Retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) endorsed establishment-backed Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) in Michigan’s race to succeed him in the Senate. Peters backed Stevens over the more progressive candidate Abdul el Sayed in the highly anticipated Aug. 4 Democratic primary for the Michigan Senate seat, putting his thumb on the scale days after the candidates faced […]

United Auto Workers head Shawn Fain cried persecution after coming under a Department of Justice investigation over corruption allegations. After UAW Vice President Rich Boyer accused Fain of using his position to seek favors for his fiancée and her sister, and of retaliating and making false accusations against him, the DOJ launched an investigation into […]

The wave of inflation in the past few months is not expected to grow into an inflation tsunami of the kind that rocked the United States as it emerged from the pandemic. Inflation crested at nearly 9% in June 2022 under then-President Joe Biden — the worst in generations — but has generally fallen since, […]

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing a major test on Monday as the House returns to Washington amid threats from GOP hard-liners to paralyze the chamber until the Senate passes the Save America Act and codifies President Donald Trump’s border policies. Republican leadership was forced to scrap votes and send lawmakers home for a week […]