The Senate on Monday advanced the Cabinet-level nomination of Jay Clayton to be director of national intelligence despite a turbulent confirmation process that’s been weeks in the making. Clayton, who currently serves as the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, advanced in a party-line procedural vote, 51-43. He is expected to be confirmed as early as Tuesday. […]

The Georgia teenager who ran onto the Capitol grounds with a loaded shotgun pleaded guilty Monday to illegally carrying a firearm on the premises, according to court records. On Feb. 16, 2026, Carter Camacho, 18, of Smyrna, Georgia, armed himself with a newly purchased shotgun and drove from his home to Washington, D.C., stopping overnight […]

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed is facing backlash from members of his own party after saying that moving the Democratic Party in a more progressive direction would require putting “one ogre on a pike.” During the donor call, el Sayed discussed how winning the Michigan Senate race would give him a national platform […]

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to lift a lower court’s block on an executive order aimed at tightening rules on mail-in voting ahead of the midterm elections in November. Trump issued an executive order in March that aimed to create federal eligibility lists and restrictions on the delivery of mail ballots, […]