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CEO of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk speaks on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican [Read More…]

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks onstage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 22, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates, politicians, and Democratic Party supporters are gathering [Read More…]

Sen. Jason Bean speaks with senate staff during a filibuster on September 12, 2025 in Jefferson City, Missouri. Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images (MISSOURI) — The Missouri state Senate voted on Friday to pass the bill [Read More…]

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the deadline to keep the government funded fast approaches at the end of the month, congressional Democrats are vowing a fight over health care, possibly forcing a shutdown unless [Read More…]

Tony Shi Photography/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he will send National Guard troops to Memphis, Tennessee, as part of his push to combat crime. The president said on “Fox [Read More…]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson urged lawmakers “to turn the temperature down” on Capitol Hill following the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “You will hear me, [Read More…]

Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk is seen onstage at the Fiserv Forum during preparations for the Republican National Convention (RNC) on July 14, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — [Read More…]

A makeshift memorial for DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman is seen at the Minnesota State Capitol building, June 16, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (Steven Garcia/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — While [Read More…]

Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Political violence and extreme rhetoric in the United States today mirror the turbulent 1960s, but with key differences that make the current era particularly challenging, according to presidential historian Mark [Read More…]

Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk is seen onstage at the Fiserv Forum during preparations for the Republican National Convention (RNC) on July 14, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — [Read More…]

Charlie Kirk poses at The Cambridge Union on May 19, 2025 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. (Photo by Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump announced conservative activist Charlie Kirk died on [Read More…]

Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A new proposed congressional map in Missouri that could allow Republicans to flip at least one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Capitol Police and the U.S. Secret Service hosted what officials say was one of the nation’s largest civil disturbance unit trainings, with more than 600 officers taking part. The exercise, [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Capitol Police and the U.S. Secret Service hosted what officials say was one of the nation’s largest civil disturbance unit trainings, with more than 600 officers taking part. The exercise, [Read More…]

Yasin Ozturk /Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump declined to comment on the letter he allegedly signed for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th “birthday book” in 2003, calling it a “dead issue” when asked [Read More…]

A woman wades through flood waters at a flood-hit area on the outskirts of Multan, Pakistan on Sept. 2, 2025. (Photo by Str/Xinhua via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The State Department has approved funding to [Read More…]

joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Monday lifted restrictions on aggressive immigration enforcement tactics by federal agents in central California that had been challenged by critics as unconstitutional racial profiling. The [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday continued to take aim at Chicago as the city braces for potential federal intervention. “We’d love to go into Chicago and straighten it out,” Trump [Read More…]

Davidoff Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The GOP-led House Oversight Committee is expected to receive documents and communications from the Jeffrey Epstein estate on Monday. The committee issued a subpoena in late August for information from [Read More…]

Attorney General Pam Bondi, President Donald Trump, and granddaughter Arabella Kushner attend the men’s singles final of the US Open Tennis Championships in New York City, September 7, 2025. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]