A ruling from the Supreme Court on Tuesday means Missouri voters will likely go to the polls this fall under the same congressional map used two years ago, not...
SCOTUS rejects Missouri Republicans' emergency bid over congressional maps, with Justice Kavanaugh ruling without comment and leaving the GOP-backed map blocked for the midterms.
A fierce primary fight from the left risks toppling an eighth House Democrat this cycle: Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.). Lynch, 71, is running for a 14th term in Massachusetts's 8th Congressional District against 39-year-old lawyer Patrick Roath for the Boston-area seat on Tuesday. Roath has ripped Lynch over votes on immigration, healthcare and abortion, while...
There is new turbulence in the war in Iran — but the pressing question is whether any of it will change the underlying realities of the six-month conflict. The latest dramatic development was an exchange of fire late Sunday in which the United States first attacked two Iranian rocket launchers that were reportedly seeking to deploy new...
Vice President Vance, who has emerged as one of the GOP's fiercest critics of Israel, is seeking to appeal to Jewish voters as both parties grapple with a growing political divide fueled by conflicts in the Middle East. Vance is set to privately address the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) in Las Vegas after stumping with...
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is leading opponent former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) by a few points in the battle for a seat in the upper chamber, according to new polling. In the EPIC-MRA poll, 43 percent of respondents either said they would back Rogers or leaned toward him if their ballots were due that...
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is set to depart his role at the Pentagon in the coming days, leaving the Trump administration after being embroiled in a months-long turf war with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to two sources familiar with internal deliberations. Driscoll spoke with President Trump about the “current state” of the Army and...
President Trump announced last week that the U.S. would team up with a Venezuelan company to pump oil from a large swath of the South American nation's reserves — but actually getting that petroleum out of the ground could come with significant hurdles. Announcing the agreement with Venezuela, Trump said Friday evening it would “substantially...
Chief Justice John Roberts broke with his conservative colleagues in a Supreme Court decision Monday that allowed construction on the proposed White House ballroom to continue, saying the ruling upsets the separation of powers. Roberts, joined by the three liberal justices, contended that the majority’s reasoning likely infringed on Congress’s power of the purse and...
A federal judge on Sunday paused a lawsuit seeking to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion pill mifepristone until after the midterm elections. Judge Reed O’Connor, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, granted a request by the Department of Justice to delay the lawsuit filed...
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, whose own state borders Canada, on Monday slammed the recent trade tensions between the Trump administration and its northern neighbor. “Now, over the last couple of weeks, Michiganders have been struck by yet another disastrous Trump policy: the expansion of a trade war with Canada,” El-Sayed said during a...
In today's issue: ▪ U.S. strikes Iran after monthlong pause ▪ Trump touts Venezuela oil deal ▪ House back in session ▪ GOP midterm convention frustrations The Pentagon is seething over a Washington Post report that top military leaders recently warned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth against extending large-scale Iran war operations. People familiar with a classified assessment prepared...
