Five incumbent Indiana Republican state senators lost their primaries to candidates backed by President Donald Trump and only one survived with one race yet to be called, capping the president’s retribution campaign in the state. Trump-backed candidates Trevor De Vries, Brian Schmutzler, Blake Fiechter, Tracey Powell, and Michelle Davis defeated state Sens. Dan Dernulc, Linda […]

The Council of the District of Columbia voted Tuesday to approve a long-term youth curfew measure, extending the police chief’s power to declare special 8 p.m. youth curfew zones through 2028. The approval could take months to take effect, as the measure still faces congressional review. The council did not choose to approve an emergency […]

Former Ohio state Rep. Derek Merrin secured the Republican nomination Tuesday night to take on Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) for a second time in hopes to unseat the longtime Democrat in a red seat.  Merrin will face Kaptur, the longest tenured woman in Congress, in the November election. The Ohio legislature made the seat more […]

House Republicans are demanding records tied to an internal Metropolitan Police Department investigation after more than a dozen Washington, D.C., police officials were placed on leave amid allegations that crime statistics were manipulated to make the nation’s capital appear safer than it actually was. Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight […]