For years, Michigan Republicans had circled 2026 as their chance to regain power in the swing state where Democrats hold all statewide offices and both U.S. Senate seats. Now, doubts are creeping in.

A partisan redistricting battle among states has accelerated ahead of the November midterm elections following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act and opened the way for states to try to eliminate voting districts drawn for racial minorities.

The French Navy has just deployed a carrier strike group from the Mediterranean Sea into the Red Sea. This move signifies increasing preparation for efforts to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. While President Emmanuel Macron remains too timid in the face of Iran’s closure of the key energy chokepoint, he is at least showing […]

Proponents of allowing E15 to be sold year-round argue that it’s the free-market thing to do. They’re partially right — in a true market-based system, government regulations preventing E15, or even E100, from being sold year-round should not exist.  But the Texas-sized problem is that, since the Renewable Fuel Standard was established in 2005, federal […]

Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson is known for his disingenuously performative political stunts. He took it too far again on Thursday, screaming in the face of state troopers — completely unprovoked — because his state’s redistricting special session didn’t turn out the way he had hoped. To quote Pearson: “Move the f*** back! Boy! The […]

A Democratic state lawmaker in Tennessee on Thursday called for Memphis to secede over a new Republican-friendly House map, which was later signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee (R). The map Lee approved carves up the state’s only majority-Black district and threatens the lone Democrat in Tennessee’s nine-member delegation. It was quickly passed by the...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said that he is “comfortable” being named as a potential Democratic contender in the 2028 presidential race in a new interview this week.  The governor told MS NOW’s Ali Vitali in a clip that aired Thursday that he will not make a final decision about whether to enter the race...

President Trump on Thursday warned that the U.S. will "knock" Iran "a lot harder, and more violently" after U.S. forces intercepted Iranian attacks on three American destroyers as they exited the Strait of Hormuz. Iran launched several missiles, drones and small boats at the USS Truxtun, the USS Rafael Peralta and the USS Mason, U.S....

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A Minneapolis man on Thursday pleaded guilty to attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with a syringe filled with vinegar during a town hall in January. Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, faces a maximum term of 96 months in prison but could be behind bars for between four and 14 months, defense lawyer John Fossum told NBC...