Ohio Republican Derek Merrin has conceded in his House race against incumbent Rep. Marcy Kaptur (R-Ohio). Merrin, a member of the Ohio state House, revealed in a video on social platform X on Friday morning that he called Kaptur to congratulate her on keeping her seat and “wish her the best moving forward.”  "We knew...

President-elect Trump again turned to a loyalist in tapping former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ). Trump named his choice just hours after former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Thursday withdrew from consideration his nomination that was plagued by allegations that he had sexual relations with a minor, which...

Texas gave final approval Friday to optional biblical lesson plans for kindergarten through 5th grade classes in state public schools.  The State Board of Education voted 8-7 to allow lessons on topics such as Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount and the Last Supper, structured by the state-created Bluebonnet Learning. Schools are not required to implement the...

If congressional leadership earnestly commits to diminishing partisan acrimony and gridlock, they’ll find the tools to do it.

Republicans are facing backlash after President Biden and Majority Leader Schumer scored judicial wins as a result of GOP Senate absences.

Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from Trump's nomination of attorney general on Thursday, and now the future for him in Congress is unclear.

Democrats have the most pessimistic view of their party's future recorded in eight years after President-elect Trump won the 2024 presidential election, a new Pew Research survey shows.

Matt Gaetz had resigned last week from the 118th session of Congress, but it was unclear whether he would serve in the 119th session, beginning in January.

Is the tide finally turning against left-wing insanity? As surprising as it sounds, a progressive policy proposal just failed in California. “Californians rejected a measure that would have raised the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour,” the Washington Examiner’s Jenny Goldsberry reports. “Over two weeks after Election Day, California has counted over 99% of […]

Like most Western states, Utah’s land is disproportionately owned and controlled by the federal government.  Nearly 70% of Utah land is under federal control, with approximately half of that acreage classified as “unappropriated” lands without any designated purpose or plan for future use (this excludes national parks, national forests, national monuments, and similar designations). This […]