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Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The redistricting battle gripping Texas has put a spotlight on the ongoing debate over gerrymandering and its long-term effects on the electorate. Sam Wang, the founding [Read More…]

Sen. John Cornyn leaves a senate luncheon in the U.S. Capitol, June 3, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said on Thursday that FBI Director Kash [Read More…]

U.S. President Donald Trump waves from the roof of the West Wing of the White House as he takes a tour on August 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — [Read More…]

Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bilateral meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin could happen as soon as next week, according to a White House official. White House special envoy Steve [Read More…]

The Q Center hotel in St. Charles, Illinois evacuated over report of a bomb threat on August, 6, 2025. WLS (CHICAGO) — Texas Democrats staying in Illinois after fleeing the state in opposition of Republican-led redistricting [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The redistricting battle in Texas continues to escalate as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott urged the state Supreme Court to remove state Rep. Gene Wu, the chairman of the Texas [Read More…]

Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday evening is expected to host a group of top administration officials at his residence for a strategy session as the administration [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ever the developer-in-chief, President Donald Trump made a surprise appearance on the White House roof above the briefing room in an apparent effort to inspect future construction. The press, which [Read More…]

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy. Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nuclear power on the moon is critical to the United States’ space exploration and national security goals, and the U.S. government [Read More…]

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer issued numerous subpoenas on Tuesday — including one to the Department of Justice for the complete Jeffrey [Read More…]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (LINCOLN, Neb.) — House Republican Rep. Mike Flood faced what appeared to be a hostile crowd during a rowdy town hall on Monday night in Lincoln, Nebraska. The [Read More…]

J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the Trump administration says it’s continuing its effort to reduce waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government through cuts at key agencies such as the Social Security [Read More…]

Pool/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he wants to oust and replace Democratic lawmakers who fled the state in an attempt to prevent Republican redistricting efforts and charge them with felonies. [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — A showdown is unfolding in Texas as Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to remove Democrats who have fled the state in protest of Republican-led effort to create a new congressional map. Abbott [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — A showdown is unfolding in Texas as Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to remove Democrats who have fled the state in protest of Republican-led effort to create a new congressional map. Abbott [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Democratic statehouse legislators are planning to leave Texas on Sunday in order to break the quorum of a special legislative session in which Republican state legislators are aiming to [Read More…]

Frederick Breedon/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Derek Dooley, a former University of Tennessee football coach, is launching a bid Monday for the Senate in Georgia, entering a shifting political landscape as candidates vie for coveted [Read More…]

P A Thompson/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Democratic statehouse legislators are planning to leave Texas on Sunday in order to break the quorum of a special legislative session in which Republican state legislators are aiming [Read More…]

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The deadly mid-air collision at Reagan Airport in January was years in the making, the operations manager of the DCA air traffic control tower on the night of the accident [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Office of Special Counsel confirmed Saturday that it has opened an investigation into former Special Counsel Jack Smith and whether he violated the Hatch Act through his criminal [Read More…]