Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill facing a government shutdown deadline, the farm bill, and a debt ceiling fight before Democrats take power in January.
A manager of one of President Trump’s golf courses has served as an unofficial adviser on the renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, an Interior Department spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. David Schutzenhofer helped recruit Greenwater Services for a $1.7 million no-bid contract with the Trump administration to install a permanent purification system in the...
Vice President Vance took to the White House briefing room Tuesday in what was a decidedly more subdued manner than that of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s unruly turn at the podium. Vance sought to tame reporters teaming with questions, pointing at some randomly and other times studying a chart to decide who to call...
If you are one of the millions of Americans hitting the road during the Memorial Day weekend, you may want to plan carefully to avoid being trapped in holiday weekend gridlock.
Anthropic and the Pentagon squared off Tuesday in a federal appeals court, where the artificial intelligence firm faced an uphill battle in convincing three Republican-appointed judges that Secretary Pete Hegseth’s supply chain risk label violated the law. Lawyers for the Defense Department and Anthropic faced intense questioning from a three-judge panel in the D.C. Circuit...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) predicted that the GOP will maintain its majority in November in comments made Tuesday following President Trump's endorsement of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a closely watched Senate GOP primary. The president announced his support for Paxton on Truth Social, choosing him over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, a...
President Trump’s decision to endorse Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn, who was widely seen as the stronger general election pick, is roiling the Lone State State’s bitter primary battle days one week before the run-off election. The call was a remarkable break by Trump from the Senate GOP establishment that caught...
Black Democrats on Capitol Hill are amplifying their calls for Black athletes to boycott state universities in the South, saying those schools have done nothing to fight the Republican gerrymandering that’s led to the elimination of minority districts. Led by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the lawmakers are joining the NAACP and other minority advocacy...
Voters in Alabama are heading to the polls Tuesday to decide who will succeed Gov. Kay Ivey (R) this November. Former Sen. Doug Jones, the presumptive Democratic nominee, is making a longshot bid in the ruby red state. He faces five primary opponents. On the other side of the aisle, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) is...
A number of candidates in Alabama are jockeying to replace gubernatorial candidate and outgoing Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) on November's ballot in primary elections Tuesday. Republican Rep. Barry More leads the pack in a crowded GOP primary, which includes state Attorney General Steve Marshall and newcomer Jared Hudson, among others. Meanwhile, Kyle Sweetser, a former...
Voters in the Peach State are heading to the polls Tuesday to decide which candidates will compete to replace Republican Gov. Brian Kemp (Ga.) this fall. The GOP primary has turned ugly, with outsized spending from the contenders. Lt. Gov Burt Jones, who is endorsed by President Trump, is in a close contest against billionaire...
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is running for a second term as governor in Tuesday's primary elections. The Democrat is facing off against nine challengers in her bid to secure the party's nod for the November general election. On the other side of the aisle, a crowded field of Republicans is duking it out. Christine Drazan,...
There is a quiet internal negotiation over what the next version of the progressive movement looks like, who defines it, how broad it gets, and whether its future looks more like 2016, or 2020.
