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Mitch McConnell announces his new posts for the 119th Congress

Sen. Mitch McConnell announced that he will chair the Senate Rules Committee as well as the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense during the 119th Congress.

Democrat Bob Casey concedes Pennsylvania Senate race to Dave McCormick

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey conceded the race to Republican Dave McCormick more than two weeks after Election Day.

Size of slim Republican House majority hangs on 3 uncalled races

There are still three uncalled House races that will determine the size of the Republican majority in Congress after the 2024 elections.

Why RFK Jr. deserves a fair hearing

President-elect Donald Trump‘s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services roiled the political scene. It also sent shivers through certain sectors of equity markets. The media was outraged that Trump nominated an outspoken antivaccine activist to head the nation’s most prominent healthcare agency. Nonpartisan medical experts also expressed concern […]

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

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...

Should women serve in combat? Military experts weigh in

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, Pete Hegseth, is facing a firestorm of backlash for voicing his belief that women should not serve in military combat roles. Although the media is largely united against him, opinions among combat and military experts are more split.

PA Education Department agrees to cancel requirement for teachers to adopt guidelines deemed ‘woke’

The Pennsylvania Department of Education settled a lawsuit with a faith-based legal group to rescind their mandate for teachers to adopt a set of required guidelines for teaching.

DSCC hopeful Gillibrand says Dems should have put immigration fix on table ‘2 years ago’

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who is hoping to lead the Democrat Senate campaign arm in 2026, says Democrats waited too long to propose solutions for the immigration crisis.

Past diplomacy only confirmed U.S. hostility, Kim Jong-un says

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said his past negotiations with the United States only confirmed Washington's "unchangeable" hostility toward Pyongyang and described his nuclear buildup as the only way to counter external threats, state media said Friday.

Trump picks former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead Justice Dept. after Gaetz withdraws

President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is his pick for U.S. attorney general, hours after former congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew himself from consideration.

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