Former Rep. Mayra Flores said her Tuesday hospitalization, occurring hours after announcing her congressional campaign, was due to stress. Flores spoke to the Washington Examiner in a phone interview Thursday, detailing updates on her health and her bid challenging criminally-indicted Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) to represent Texas’s 28th Congressional District. The former congresswoman, who was […]

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) has met with Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, the man mistakenly deported from Maryland who was being held in a notorious El Salvador prison. Before their meeting, Van Hollen had tried multiple times to see Abrego-Garcia but said he was denied. “I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with […]

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo believes President Donald Trump “wants control of New York” and that he will continue to assert influence in the city’s operations. Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City against incumbent Eric Adams, running as an independent, and myriad progressive Democratic challengers. “Donald Trump wanted to retain control […]

The top U.S. watchdog agency for consumer finance began widespread job cuts on Thursday as the Trump administration is looking to restructure the agency’s work. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent out a reduction-in-force notice to more than 1,500 workers on Thursday, according to reporting from Fox Business. The figure is about 88% of the agency’s […]