National Guard troops patrolling Washington, D.C., at the direction of President Donald Trump began carrying service weapons as of Sunday evening. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized members of the Guard to carry weapons on Friday, but did not give specifics on how often or how many service members would be armed. The direction marks a […]

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) released a new digital ad Monday, touting the governor as a Trump fighter and a “mom from Buffalo.” Hochul was born in Buffalo and spent most of her political career there before becoming part of New York’s executive office. The New York Democrat is trying to curry support from voters ahead […]

Commuters and drivers throughout the country will pay slightly more at the pumps this week, as the national average price for a gallon of regular gas increased to $3.161.  Monday’s price point was a marginal increase from Sunday, when the national average was $3.153 per gallon, and from a week ago, when a gallon of […]

President Donald Trump has pushed the boundaries of presidential power and influence throughout his second administration, but his pressure campaigns on Republican-led states represent his latest break from conservative orthodoxy.  With Texas delivering a political win for Trump this week regarding his desire for Republican-led states to redistrict their congressional maps mid-decade to provide the […]