Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) dropped his reelection bid early Wednesday morning, leaving party leaders in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District scrambling to find someone to replace him on the ballot. The district’s Republican executive committee will convene next week to select a new candidate to replace Edwards after a House Ethics Committee report outlined a […]

Newly crowned Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed sought to reassure Michigan’s Jews on Wednesday, pledging that their safety would be as important to him as the safety of his own children after a primary campaign dominated by divisions over Israel. The Associated Press called the contentious primary on Wednesday morning, with el Sayed winning […]

Vice President JD Vance floated on Wednesday the possibility that in three years’ time, firebrand Michigan Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed could be sitting in the White House as commander in chief. Vance raised the prospect of an el Sayed administration during an anti-fraud event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, arguing that Congress needs […]

Welcome to Wednesday’s Washington Secrets. Did you see Rep. Max Miller’s two interviews last night, when he tried to defend himself against abuse allegations? They were a textbook example of how not to do crisis communications. Plus, there’s more bad news for Republicans on gas prices ahead of the midterms. A member of Congress sees […]