Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is facing a chorus of criticisms voiced by supporters of President Donald Trump, despite shepherding the federal government toward a historic rate of deportations. Mullin took over the department from Kristi Noem in the spring and has continued the president’s mass deportations agenda while largely avoiding controversies that […]

A green energy political action committee bankrolled by a California-based billionaire is upending Republican primaries this cycle, claiming Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles as its latest victim.  The Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC, primarily bankrolled by billionaire Chris Larsen, a Democratic megadonor and the chairman of the crypto company Ripple, spent $2 million opposing Ogles’s reelection […]

Minnesota Democrats will decide on Tuesday whether the party’s next Senate nominee comes from its progressive wing or pragmatic center, making the race the latest test of an increasingly consequential battle over the Democratic Party‘s direction after its 2024 election losses. The contest between Rep. Angie Craig (D-MI) and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan comes just […]

The states that played a foundational role in the American Revolution are pouring hundreds of millions into marking the United States’s 250th anniversary.  Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, and South Carolina have poured large amounts of money into celebrating the semiquincentennial, centuries after making a name for themselves as six of the original […]