The four Democrats looking to replace former Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner will hit the debate stage Thursday night, offering voters and party delegates their first opportunity to see much of the field together before a new challenger is picked to take on incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, former […]

Senate Democrats voted down a sweeping defense bill in protest of the war in Iran on Tuesday, dealing a setback to Republicans on what is ordinarily a bipartisan piece of legislation. In a 50-46 vote, Republicans attempted to begin debate on the National Defense Authorization Act but were blocked by Democrats who called the bill […]

Rep. William Timmons (R-SC) on Tuesday offered a chilly response to several of his South Carolina colleagues who swiftly expressed interest in replacing Sen. Lindsey Graham after the longtime senator’s sudden death. Timmons reflected on Reps. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Ralph Norman (R-SC) suggesting they could throw their hat in the ring to fill Graham’s […]

Former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigative team reviewed White House records of text messages involving 44 current and former members of Congress after apparently bypassing a team established to screen potentially privileged material, according to newly released Justice Department records. The communications reviewed under the Biden administration’s DOJ involved mostly Republicans and a handful of […]