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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said in an interview on Friday that Democrats who refused to return to his state would “hopefully” be jailed. “I don't know, we're gonna -- we're definitely waiting to see if they show up,” Paxton said in an interview on “Fox & Friends First” on whether they would see Texas Democrats...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) suggested Democrats who fled his state to stop a new set of GOP-friendly maps from being passed would have to stay out of the state for years in order for the tactic to work.  “I’ll tell you this also, Democrats act like they’re not going to come back as long...

The Israeli government confirmed Friday morning that it would seek to occupy Gaza City — one of the few remaining areas in the war-torn region that has not already been evacuated or turned into an Israeli buffer zone. The decision comes amidst growing international pressure for Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the strip as...

Democrats should reject race essentialism and equity not because they’re unpopular, but because they are illiberal. 

As President Trump's deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Friday, the prospect of the leaders meeting in person to discuss terms of a peace deal with Ukraine is still dangling as a possibility for next week. When asked Thursday by reporters if the deadline was still standing, the president said, "We’re going to see...

President Trump ripped former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan for joining the Democratic party and falling out of the GOP, calling him a “total loser” for making the switch. In an early Friday post on Truth Social, Trump said that Duncan was no longer wanted in the GOP because all he did was complain. “Failed former Lt....

The 2020 headcount was so flawed that some political leaders consider it appropriate to redo their maps mid-decade.

On the menu: Awokening again? But it’s still technically a fruit; A disruptor for Democrats in Michigan; Blame Canada?; Stool pigeon The cry goes up again from Democrats for national anti-gerrymandering legislation as refugees from the Texas legislative session hide out in blue states. Ending gerrymandering was a core part of their For The People...

A federal judge in Maryland blocked President Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions nationwide late Thursday, the fourth such ruling following the Supreme Court’s decision clawing back universal injunctions. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman already signaled she would block the restrictions nationwide, but she did not have jurisdiction at the time because the case rested with an...

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on Thursday compared the nation’s capital to several foreign war zones, as the Trump administration readies plans to deploy an unspecified number of federal law enforcement to parts of the city. “It is more violent than Baghdad, it is more violent than parts of Ethiopia, and parts...

Development of Chinese censorship-circumvention tech is growing.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday upped the reward it's offering for information that leads to the arrest of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro to $50 million.  “He is one of the largest narco traffickers in the world and a threat to our national security. Therefore, we've doubled his reward to $50 million,” Attorney General...

A court on Thursday declined to issue an immediate restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) requested by a woman who accused him of harassing and threatening her after their break-up, according to a court document reviewed by The Hill, but ordered both Mills and the woman to appear at a hearing later in the...

A group of Democrats is calling for a congressional hearing with the victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, who they argue have firsthand accounts that "may not be sufficiently represented in the Department of Justice’s records." Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), a member of the House Oversight Committee, led a group of...