Republicans Have Spent 10 Weeks Fighting Each Other Over DHS Funding. This Week They Have to Get to Yes.
The Department of Homeland Security has been partially shut down since mid-February. Ten weeks later, Republicans still cannot agree on how to reopen it. Congressional leaders returned to Washington Monday facing what one outlet called a "nightmare week," with a DHS...
Trump Used the DOJ to Pressure the Fed Chair. It Did Not Work. Now He Is Installing His Own Guy.
The Justice Department dropped its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday. The probe, which was opened in January, had centered on cost overruns in a renovation of two historic Fed buildings in Washington. The project originally...
Virginia Voters Approved the Redistricting Amendment. Here Is What That Means for the House.
Virginia voters narrowly approved a constitutional amendment on April 21, giving the Democratic-controlled state legislature authority to draw new congressional maps before the November midterms. The measure passed 50.7 percent to 49.3 percent, out of roughly 2.5...
More House Republicans Are Fleeing Congress Than at Any Point on Record. History Says That Is a Warning Sign.
More than 35 House Republicans have announced they will not seek reelection in 2026, compared to roughly 22 Democrats. The total number of House members from both parties not returning to their current seats is 55, the most since record keeping began in 1930,...
Trump’s DOJ Just Demanded 865,000 Detroit-Area Ballots. The Fraud Cases It Cited Are From a Different Election.
The Justice Department has demanded that Wayne County, Michigan turn over more than 865,000 ballots, ballot envelopes, and ballot receipts from the 2024 presidential election. The county has 14 days to comply or face potential court action. Wayne County is Michigan's...
Virginia Voters Are Deciding Today Whether to Hand Democrats Up to Four More House Seats
Virginia is holding a special election today on a constitutional amendment that could reshape the fight for the House of Representatives in November. Polls close at 7 p.m. The question is simple on the surface: should Virginia temporarily allow its...
A Progressive Just Won in a District That Used to Be a Republican Stronghold. Here Is What That Means.
Analilia Mejia won New Jersey's 11th Congressional District special election on April 16, defeating Republican Joe Hathaway 60 percent to 40 percent. The AP called the race for Mejia minutes after polls closed. It was not close. Who Mejia Is Mejia is a progressive...
An ICE Officer Pointed His Gun at Two Passengers in Traffic. He Admitted It. Now There Is a Warrant for His Arrest.
A Hennepin County judge has issued an arrest warrant for a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of pointing his government-issued firearm at two passengers in a car on a Minnesota highway. The officer, Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., faces two...
Trump Is Fighting the First American Pope. His Own Catholic Allies Are Turning on Him.
Donald Trump won between 55 and 59 percent of Catholic voters in 2024, the strongest performance by a presidential candidate with that group in decades. He is now feuding with the first American pope, posting what critics across the political spectrum are calling a...
A Federal Judge Just Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Control the Press
A federal judge ruled Friday that the Pentagon cannot require journalists to get government approval before reporting on the U.S. military — delivering a significant First Amendment victory in a case that press freedom advocates had been watching closely since the...