Fresh off their midterm victories, Democrats are already facing a postelection reality check. In the span of two days, Democrats stumbled on two major fights, with some members missing a critical procedural vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the party failing to call for a recorded vote on a GOP veterans bill they...
Republican senators are warning that President Trump’s aggressive push for GOP leaders to use the budget reconciliation process to ram $350 billion in spending for the Defense Department through Congress could risk a government shutdown next month. Senators in both parties say a deal is coming together behind the scenes to fund the federal government...
President Trump called outgoing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and told him to fight for his job ahead of his resignation, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two people briefed on the conversation. Huang resigned as CEO of one of the world’s most valuable companies after reports emerged of multiple extramarital affairs, including one...
Justice Samuel Alito, speaking to the Federalist Society on Thursday, warned against any potential congressional action to defund the Supreme Court as he defended the importance of an independent judiciary. “Congress can turn off the lights at the Supreme Court and stop everything from happening if they want to defund their activities. And there are...
Democrat Eric Jones will win the race for California’s 4th Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) projects, ousting incumbent Rep. Mike Thompson (D) in a single-party battle. The race had gone uncalled since Election Day, but Jones was projected the winner on Thursday, leading Thompson by more than 4 percentage points. Thompson is the only...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said he would challenge Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for the role of majority leader on Thursday, setting up a showdown in the upper chamber as Democrats prepare to retake the majority. In a post to the social platform X, Van Hollen called for “new leadership” in the Senate....
Sen. Bernie Sanders is backing Sen. Chris Van Hollen for the role of Senate Democratic leader, as Van Hollen challenges Sen. Chuck Schumer for the role.
Democrats’ long-warring ideological factions have reached a détente, new POLITICO Poll data shows. It may not last.
Half of progressives and moderates now say...
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other...