Collins-aligned fundraising committee is compiling "red flags" from Democratic opponent Graham Platner's past ahead of Maine's 2025 Senate general election.
Poll reveals deep partisan divide on whether the April 25 assassination attempt against President Trump was real, with 30% of voters calling it staged.
President Trump said Thursday that if Hamas does not heed repeated warnings to stop bloodshed in Gaza, the U.S. will have “no choice” but to use lethal force. “If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them. Thank you...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) claimed on Thursday that White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is enabling President Trump amid his crackdown on immigrants without legal status in the U.S. "I do think he needs help," Pritzker said of Trump to Tim Miller, the host of "The Bulwark" podcast. "And I don't think...
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) fell Thursday while being heckled by left-wing protesters as he was walking through a Senate office building. Video emerged of the longtime GOP leader falling while making his way toward the Capitol to vote. He was helped up by his security detail and a U.S. Capitol Police officer before giving a...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-S.D.) offer of a vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies was not firm enough to move Democrats to end the government shutdown. Thune told MSNBC on Wednesday that he was willing to guarantee a vote on ObamaCare subsidy extensions,...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday walked back his agreement to debate House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire” program. Johnson originally told the network he’d “love” to debate Jeffries on air but later said the agreement was conditional. “I’ll debate Hakeem Jeffries anywhere, anytime — as soon as we get the...
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) said on Thursday he thinks the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should “just go away” since it can be used by both parties to target political opponents. “I'm rooting for the IRS to be closed. I've got a constitutional amendment to repeal the 16th Amendment. I think it's a massive invasion of...
The Senate will pivot Thursday from efforts to reopen the government to a vote on whether to advance an $852 billion defense appropriations bill. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) scheduled the vote in an effort to put Democrats on the record if they block the measure, as Republicans spotlight how the shutdown is impacting national security. It also comes...
Vice President Vance said on Wednesday he did not want the racist remarks in the explosive Young Republicans group chat to ruin the participants' lives, dismissing them as “stupid” jokes made by "kids." In an interview on “The Charlie Kirk Show” — which is now hosted by allies of the late conservative activist — the...
U.S. Congressmember Elise Stefanik and Senate Republican Conference Chair Tom Cotton have called for the U.S. Department of the Treasury to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations for possible sanctions violations or financial links to Hamas, while CAIR has responded by accusing Stefanik of attempting to trigger a "McCarthy-era witch hunt" and defending its mission to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.
