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On April 13, Cody Balmer climbed the fence of the Governor's Residence in Harrisburg, carrying a bag that contained Molotov cocktails and a sledgehammer.

The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report shifted its rating of the Maine Senate race from “lean Republican” to “toss up” after Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) launched her bid Tuesday to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). “For the first time since she was elected in 1996, Collins could face off against a sitting...

New York is not ready for his radical experiment.

House GOP Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) on Tuesday slammed the “No Kings” protests slated for Saturday against the Trump administration as a "hate America" rally backed by the left. “These guys are playing to the most radical, small, and violent base in the country. You'll see them on Saturday on the Mall. They just do...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has been acting more “enlightened” in recent weeks after the ardent MAGA supporter broke with her party on the Epstein file discharge petition and the expiring federal health care subsidies. “It does seem to many of us that she’s had a surprisingly enlightened...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Tuesday that he will work with Israel's Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana to rally support from leaders of parliaments around the world to jointly nominate President Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in securing a Gaza ceasefire deal and release of Israeli hostages. “This is a historic moment....

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., said it's laying off 550 employees Tuesday as "part of a reorganization that began in July and not related to the current government shutdown." "In order to best position JPL going forward, we are taking steps to restructure and establish an appropriate size to ensure future success,"...

Former President Obama appeared in a new ad for California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) redistricting effort on Tuesday, warning that Republicans want to steal congressional seats to “rig” next year’s midterm elections.  “California, the whole nation is counting on you,” Obama says in the 30-second spot. “Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the...

Transgender surgery on minors is facing increasing pushback from medical professionals and state-level efforts to silence counselors, and may eventually be viewed with the same horror as lobotomies from decades ago.

Most of the nation's leading news organizations have said they will not sign a policy severely restricting journalists' access to the Pentagon ahead of a Tuesday deadline set by the Trump administration. Outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, The Associated Press, The Hill and NewsNation will not sign the policy, which limits access...

"Why are they targeting a clarinet player? A clarinet player standing on the sidewalk far away from the street, following instructions."

The U.S. Congress has gradually ceded its powers to the president, resulting in a weakened legislative branch and a shift in the balance of powers.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is championing the kind of hardline stances in the government shutdown fight long favored by the House Freedom Caucus. The Speaker has canceled previously scheduled votes in the lower chamber and kept the House in extended recess as he aims to put maximum pressure on Senate Democrats to accept the “clean” stopgap to re-open...

President Trump criticized Time Magazine early Tuesday over its new cover photo of him, shot from below, so that his neck is featured prominently and light from the sun makes the wisps of hair above his forehead appear transparent. The president, on his Truth Social platform, said that while the outlet’s story on his administration’s...