Former Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to hit the campaign trail next year, boosting down-ballot Democrats as she eyes another run for the party’s presidential nomination in 2028. If Harris decides a third time will be the charm, she will have a lot more than 107 days — the length of her stay on […]

Former Republican Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl has been diagnosed with dementia, he announced in a statement on Tuesday. The longtime public servant completed four full terms in the U.S. House from 1987 to 1995 and three full terms in the U.S. Senate from 1995 to 2013. He then briefly returned to the upper chamber in […]

The House will return on Jan. 6, and with it, some 10% of lawmakers will start their final year in the lower chamber, either retiring or seeking higher office in the 2026 midterm elections. The lower chamber will get its first departure on Jan. 5. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced in November that she […]

A wave of new state laws taking effect in 2026 covers everything from wages and workplace protections to gender-neutral bathrooms in public schools, firing squads, and taxes. Forty-three states will ring in the new year with notable tax changes, according to the Tax Foundation. Eight states will lower their individual income tax rates, while Ohio will […]