Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is attempting to usher through a party-line immigration enforcement funding bill on Tuesday in what will be a test of party unity despite a slim margin in the House. The $70 billion legislation will give funding to Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which were left out of a Department […]

The Justice Department under the Trump administration is ramping up scrutiny of California‘s election system amid dramatic shifts in the outcomes of several closely watched races, even as the state’s election officials were still counting ballots nearly a week after voters cast their primary votes. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have now opened multiple election […]

President Donald Trump is waging a proxy war with the Nevada GOP establishment as his handpicked candidate looks to prevail in Tuesday’s primary to replace retiring Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV). Trump-backed David Flippo will face former state Senate Republican leader James Settelmeyer, who is backed by both Gov. Joe Lombardo (R-NV) and Amodei, in the […]

Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling appears to be on a glide path to lead his department permanently. Sonderling was promoted to the Department of Labor‘s deputy secretary in April after the dismissal of his former boss, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, amid scandals embroiling her and her husband, Shawn. As a Senate-confirmed deputy secretary, it is widely understood […]