Republicans have found an unlikely new line of attack against Democratic candidates: branding them as vegans. Veganism, a diet that excludes all animal products, including meat, dairy, and eggs, has become an unexpected political flashpoint as Republicans seek to portray Democrats as culturally out of touch with rural America and agricultural communities. In Texas, President […]

Senate Majority Leader John Thune was on the clock. It was in the middle of the night, less than 72 hours before President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline to sign the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. And Thune didn’t have the votes. The tall, lean Republican from South Dakota had been majority leader for less […]

The Supreme Court is being urged to take up a discrimination case from a Muslim bus driver in California who claims she was fired unfairly after being pressured not to wear her hijab. With the petition Cross v. Central Contra Costa Transit Authority, Shannon Cross asked the high court to reverse a lower court’s decision […]

A Republican candidate running to represent Missouri’s redrawn 6th Congressional District is accused of violating state and federal campaign finance laws by funneling funds from his now-suspended state Senate fundraising committee, according to ethics complaints filed by a conservative watchdog group. House GOP hopeful Nathan Willett allegedly rerouted more than $165,000, received while pursuing an […]