President Trump’s ironclad grip on Congress is beginning to show signs of strain, as Republicans increasingly break from him in major legislative fights and seek to push their own priorities instead. While Trump still commands significant influence within the party, a growing number of lawmakers — from moderates to hard-line conservatives — are proving more...
Black Democrats on Capitol Hill are up in arms over the GOP effort to purge Congress of minority districts, accusing Republicans of silencing Black voters and, in the process, undermining decades of civil rights advancements. Many are framing the debate in existential terms, warning that the Republicans’ redistricting campaign, spurred by President Trump, combined with...
This spring, we reluctantly decided to oppose Senate legislation intended to make housing more affordable, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. While the legislation included some small reforms that could have reduced the cost of housing, it also added new regulations that would have made housing more expensive, not less. But, pleasingly, the House […]
President Trump blasted Rep. Lauren Boebert on Truth Social and threatened to endorse a challenger against her after she joined Rep. Thomas Massie for a campaign event.
Nicholas Kristof’s New York Times column marks a turning point in the American left’s divorce from Israel. The column, and the paper’s bombastic defense,...
California’s tech oligarchs are portraying themselves as victims, as the left clamors to tax their wealth away. Perhaps they should take some responsibility. Once...
Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming and U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow will face each other in a June 27 runoff for the Republican Senate nomination in Louisiana. The two failed to reach the 50% threshold to win outright but succeeded in their efforts to dislodge U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, who finished third.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) was projected to fail to advance to the runoff in Louisiana’s GOP Senate primary Saturday, according to Decision Desk HQ, ending the incumbent senator’s reelection bid after years of political fallout from his vote to convict President Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Trump-endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) and...
President Trump threatened to pull his endorsement of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Saturday, as she campaigned with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) ahead of a tough reelection fight. Trump railed against Boebert in a pair of back-to-back posts on Truth Social, calling her “weak-minded” and asking if there was “anyone interested” in challenging her in...
