category: Politics

Four Republicans side with Democrats to defeat transgender military ban in House vote
Four House Republicans broke ranks to help Democrats kill an amendment that would have written President Trump's transgender military service…
By George Robertson

Schumer won't endorse his party's likely Senate nominee in Maine
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer declined to back Troy Jackson, the expected Democratic nominee challenging Sen. Susan Collins in Maine,…
By George Robertson

JD Vance skips paternity leave after birth of fourth child, citing packed schedule
Vice President JD Vance will not take paternity leave after welcoming his fourth child over the weekend, choosing instead to…
By George Robertson

Nancy Mace drops out of South Carolina Senate race one day before filing deadline
Rep. Nancy Mace announced she will not seek the late Lindsey Graham's U.S. Senate seat in South Carolina, stepping aside…
By Elizabeth Delaney

Texas Democrat Bobby Pulido called child molestation 'not necessarily rape' and brought convicted sex offender to a middle school
Bobby Pulido, the Democratic congressional candidate in South Texas, wrote social media posts downplaying child molestation and brought a convicted…
By George Robertson

James Carville tells Democrats that AOC has no path to the 2028 presidential nomination
James Carville, the 81-year-old strategist who built Bill Clinton's 1992 run, delivered a blunt verdict on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's presidential prospects…
By George Robertson

James Carville says he has 'no doubt' Fetterman will leave the Democratic Party
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville told CNN on Friday that he believes Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania will switch parties,…
By Jacob Stewart

Iran frees wrongfully detained American citizen after months in custody, Trump announces
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday evening that Iran released a U.S. citizen held since December 2024, calling the move a…
By Elizabeth Delaney

Michigan poll shows Schumer-backed moderate pulling ahead as progressive rival falters with key voters
Three weeks before Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, a new poll shows Rep. Haley Stevens, the candidate backed by Senate Democratic…
By Elizabeth Delaney

House conservatives lift floor blockade after Johnson pairs voter ID bill with State Department funding
House Republicans broke a weeks-long legislative logjam Tuesday when conservative holdouts agreed to end their blockade of the chamber floor,…
By Elizabeth Delaney






