Four GOP candidates are battling to lead the House Homeland Security Committee, vying for a job that will put them at the center of President Trump’s immigration agenda. Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) threw his hat in the ring Wednesday, joining a crowded field with Reps. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.), Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) and Clay Higgins (R-La.)…
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has emerged as one of the biggest wild cards in the Senate, keeping his Republican colleagues guessing about how he’ll vote on elements of President Trump’s agenda. McConnell has been largely sidelined from important leadership-level discussions since he stepped down as Senate Republican leader at the end of…
For our children, our communities and our country — let’s choose art.
Even though Vance owes his unexpected 2024 nomination to his close friend Don Jr., their relationship could turn contentious.
Congressional Republicans voted to strip more than $1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) this week, a move that could force local radio and television stations to consolidate, cut services or shutter altogether, particularly in rural areas. The CPB is a publicly funded nonprofit that subsidizes more than 1,500 NPR, PBS…
Trump administration officials want “Alligator Alcatraz” to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion
On the menu: Epstein scandal not going quietly; Cornyn gets a boost; Hogg-tied; Ernst headed for the exits?; “TacticalGramma” There’s something familiar about the way a lot of Democrats are talking these days about their party’s nominee for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani. A standard line from Democrats skeptical of socialistic policies and anxious…
The United States and other countries will have to replicate China’s processing capabilities to dismantle one of Beijing’s most powerful strategic weapons. The Trump White House has made a good start, but the tough work has just begun.
House Republicans greenlighted the first series of funding cuts recommended by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with the $9 billion batch of rescissions heading to President Trump’s desk for signing. The lower chamber approved the cuts, which claw back the federal funding for both public broadcasting and foreign aid, in a 216-213 late Thursday…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) early Friday blasted her Republican and Democratic colleagues after all six of her amendments to the House’s defense appropriations bill failed. The lower chamber advanced the legislation, which allocates around $832 billion in funding for Department of Defense (DOD) programs for fiscal 2026 in a vote overnight. Greene’s amendment to…
