The House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) over sordid allegations of an affair with a staff member. The committee announced it would be investigating “engaged in sexual misconduct towards an individual employed in his congressional office” and “discriminated unfairly by dispensing special favors or privileges.” The investigation will revolve around […]
The race between the Republican leader of the North Carolina Senate and his primary challenger remains too close to call, after residents cast their ballots in Tuesday’s election. Unofficial results showed just two votes separated incumbent lawmaker Phil Berger from Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page on Tuesday evening. With all precincts fully reported, Page received […]
NATO forces on Wednesday shot down an Iranian missile headed for Turkey, as the United States’s decision to target Tehran militarily continues to spark wider regional conflict. A spokesman for President Recep Erdogan said that the capacity to ensure Turkey’s security “is at the highest level.” A fragment of a preventive missile fell into an […]
Texas, North Carolina, and Arkansas led the country as the first states to hold 2026 primaries on Tuesday, with the results showing some tough outcomes for incumbent candidates. In Texas, the results that trickled in left Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) set to face a runoff election with state Attorney General Ken Paxton, as neither candidate […]
The United States and Ecuador launched joint military operations against “designated terrorist organizations” in the South American nation, U.S. Southern Command announced late Tuesday. In its statement, SOUTHCOM did not specify which terrorist organizations were being targeted — only that they were narco-terrorists. “We commend the men and women of the Ecuadorian armed forces for […]
Political donors are shattering attorney general fundraising records across the country as the candidates for top cop jobs draw increasing attention in their efforts to challenge federal policy and defend states’ jurisdiction. The Republican and Democratic Attorneys General Associations — the primary campaign arms for top state prosecutors — each broke their all-time annual fundraising records in 2025, raising […]
This week, the Senate unveiled revamped bipartisan housing legislation that it billed as a compromise between competing housing legislation in the House and the Senate. Here are the highlights of the measures included in the bill. The legislation is meant to boost the housing supply and ease the affordability crisis plaguing the nation. It would be the most significant […]
State Sen. James Talarico (D-TX) has won the Democratic primary against Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) in Texas’s Senate race. With 90% of the vote counted, Talarico got 53% of the vote, compared to Crockett’s 45.7%, as of 5 a.m. Wednesday. Talarico, a former public school teacher and Presbyterian seminarian, led throughout election night. During a […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Democratic Rep. James Talarico declared early Wednesday morning that “every vote must be counted” in Texas’s Democratic Senate primary after confusion over voting hours in Dallas County delayed results. Talarico, who was leading the race as of 1:26 a.m. with 53.2% of votes to primary opponent Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)’s 45.5%, […]
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) is heading to a runoff election against Republican opponent Brandon Herrera after neither candidate received the 50% required to win the race on Tuesday night. The Associated Press called the race as a run-off as Gonzales and Herrera had 42.5% of the vote as of 1:15 a.m. With 77% of the […]
