Rep. Christian Menefee (D-TX) beat longtime Rep. Al Green (D-TX) in Tuesday’s Democratic primary runoff after the two Texas incumbents were placed in the same seat by mid-decade redistricting. When the Associated Press called the race, Green trailed Menefee 31.1% to 68.9%. Age and generational change were a central theme in the contest. Green, 78, […]

President Donald Trump threw his support behind the federal agency overseeing prediction markets on Tuesday, amid a growing battle between Washington and the states over who should regulate the rapidly expanding industry. Trump backed the authority of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency responsible for overseeing derivatives and financial markets, arguing that prediction […]

A Florida judge blocked an effort to temporarily halt the use of a newly approved congressional map, dealing another setback to Democrats seeking to stop the state’s latest redistricting push. Florida Circuit Judge Joshua Hawkes, an appointee of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), denied requests from multiple groups to pause implementation of the map, which is […]

Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha warned about the impact that Democrats regaining power could have on the Supreme Court after party leaders spoke out in support of packing the Supreme Court in response to recent rulings.  “We’re getting a preview out loud at this point what the country will look like if Democrats take back […]