One of the most closely watched gubernatorial contests of the 2026 midterms is officially set after Florida voters handed decisive primary victories to Republican Byron Donalds and Democrat David Jolly. Donalds easily captured the Republican nomination and will face Jolly, a former Republican congressman who later joined the Democratic Party, in the Nov. 3 general […]
The Democratic Party’s embrace of socialism has become so concerning that a former Democratic senator is now backing a Republican senator. Former Sen. Joe Manchin is backing Republican Sen. Susan Collins in her reelection campaign as Maine hosts one of the most closely watched Senate contests of the midterm elections. Manchin, a longtime Democrat who […]
“A penny for your thoughts” is a quaint saying from a bygone era, but it will likely disappear permanently from the American lexicon in the coming years. The U.S. House moved to formally end production of the penny for everyday circulation, passing bipartisan legislation that would also establish nationwide rules for rounding cash transactions to […]
A CNN panel erupted into a heated argument Wednesday night while discussing the death of a 20-year-old Haitian student whose family says he had become deeply distressed after losing Temporary Protected Status and being required to wear an immigration-monitoring device. The exchange on CNN NewsNight quickly moved beyond the circumstances surrounding Pierre Damas Bel’s death […]
Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate again this week after he was away for nearly three months while recovering from a serious fall at home. McConnell returned to an active voting schedule this week, casting votes on college athletics, healthcare, Israel, congressional stock trading, energy costs, and a Trump administration nominee. McConnell began Monday […]
The Second Amendment continues to be an issue before the current U.S. Supreme Court, after decades of prior courts refusing to hear such cases. And not surprisingly, most of the current cases stem from blue states trying to restrict gun rights. A major Second Amendment challenge to California’s concealed-carry restrictions is moving forward again following […]
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps directly appealed to American voters Tuesday, inserting itself into the political debate before November’s midterm elections. The IRGC published an open letter urging Americans to reject President Donald Trump’s policies and reconsider Washington’s confrontation with Tehran. The message arrived roughly five weeks before the November 3 elections that will determine […]
One of President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies in the Senate just threw him a curveball over one of his judicial nominees. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is blocking Trump’s pick for a federal judgeship in Tennessee, an unusual break with the White House from a Republican who has consistently supported Trump’s nominees. Blackburn, R-Tenn., has declined to […]
Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic-led resolution that would have required the Trump administration to report to Congress on violence and alleged human rights abuses in the West Bank, including the deaths of nine American citizens in recent years. A motion to bring S.Res. 852 out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee failed 47-51 on Tuesday, […]
A new economic reading delivered a stronger result than forecasters expected, complicating the picture facing American households. The headline number is encouraging, but the details show why many consumers still feel uneasy. The U.S. economy grew at a 2.2% annualized rate in the second quarter, according to Wednesday’s final government estimate. That figure covers April […]
