House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) is urging his Republican colleagues to delay anointing a new leader as the party comes to terms with losing the majority in the 2026 midterm elections. Smith said that an internal GOP caucus vote scheduled for Tuesday to replace Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) should be shelved until […]

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said he was still deciding his vote on impeaching War Secretary Pete Hegseth, noting that he has some areas of disagreement on the articles introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Monday. Bacon, who has been a sharp critic of Hegseth’s leadership of the Department of War, said the articles brought […]

Mississippi Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom is pointing fingers at election forecasters such as the Cook Political Report, saying they “made it much more difficult” for Southern Democrats to fundraise this election cycle. “At some point, we have to talk about @CookPolitical and other ‘prognosticators’ who had me and other southern candidates labeled as solid […]

A Utah judge ruled on Monday that Tyler Robinson will go to trial in 2028 on murder charges related to the September 2025 killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Judge Tony Graf set the trial date during a hearing in a Provo, Utah, courtroom, more than two months after he ruled that the prosecution had […]