Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) won her bid to be the GOP’s nominee for Tennessee governor on Thursday, defeating Rep. John Rose (R-TN) in the Republican primary. Blackburn defeated Rose by over 10 points, garnering 43.8% of the vote to Rose’s 32.7%. State Rep. Monty Fritts trailed behind with 23.4% of the vote, according to the […]

The Department of Justice accused Duke University School of Law on Thursday of illegally using race as a metric in its admissions process, marking the latest Trump administration move to crack down on race-based admissions in higher education. The DOJ said its Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 compliance review found that […]

Senators hoping to escape Washington for a monthlong recess instead found themselves trapped Thursday by a growing pile of unfinished business, with Republican infighting threatening to keep the chamber in session. Several items on the Senate’s end-of-session agenda appeared ready to be punted for September as Republican leaders confronted disagreements within their own conference as […]

The Democratic Party‘s centrist wing is escalating its fight against the Democratic Socialists of America, with the think tank and advocacy organization Third Way launching a $15 million campaign to blunt the socialist movement’s growing influence ahead of the 2028 presidential race. Third Way is planning to fund public opinion research, opposition research, digital advertising, […]