House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) responded to the resignation of National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent on Tuesday, challenging the departing Trump official’s assertion that Iran “posed no imminent threat” to the United States. “I don’t know where Joe Kent is getting his information, but he wasn’t in those briefings clearly,” Johnson told reporters at […]

Democrats are proposing a ban on prediction markets that allow wagers on government actions or potentially rigged outcomes after bets over U.S. attacks against Iran and the arrest of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro made users thousands of dollars. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) unveiled legislation titled the Banning Event Trading […]

Republicans are rebranding their long-running “Young Guns” programs for the 2026 midterm elections, elevating a slate of candidates they describe as “MAGA Majority” contenders. The National Republican Congressional Committee unveiled the updated brand as it rolls out its latest class of top recruits by embracing President Donald Trump’s political movement as the GOP holds a narrow […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) plans to move forward with a clean extension for the federal government’s foreign spy powers amid threats of Iranian terrorist cells. Johnson announced Tuesday he plans to move forward with a clean extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, despite a push to attach a voter identification bill […]