Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) praised lawmakers Tuesday after the General Assembly approved a constitutional amendment that would overhaul the state’s congressional redistricting process, framing it as a necessary response to Republican-led efforts in other states to redraw congressional maps. The proposal, approved during a rare summer special session, would place before voters in November a […]

Democratic primary voters picked their nominees on Tuesday for three battleground House seats in Virginia that are likely to determine control of the lower chamber in the 2026 midterm elections. Democrats’ hopes of expanding their House majority in Virginia took a major hit this spring after the state’s Supreme Court struck down a Democrat-backed mid-decade […]

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) will vote “no” on Todd Blanche‘s nomination for attorney general, narrowing his path to confirmation in a chamber where Republicans can only afford to lose two GOP votes. Collins announced her decision the same day Blanche narrowly advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. She is running for reelection in a […]

President Donald Trump returns to California on Tuesday for the first time in more than a year, breathing fresh life into one of the country’s fiercest political rivalries as he and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) renewed their battle over the economy, immigration, crime, and competing visions for the future of the Golden State. Trump will […]