Republicans will face their latest unity test Thursday in a Senate vote to curtail President Donald Trump’s ability to use further military force in Venezuela without congressional approval after capturing former dictator Nicolas Maduro. The vote on a so-called War Powers Resolution will garner at least some bipartisan support, but it’s unclear if the measure […]

Wednesday’s fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer threatens to recreate the political conditions of “peak woke” thought to be reversed by President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, just months before the midterm elections. Once again, the precipitating incident occurred in Minneapolis, and progressive Minnesota Democrats are leading […]

During the government shutdown of fall 2025, the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm went on a spending spree, generously wining and dining deep-pocketed donors at luxury locales across the country, according to recently disclosed expense reports reviewed by the Washington Examiner. While federal employees were either furloughed or worked without pay, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee […]

Somali Bantu Community Association of Maine Executive Director Muhidin Libah paid out over $100,000 from the charity he runs to members of his family between 2023 and 2024, tax filings show. In 2023, Muhdin Libah paid his wife, Fadumo Libah, $21,551 for “various business transactions” and another family member, Hawa Dakane, $38,559 for work as […]