Her brief tenure as Homeland Security secretary was marked by gross incompetence, constant mendacity, political tone deafness and, frankly, a disturbing narcissism.
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) on Friday said he filed for reelection as an independent in the redrawn 6th Congressional District instead of the 3rd District he serves due to California's redistricting measure that voters backed last year. Proposition 50 allowed California to bypass its independent redistricting commission and pass a new Democratic-friendly House map prior...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped its probe into claims made by President Trump that former President Biden and his aides illegally used an autopen to sign officials documents after failing to build a criminal case, multiple outlets reported. U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro's office led the inquiry but it was shelved in...
There is no such thing as a free ride in geopolitics. But given the immense misery caused by the Iranian theocracy and its threat to the wider region, acting is a better policy than inaction.
The House is expected to take up a vote on a war powers resolution that would curb any further U.S. military action in Iran, and Democrats are scrambling to bolster support for it. Senate Republicans voted overwhelmingly against the upper chamber's resolution seeking to rein in President Trump Wednesday, though several members are voicing concerns...
President Trump on Wednesday endorsed former federal prosecutor Kurt Alme to succeed Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), who announced the same day he will not run for reelection in November. "A Highly Respected Criminal Prosecutor in my Administration, and distinguished Harvard Law School Graduate, Kurt knows the Wisdom and Courage it takes to ensure LAW AND...
Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-N.C.) is expected to defend her seat in North Carolina's 4th Congressional District after progressive challenger Nida Allam conceded on Wednesday. Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) has yet to call the narrow Democratic primary for the Durham-based seat. “Though these were not the results we hoped for, I am proud of the movement we...
A group of House Democrats introduced a new bill on Thursday that would ban the president, vice president, members of Congress, candidates for federal office, and their spouses and dependents from buying and selling individual stocks. The bill, dubbed the No Getting Rich in Congress Act, is spearheaded by Reps. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), Derek Tran...
By any conventional measure of power, the U.S. remains formidable. Its military power is unmatched, and it still possesses the world’s largest national economy. Yet power in the 21st century has never rested on material capabilities alone. For decades, America’s true strategic advantage lay in something less tangible but more potent: its capacity to attract....
Notwithstanding predictable partisan hand wringing on Capitol Hill over the war in Iran, the conflict has sent the Russia-China axis reeling. The toppling of Nicolás Maduro in January was just the start of a much broader plan. Trump's pressure on Cuba is the second salvo. But Iran has now become the main effort. In just two months, Russian...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) went after President Trump over his demand for one of the two remaining candidates in the Texas Republican Senate primary to drop out after he makes an endorsement. “Trump now says he is going to endorse either [Sen. John] Cornyn [(R-Texas)] or [Texas Attorney General Ken] Paxton and demands...
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico gave a defiant and hopeful speech at a victory party Wednesday night, a day after he won his party's primary. “The number of Texans who have never voted before but showed up in this election is unprecedented. The number of independents and Republicans who voted in this Democratic primary...
The Defense Department (DOD) late Wednesday released the name of the fifth U.S. service member killed over the weekend after an Iranian drone struck a tactical operations center in Kuwait. Maj. Jeffrey R. O'Brien, 45, of Indianola, Iowa, died on Sunday at Shuaiba Port during an unmanned aircraft system attack, the Pentagon said in a...
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) said Wednesday he is not making a reelection bid in this year’s midterm, ending a career in Congress that included serving in the House and Senate. “Serving the people of Montana in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate the past 13 years has been the greatest honor of my professional...
