Senate Republicans side with Democrats to sink SAVE Act amendment during late-night vote

A handful of Senate Republicans broke ranks early Thursday morning and joined every Democrat to defeat an amendment that would have attached voter ID and citizenship verification requirements to the GOP's party-line immigration enforcement bill. The 48-to-50 vote ended weeks of intraparty tension over the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, and handed the […]

Virginia Republicans mount multi-front legal challenge to save House majority after razor-thin redistricting vote

A Tazewell County circuit court judge declared Virginia's redistricting ballot language unconstitutional late Wednesday and blocked certification of the results, handing Republicans a last-ditch legal foothold just one day after voters narrowly approved a referendum that could hand Democrats a 10-1 advantage in the state's congressional delegation. Judge Jack Hurley Jr.'s ruling immediately set off […]

Navy Secretary John Phelan exits Trump administration as Hung Cao steps into acting role

Navy Secretary John C. Phelan departed the Trump administration effective immediately this week, ending a tenure marked by ambitious shipbuilding goals and, ultimately, internal friction that reached the highest levels of the Pentagon. Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced Wednesday that Phelan was leaving, with Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao taking over as acting secretary. The […]

Colorado State Senate candidate Frederick Alfred Jr. arrested in Florida after child nearly drowns in hotel pool

Frederick Alfred Jr., a 38-year-old Republican running for Colorado State Senate District 21, was arrested at a Key West resort on a Monday evening after police say he left his two young children unattended in a hotel pool while he drank cocktails at the bar. His 4-year-old daughter nearly drowned. A witness, not Alfred, pulled […]

Georgia Democrat David Scott dies at 80 after filing for 13th term

Rep. David Scott, the Georgia Democrat who spent half a century in elected office, died Tuesday night at the age of 80, just days after filing paperwork to run for a 13th term in the U.S. House. His office confirmed the death to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday, calling it an "unexpected passing." No cause […]

Jeffries vows Democrats will push Hegseth and Patel toward the exits

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries declared Tuesday that Democrats are working to force Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and FBI Director Kash Patel out of the Trump administration, seizing on a wave of recent Cabinet departures to press for more. The New York Democrat made the remarks during an appearance on MSNBC's "The Last Word" with […]

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns from Congress minutes before ethics panel was set to recommend expulsion

Florida Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick quit Congress on Tuesday, effective immediately, just minutes before the House Ethics Committee was scheduled to consider sanctions that could have included a recommendation for her expulsion. The resignation, which Newsweek reported came after the committee had already found 25 violations of House rules and ethical standards, ended what would […]

Bernie Sanders' own group endorses a billionaire for California governor

Our Revolution, the progressive political organization founded by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, endorsed billionaire Tom Steyer for governor of California this week, the first time the avowedly anti-billionaire group has ever thrown its weight behind a candidate with a ten-figure fortune. The move drew immediate ridicule from critics on both the right and within […]

Trump praises companies that skip tariff refunds, vows to 'remember' those who stay loyal

President Trump said Tuesday he would "remember" any company that declines to seek a refund on tariffs the Supreme Court struck down in February, framing the decision not to collect billions in owed money as an act of patriotic loyalty, The Hill reported. In a phone interview with CNBC, Trump was asked about reports that […]

South Korean police move to arrest K-pop mogul Bang Si-Hyuk over alleged $136 million investor fraud

South Korean police announced Tuesday they are seeking the arrest of Bang Si-Hyuk, the billionaire founder and chairman of Hybe, the entertainment conglomerate behind the K-pop supergroup BTS, as part of an expanding investigation into allegations he illegally pocketed more than $100 million through an investor fraud scheme tied to the company's 2019 initial public […]
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