Caucus in calling for an independent investigation […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening said Iran released a U.S. citizen it has held for nearly two years, a development that could signal positive movement in peace negotiations between Tehran and Washington. The president did not name the woman but said she had been “wrongfully detained” since December 2024, when he noted former President […]
