House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told staff Wednesday morning that he will not seek to become House minority leader in the next Congress, sources familiar with the matter told the Washington Examiner. Johnson’s decision comes after steep Republican losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections, where Democrats swept several House and Senate races to gain control of […]

Washington, D.C., is set to ban foie gras after a ballot initiative passed, though some hurdles remain. Opposition to foie gras, the cooked, fatty liver of ducks obtained by force-feeding them large amounts of unhealthy food, has long been a cause célèbre for animal rights activists. Pro-Animal DC got the proposed ban on the ballot […]

Democrats won at least 54 Senate races during Tuesday’s midterm elections, with two more races still waiting to be called in Alaska and Mississippi. The dominant romp has some Republicans worried that Democrats could remain in control of the upper chamber beyond the 2028 presidential election and potentially as long as 2032. Democrats unseated Republican […]

Democrats swept both chambers of Congress during the midterm elections by much larger margins than most polls showed, effectively making President Donald Trump a lame duck in the last two years of his second term. Much of the Democratic victory is largely due to voter backlash against Trump’s handling of the Iran war, tariffs, and […]