State Rep. James Talarico won the Texas Senate Democratic primary, defeating Rep. Jasmine Crockett and giving party leaders the candidate they had quietly seen as the stronger option to...
Longtime Sen. John Cornyn and MAGA favorite Ken Paxton are heading to a May runoff in Texas' Republican Senate primary, while Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico are in a close race for the Democratic nomination.
Texas Republicans are bracing for an ugly Senate runoff, while Democrats wait to see the outcome of its contest for the upper chamber, with primary season in full swing. Voters in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas headed to the polls Tuesday to kick start the 2026 midterm cycle. Texas held competitive primaries for Senate, state attorney general and a...
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and gun rights YouTuber Brandon Herrera are projected head into a runoff after allegations of an affair with a former staffer rocked the lawmaker's candidacy, according to Decision Desk HQ. Gonzales and Herrera will head into a May runoff in the GOP contest for the state’s 23rd Congressional District. Military veteran Keith...
Congress will soon consider a second reconciliation bill that will determine federal taxes and spending. This provides a golden opportunity to remedy the most environmentally destructive elements of the Green New Deal’s costly subsidies for offshore wind. The Tax Foundation’s chief economist, William McBride, has testified before the House that a full repeal of the...
The Trump administration is making moves to loosen the environmental rules for nuclear energy. Earlier this month, the Energy Department published an exclusion to environmental reviews for the reactors under its jurisdiction. And it could be loosening other rules, including radiation limits. But the biggest changes could be still to come from the relatively low-profile...
The FBI on Monday said it was "not aware of any continued communication between" Nancy Guthrie's family and her suspected kidnappers, with a reported ransom deadline having already passed. "For more than a week, FBI agents, analysts, and professional staff have worked around the clock to reunite Nancy Guthrie with her family,” the bureau said...
Cuba warned of an aircraft fuel shortage amid tensions with the U.S., according to a new report. According to a Sunday report from Spanish news outlet EFE, two sources told the outlet that the Cuban government has advised international airlines flying to the Caribbean country that the island will be out of fuel on Monday...
House GOP leaders are trying to reinstate a prohibition on members calling snap votes to repeal President Trump’s tariffs through the end of July, setting up what will be a tricky House vote on Tuesday. The move comes as House Democrats were preparing to force one such vote this week on repealing Trump’s tariffs on...
Senate Democrats who voted to end the fall government shutdown are staring down a difficult decision over whether to back a stopgap measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) past the Friday deadline. Negotiators remain far apart on a long-term deal for funding DHS, but Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) indicated plans...
The U.S. military blew up an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Monday, killing two “narco-terrorists” and leaving one survivor. The vessel was operated by a designated terrorist organization, transiting along “known narco-trafficking routes” in the Pacific Ocean and was engaged in “narco-trafficking” operations, according to U.S. Southern Command (Southcom). It is unclear...
Voto Latino and more than 50 other organizations are demanding the "immediate impeachment" of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the Hill has learned exclusively. In a letter sent to congressional leaders Monday, the national Hispanic engagement organization and a coalition of other organizations, including the Service Employees International Union, Human Rights Campaign, and...
Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said they spotted at least six names of individuals “likely incriminated" by their inclusion in the Epstein files after the two reviewed an unredacted tranche of the documents. Members of Congress were permitted for the first time Monday to review the unredacted versions of all the Department of Justice...
President Trump threatened to block the opening of a bridge connecting the U.S. and Canada on Monday, demanding that Canada engage in trade talks with the U.S. “I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the United...
The House on Monday overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan, comprehensive housing package aimed at ameliorating the affordability crisis in the U.S. and increasing homeownership. The legislation, dubbed the Housing for the 21st Century Act, passed the lower chamber by a vote of 390-9. It is sponsored by House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill (R-Ark.) and ranking...
FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend, country musician Alexis Wilkins, said the GOP needs “better messaging,” with Democrats embracing Puerto Rican rapper and superstar Bad Bunny and his recent Super Bowl performance. In response to a post from the Democratic Party’s official account on the social platform X celebrating Bad Bunny’s halftime performance and calling it...
