Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate David Gottfried has been elected in Minnesota’s special election for House District 40B, defeating Republican Paul Wikstrom 70% to 30%. Gottfried’s win splits control of the Minnesota House 67 to 67 between the DFL and Republicans. National Democrats celebrated his win. “David Gottfried’s victory tonight restores a tie in this ultra-competitive state House […]

A senior official at the U.S. Agency for International Development ordered the agency’s remaining employees to destroy internal documents at the now-former headquarters in Washington on Tuesday, according to an email sent to staff, setting off a legal challenge on Tuesday. Employees were instructed to destroy items in the agency’s “classified safes and personnel documents” […]

A House hearing devolved into chaos after Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) referred to Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), a transgender woman, as “mister.” McBride then fired back, calling Self “Madam Chair” in the House Foreign Affairs Europe Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday. Ranking member Bill Keating (D-MA) grew angry with Self, asking him to repeat his introduction […]

The Philadelphia Eagles have accepted an invitation from President Donald Trump to visit the White House after their Super Bowl 59 win. Some believed the football team would miss out on the visit as they did after winning the 2018 Super Bowl during Trump’s first term. Trump rescinded their invitation after several players declined to […]