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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on “The Abduction of Ukrainian Children by the Russian Federation” on Capitol Hill on December 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]

Democratic Texas State Rep. James Talarico speaks during a campaign launch rally, September 9, 2025 in Round Rock, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — With just one month until the high-stakes primary election in the [Read More…]

U.S. Capitol Building (Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Republican-led House on Tuesday voted to pass the government funding package to end the partial shutdown. The measure, which received some bipartisan support, [Read More…]

Sailors and marines man the rail as the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) is guided by tugboats in San Diego Bay as it returns to its homeport of Naval Air [Read More…]

U.S. Capitol Building (Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — After drama and delay, the Republican-led House advanced a government funding package to end the partial shutdown, setting up debate ahead of a final [Read More…]

The Minnesota National Guard sits at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, United States, on January 26, 2025. (Arthur Maiorella/Anadolu via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon’s Northern Command over the weekend stood down more [Read More…]

On Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in front of the Orange County Courthouse, advocates and former elected officials asked President Trump to create a pathway to permanent residency for Haitians who face deportations as their temporary [Read More…]

 Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Rep. James Comer (R-KY) speaks to reporters as he arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on February 03, 2026 in Washington, [Read More…]

The construction for the ballroom on the White House’s East Wing as seen from the top of the Washington Monument, Nov. 17, 2025. (ABC News) (WASHINGTON) — Even before a federal judge has decided whether [Read More…]

U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on February 02, 2026. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday called on Republicans to “take over” and “nationalize” voting as he continued to [Read More…]

Donald Trump Jr., co-founder of World Liberty Financial, during the Token2049 conference in Singapore, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. The crypto conference runs through Oct. 2. (Photographer: Suhaimi Abdullah/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President [Read More…]

Border czar Tom Homan speaks during a news conference about ongoing immigration enforcement operations on January 29, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump took to social media to [Read More…]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol, January 30, 2026, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Friday is one step closer to passing a funding package [Read More…]

Roger Penske, chairman and chief executive officer of Penske Corp., second left, speaks during an executive order signing with US President Donald Trump, second right, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, [Read More…]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol, January 30, 2026, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — With just hours until the partial government shutdown deadline, the Senate on Friday [Read More…]

Kevin Warsh, former governor of the US Federal Reserve, walks to lunch during the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. The annual event has [Read More…]

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sign stands at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate, now facing an impasse [Read More…]

Members of the National Guard stands at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on MLK Day on January 19, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s use of federalized National [Read More…]

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sign stands at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Democrats on Thursday voted unanimously [Read More…]

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) attends a field hearing at the Minnesota Senate Building on January 16, 2026 in St Paul, Minnesota. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images) (NEW YORK)– Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced on Thursday her candidacy for [Read More…]