LANSING, Michigan — Rep. Tom Barrett (R-MI) has made supporting veterans his bread and butter as a first-term congressman from a swing House district in Michigan. Before stepping foot in the halls of Congress, his 22 years in the Army were the near-singular focus of biographical campaign ads. It’s a path often taken by military […]

Republicans have found an unlikely new line of attack against Democratic candidates: branding them as vegans. Veganism, a diet that excludes all animal products, including meat, dairy, and eggs, has become an unexpected political flashpoint as Republicans seek to portray Democrats as culturally out of touch with rural America and agricultural communities. In Texas, President […]

Senate Majority Leader John Thune was on the clock. It was in the middle of the night, less than 72 hours before President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline to sign the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. And Thune didn’t have the votes. The tall, lean Republican from South Dakota had been majority leader for less […]

The Supreme Court is being urged to take up a discrimination case from a Muslim bus driver in California who claims she was fired unfairly after being pressured not to wear her hijab. With the petition Cross v. Central Contra Costa Transit Authority, Shannon Cross asked the high court to reverse a lower court’s decision […]