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NRSC Chair Tim Scott leaves Georgia, North Carolina off his list of top Senate targets

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is shifting its focus away from the North Carolina and Georgia Senate races as it works to shore up red states like Texas and...

The NY governor race pollster scrum

Q THE LANDSLIDE: Quinnipiac University released a poll today that found Gov. Kathy Hochul...

Hawley zeroes in on Lia Thomas locker room controversy: ‘Did they consent?’

Josh Hawley pressed a witness on whether Yale swimmers consented to sharing a locker room with Lia Thomas during Ivy League swim competitions.

The Rotting Branch

Without a regular menu of legislation, individual lawmakers have fewer opportunities to distinguish themselves.

Environmentalists Care More About Wilderness Than About People’s Lives

For the residents of King Cove, Alaska, this is a matter of life and...

Plan to end government shutdown survives key House hurdle after Trump quells GOP rebellion threats

The House is preparing for a crucial vote on a Senate compromise to end the partial government shutdown.

Trump Announces $12 Billion Strategic Mineral Vault to Challenge Chinese Domination

Project Vault will combine $10 billion of Export-Import Bank financing and $2 billion of private sector financing.

Alabama GOP dismisses challenge to Tuberville candidacy

The Alabama Republican Party on Sunday dismissed a challenge that questioned U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville's eligibility to run for governor.

Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for Haitians

A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live and work in the U.S.

Former President Bill Clinton, former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton agree to testify before Congress

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

Father of 5-year-old detained in Minnesota disputes government assertion he abandoned the boy

The father of a 5-year-old boy who was detained by immigration officers and held at a federal facility in Texas denied government accounts Monday that he abandoned his son last month while being pursued by authorities.

Trump says probe of Fed’s Powell should continue despite threats to block successor

President Trump said Monday the Justice Department should not drop its criminal probe into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, even if it means a harder path to confirmation for his replacement pick, Kevin Warsh.

Geoff Duncan broke with Trump. The former Republican wants Democrats to make him Georgia’s governor

Under the fluorescent lights of an American Legion hall near Atlanta, in front of more than a dozen Democratic activists, Geoff Duncan apologized for all the things that he did as a Republican.

Detainees at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say they were punished for seeking legal help

Two former detainees at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" testified Wednesday that they were punished for seeking legal advice and had to use soap to write down attorneys' phone numbers because they didn't have access to pen and paper.

Attorney says Gabbard is holding up a complaint about her actions, which her office denies

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has withheld a complaint made about her conduct from members of Congress for eight months, claiming the delay is needed for a legal review, an attorney for the person making the allegations said Monday.

DHS to make all immigration agents in Minnesota wear body cams

All immigration personnel operating in the Minneapolis enforcement surge will be outfitted with body cameras, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday.

FCC battles California, Gov. Newsom over free-phone fraud

The Federal Communications Commission will overhaul the government's decades-old Lifeline Program after discovering nearly $5 million has been spent on providing free phone and internet services to thousands of dead people, most of them in California.

EXCLUSIVE: Gabbard outlines election security assessment, presence at Fulton County search

EXCLUSIVE: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard detailed her ongoing election security assessment in a letter to congressional lawmakers Monday, saying President Trump “specifically directed" her to be present for the execution of a search warrant in Fulton County, Georgia last week as part of the probe.

Kristi Noem to testify before House committee next month

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem agrees to appear before Congress in March amid scrutiny over two U.S. citizen killings during Minnesota immigration operations.

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