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Dozens of Senate Democrats are calling on the U.S. Postal Service not to comply with President Trump’s executive order that restricts mail-in voting. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) demanded in a Monday letter to the Postal Service that it “follow the law...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said Republicans “wasted” the money spent funding his opponent and attack ads against him in the upcoming Kentucky Republican primary race.  “They’ve wasted $10 million in my race already. Imagine if they had used that in Virginia,” Massie wrote on the social platform X, referencing Democrats’ Tuesday redistricting win in the...

The Marine Corps has upgraded the valor awards given to Marines who guarded Abbey Gate at the Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26, 2021 — the day a suicide bomber struck the gate and killed 13 service members and 170 Afghans, the Pentagon said Wednesday. “After reviewing the original awards and determining that several...

President Trump responded Wednesday to Virginia Democrats’ redistricting win the previous night, saying the results were “rigged” without citing evidence.  “A RIGGED ELECTION TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT IN THE GREAT COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA!” Trump wrote in a post on TruthSocial. “All day long Republicans were winning, the Spirit was unbelievable, until the very end when,...

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) were honored on Tuesday for their work in protecting musical artists during the Grammys on the Hill awards ceremony, an annual event that focused on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in the music community.  Lawmakers like Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Rep. Steny Hoyer...

A federal appeals court has halted a California law that requires visible identification for law enforcement, including immigration agents, agreeing with the Trump administration on Wednesday that the mandate is likely unconstitutional.  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit had put the law briefly on hold until it could take a closer look. The new ruling keeps enforcement paused until the court fully resolves...

President Trump on Wednesday said Iran will not executive eight Iranian women accused being involved in protests against the regime, as previously planned. “Very good news! I have just been informed that the eight women protestors who were going to be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be killed,” Trump wrote in a Truth...

President Trump on Tuesday praised an agreement that will allow two coal-fired power plants to remain open for several more years, crediting his administration with helping deliver a “BIG WIN” for the commonwealth. The Conemaugh Station in Indiana County and Keystone Station in Armstrong County, both operated by Keystone-Conemaugh Projects LLC (Key-Con), were slated to...

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face questioning from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee on President Trump's fiscal 2027 budget requests and the "Make America Healthy Again" agenda. Kennedy will likely be grilled by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who chairs the HELP committee, over sweeping changes...

Six candidates all vying to lead the nation’s most populous state will duke it out on the debate stage Wednesday night in the California gubernatorial debate hosted by Nexstar. 

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is wrapping up his marathon of congressional testimony on Wednesday, including questioning from Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who arguably helped put the HHS chief in charge but has since clashed with him on vaccine policy and other topics. Cassidy did not bring up vaccines Wednesday...

Former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that the current state of the U.S. is “pretty damn dark” for some Americans. “Well, you know what, for some people it's pretty damn dark, and I'll tell you why: they can't afford to fill up their car, they're losing their health insurance, millions of them. A lot...

A nonpartisan election handicapper put Democrats on the verge of winning the House majority in 2026 after the party’s redistricting victory in Virginia this week. Sabato’s Crystal Ball, published by the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, shifted four Virginia House districts in Democrats’ favor on Tuesday after voters approved a redistricting map that was...

The US military operation in Iran has created numerous consequences for both Americans and NATO partners in Europe, but European allies have taken on more responsibility and provided key assistance to the U.S. in the conflict, demonstrating a strong NATO alliance.