Mike Pence brings his conservative philosophy and public service experience to George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government as new professor.
Senate Republicans criticize Democrats for opposing their seven-week government funding extension after Democrats supported 13 similar measures under former President Joe Biden.
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s (D) Senate campaign announced it raised more than $3.4 million in the 24 hours since launching Monday. Cooper’s campaign said it raised $2.6 million for his Senate campaign plus an additional $900,000 for the Democratic Party. Ninety-five percent of the individual donations that came into the campaign in the...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who has teased a run for governor in South Carolina, is leading a hypothetical 2026 GOP gubernatorial field in new polling. The survey from the nonpartisan research organization South Carolina Policy Council found Mace with 16 percent support from Republican-identifying voters — 1 point ahead of state Attorney General Alan Wilson...
The Trump administration is recommending that a compound called 7-OH be scheduled as an illicit drug, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary announced Tuesday. The compound is a by-product of the Kratom plant whose ground leaves are sold as a dietary supplement to boost energy or provide pain relief. FDA officials said 7-OH...
Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) leads Republican Jack Ciattarelli by 8 points in New Jersey’s gubernatorial race in one of the first independent polls of the general election. The Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released on Tuesday showed Sherrill leading with 45 percent support to Ciattarelli’s 37 percent, with 16 percent of survey respondents undecided. The race...
Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock (Ga.) and Dick Durbin (Ill.) are set to reintroduce the Senate version of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025, which would replace the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The duo introduced a similar bill last year seeking to "strengthen our democracy by reestablishing preclearance for jurisdictions with a pattern...
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said talks with China are "going in the right direction" as negotiators in Washington and Beijing try to break an impasse on tariffs. “Obviously, we've had a lot of tensions over the years. We've had tensions now. But the fact that we are regularly meeting with them to address these...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Transporation Secretary Sean Duffy are speaking Tuesday morning about legislative efforts to ensure aviation safety, including reauthorization and modernization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Following a slew of aviation accidents this year, Duffy called for a massive update to the FAA and air traffic control system's antiquated technology and...
Russia has continued its offensive, killing at least 22 people in Ukraine by launching ballistic missiles and glide bombs into multiple cities despite President Trump’s threats to slap sanctions and shorten the timeline for Moscow to agree to a ceasefire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 73 cities and villages came under Russia’s overnight attack,...
Maria Shriver is blasting a GOP Congress member's bill that aims to rename the Kennedy Center after President Trump, calling the move "petty" and "small-minded." "This is insane," Shriver, a women's health advocate and former President Kennedy's niece, said about a bill introduced this month by Rep. Bob Onder (R-Mo.) that would "designate the John F. Kennedy...
Former Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-N.C.) is ending his campaign for North Carolina’s Senate seat and endorsing Roy Cooper, a day after the former governor launched his much-anticipated bid. Nickel said in a statement on X on Tuesday that working alongside Cooper while he served in the state Senate and in Congress was an “honor,” and...
