A district court judge denied a request on Thursday by Senate Democrats for an injunction to block an executive order issued by President Donald Trump regarding mail-in voting and citizenship lists. The request was rejected on the grounds that the request did not show “that preliminary injunctive relief is warranted.” U.S. District Judge Carl J. […]

President Donald Trump will soon find out whether he has a new wild card to worry about in the Senate after helping send John Cornyn (R-TX) into an early retirement. Cornyn on Tuesday became the second incumbent to lose his primary to a Trump-backed challenger, handing Senate leadership another lame duck with no incentive to back Trump […]

The Texas GOP’s decision to nominate Attorney General Ken Paxton over longtime Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is reigniting one of the Democratic Party’s most persistent political debates: whether Texas is finally becoming competitive enough to justify a massive Senate investment. Democrats immediately celebrated Paxton’s victory as a possible turning point, arguing the embattled attorney general […]

Officials from the United States Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, disputed reports of abandonment on Thursday amid threats of Russian airstrikes in the country’s capital city. The denial comes in response to comments by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, who claimed the U.S. had evacuated the Embassy. She […]