Former Democrat and Afghanistan veteran launches Republican bid to flip Massachusetts congressional seat

For the first time in nearly half a century, Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District has no incumbent on the ballot. Micah Jones, an Afghanistan veteran turned attorney who left the Democratic Party over its leftward drift, wants to seize the opening, and he thinks the conditions have never been better for a Republican to win in […]

Gorsuch flags FCC chairman's pressure on Kimmel in Supreme Court opinion on presidential firing power

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch used a landmark ruling on presidential authority to spotlight something unusual: a federal regulator's public campaign against a late-night television host. In an opinion issued this week as part of a 6-3 decision expanding the president's power to fire heads of independent agencies, Gorsuch cited FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's efforts […]

House Rules Committee quietly kills bipartisan amendment to strip Israel defense provision from NDAA

The House Rules Committee blocked a bipartisan amendment Monday evening that would have removed a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act requiring deeper integration of U.S. and Israeli military technology, and did so without offering any public explanation for the decision. Reps. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, and Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, had […]

NYC Mayor Mamdani drops costly campaign pledges in last-minute budget deal with City Council

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialists of America, backed mayor who swept into office on promises of free bus rides and sweeping housing subsidies, reached a handshake budget agreement with City Council Speaker Julie Menin just hours before the fiscal year deadline, a deal that quietly shelves some of his most expensive […]

Republican senators press Trump to speed up judicial and agency nominations

Senate Republicans are publicly urging the White House to send more nominees to Capitol Hill, warning that dozens of federal judgeships and key agency posts remain unfilled as the confirmation calendar shrinks. The pressure comes even as President Trump has made clear he would rather wait for the right pick than rush a name to […]

Wildfire in Fremont County forces evacuations as Colorado faces red flag conditions

A wildfire burning south of Guffey in Fremont County, Colorado, consumed 43 acres by Sunday evening and remained completely uncontained Monday morning, forcing the sheriff's office to order evacuations and close roads in the rural area near the southwest corner of Teller County. The blaze, designated the 11 Fire, triggered mandatory evacuations within a one-and-a-quarter-mile […]

Federal judge grants 45-day delay in trial of man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump at correspondents' dinner

The federal criminal case against Cole Tomas Allen, the California man accused of storming the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with a shotgun and attempting to kill President Donald Trump, will not move forward for at least another 45 days. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden approved a joint request from prosecutors and defense attorneys to […]

Rep. Don Bacon breaks with Hegseth, says wholesale firings have damaged the Pentagon

Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska went on CNN Sunday and delivered a blunt rebuke of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's approach to senior military leadership, saying the wave of forced departures has "hurt the military" and injected politics where it doesn't belong. Bacon, a retired Air Force brigadier general, told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State […]

Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii's concealed carry restriction in 6-3 ruling

The Supreme Court handed Second Amendment advocates a major win Thursday, ruling 6-3 in Wolford v. Lopez that Hawaii's law barring licensed concealed-carry holders from carrying handguns on private property open to the public violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments. The decision reverses the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and sends a clear message to […]

U.S. and Iran agree to pause hostilities and open talks in Qatar, officials say

The United States and Iran have agreed to halt military strikes and send delegations to Doha, Qatar, for talks scheduled for Tuesday, a development that, if it holds, would mark the most significant diplomatic opening between Washington and Tehran in years. U.S. officials confirmed the agreement to Axios reporter Barak Ravid, who first reported the […]