Peter Meijer has formed a Senate exploratory committee, marking the former House Republican’s first steps toward launching a bid to replace the retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) in a key swing state that could determine which party holds control of the upper chamber next year.
A California state senator is hoping to illustrate the benefits of in-state oil drilling through new legislation that has received unanimous support from Republicans and Democrats as the state battles over a law banning the practice in some areas.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the recently deceased founder of Russia's Wagner paramilitary group, was recorded downplaying threats to his life in a video purportedly shot just days before his death in a plane crash.
Homeland Security Adviser Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall will join White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for a briefing on Thursday on the government's response to Hurricane Idalia.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been a source of stability in an increasingly chaotic party, sitting atop the GOP conference since 2007, but two recent high-profile health scares have provoked rare questions about the 81-year-old’s future.
The Department of Energy is allocating more than $15 billion to automakers to support the industry’s transition to electric vehicles — but prioritizing certain funding to projects that pay higher wages for workers and maintain bargaining agreements with unions. This move comes as the United Auto Workers has granted union leaders authorization to call strikes during ongoing contract negotiations.
