Sen. Tom Cotton urges DOJ to investigate alleged Chinese influence campaign funded by Neville Roy Singham targeting U.S. data centers and AI infrastructure development.
Bill Gates will sit for a voluntary interview with the House Oversight Committee about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein after the 2008 conviction.
France and Germany abandon the Future Combat Air System sixth-generation fighter jet program, dealing a major blow to Europe's defense autonomy amid NATO spending.
ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones will testify before House Administration Committee as Republicans probe alleged donor fraud and false statements to Congress.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) on Tuesday became the latest foe of President Trump to lose a Republican primary ahead of the midterm elections. Raffensperger, who is well known for rebuking the president’s push to overturn the 2020 election, came in dead last in a field of three candidates vying for the GOP...
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is projected to win the Democratic primary for Georgia governor, according to Decision Desk HQ. Bottoms avoided a June primary runoff and beat a crowded field of Democratic candidates, including former DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond, former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a Republican-turned-Democrat, and former state Sen. Jason Esteves,...
Georgia GOP Rep. Mike Collins and former college football coach Derek Dooley are projected to make it into the GOP runoff for Georgia’s Senate seat, according to Decision Desk HQ, teeing up a proxy battle between the factions of the party aligned with President Trump and Gov. Brian Kemp (R). Collins and Dooley, who enjoyed Kemp’s endorsement, were...
Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb (D) is projected to win the Democratic primary in the Keystone State’s 3rd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Rabb faced off against state Sen. Shariff Street (D) and pediatric surgeon Ala Stanford in the primary for the district spanning parts of west and north Philadelphia. A member of...
President Trump on Tuesday said he hoped to end the conflict with Iran "very quickly" while gathered with a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the White House for the annual congressional picnic. The president told the crowd of Congress members and their families, "We're going to end that war very quickly. They want to make...
Charles Booker is projected to win the Kentucky Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, defeating Amy McGrath in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). The victory came six years after McGrath, a retired Marine fighter pilot, narrowly defeated Booker in the primary for the seat, winning 45 percent...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) is projected to face off this fall against former Sen. Doug Jones (D) in the race for governor of deep red Alabama, according to Decision Desk HQ. Jones, who gained national attention after defeating former Sen. Roy Moore (R-Ala.) in a 2017 Senate special election, went on to lose to Tuberville...
The U.S. Mint said President Trump’s gold coins won’t be ready in time for celebrations tied to America’s 250th founding anniversary on the Fourth of July. Production could take several months and the final design has not been approved, according to a legal document reviewed by Newsweek. “The Mint is currently in the design stage...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) is projected to face off against state Treasurer Stacy Garrity (R) in his bid to hang onto his seat this November, according to Decision Desk HQ. Shapiro and Garrity ran uncontested in their respective primary contests, but Tuesday’s primaries have now formally finalized the race between the two statewide elected officials. Shapiro, widely seen...
Billionaire healthcare executive Rick Jackson and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones are projected to advance to a runoff in the Republican primary for Georgia governor, according to Decision Desk HQ. Jackson and Jones notched spots in the June 16 runoff as the two top vote-getters in the GOP race to succeed Gov. Brian Kemp (R), beating Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state,...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is projected to lose his Kentucky House primary race to President Trump-endorsed challenger Ed Gallrein, according to Decision Desk HQ, a major victory for the president in his bid to oust Republican lawmakers who openly defy him. Gallrein, a retired Navy SEAL and farmer, was projected to win the GOP primary...
Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) is projected to win the Republican primary for Senate in Kentucky, putting him on a glidepath to replace retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R), the longest-serving Senate leader in history. Barr defeated former state Attorney General Daniel Cameron in a competitive primary that marked the first race without McConnell on the ballot...
Senate Democrats pressed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday about a cross-country road trip he recently took with his family and filmed for an upcoming reality TV-style series commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary. “It doesn’t smell right,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) told Duffy during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Department of Transportation’s (DOT)...
Democratic attorneys general in more than 20 states and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday filed suit against the Education Department over new limits set to go into effect for graduate student loan borrowers. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland, states that the new limits will strain the healthcare workforce by discouraging students from...
