Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson on Tuesday announced that she’s stepping down ahead of midterm elections amid several Lone Star State races that have garnered national attention. She’s set to depart her office, which did not provide a reason for her departure, on July 17.
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is taking a first step to kill a Trump administration directive to make immigrants go abroad to apply for a green card, pushing to have the policy classified as a rule in order to use an unusual congressional power to quash it. In a letter obtained
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said he once told Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte, who President Trump recently tapped to serve as acting head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), that he "was going to kick his
The Pentagon’s top watchdog was named as the lead inspector who will probe the U.S.’s war with Iran, the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General announced on Wednesday. Cheryl L. Mason, the chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency,
Senate Republicans decided not to allocate federal funds to Donald Trump’s ballroom project in the latest draft of their budget reconciliation bill on Wednesday, in a blow to the president’s architectural takeover of the nation’s capital. Before the $1.8 billion
The song "Trap Queen" references drugs, making it controversial in a school setting.
The actor was accused of punching two people back in February.
The Homeland Security secretary said he will not remove agents from New Jersey airports so long as “cooperation continues” between state and federal leaders.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday afternoon on the State Department's fiscal 2027 budget request and ongoing turmoil in the Middle East. The hearing comes just hours after Rubio faced questioning in the House,
Brace yourselves for the arrival of El Niño.
A retired detective told NewsNation that tracking cars and address queries could lead to a suspect.
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss lost her initial battle against the staff of 60 Minutes. That was back in December, when she blocked the airing of a segment that highlighted the inhumane treatment at an El Salvador prison of Venezuelan men who had been deported from the
Fallout from the endorsement could continue beyond the 2026 elections as fellow Democrats question trusting the mayor.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said he’d never seen President Trump fall asleep during meetings. Appearing before the House Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio was asked by Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) whether he had ever seen Trump fall asleep during a Cabinet
Half a dozen states concluded voting on Tuesday in primary races that could determine control of Congress this fall, with the marquee primaries for California governor and Los Angeles mayor still up in the air. In Iowa, voters set the stage for a critical Senate race, while the
Rep. Jay Obernolte said lawmakers are working out the “minutiae.”
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned on Wednesday that any person tapped to serve as director of national intelligence (DNI) must have “extensive national security experience,” sending a pointed message to President Trump after he tapped Federal Housing Finance Agency Director
The alleged investigation into prediction market bets is the latest legal quagmire faced by the former lawmaker.
The NAACP's call for Black athletes to boycott SEC schools is well-intentioned, but lacks strategy and places the burden of protest on young Black athletes without providing them with the necessary support and protection.
California State Assemblymember James Gallagher (R) on Tuesday won a special election to claim the House seat left vacated by Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R) following his death in January, giving a slight boost to the Republican majority in the House. Gallagher, who was endorsed by
Senate Republicans have stripped language providing up to $1 billion for security upgrades to the proposed White House ballroom from a revised budget reconciliation bill unveiled on Wednesday. Senate Republicans agreed among themselves before the Memorial Day recess to pull the
Marco Rubio just refused to provide a clear answer regarding the administration’s plans for Cuba. The state secretary appeared before Congress Wednesday for the second day in a row as part of the executive branch’s efforts to defend its $2.2 trillion budget request for 2027.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told a House panel he is reviewing some contracts pursued by his predecessor Kristi Noem that may have had ties to her allies and promised to turn over a list of all those that have been nixed. The comment came under questioning from
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent repeatedly refused to acknowledge Donald Trump’s blatantly corrupt stock trading under fierce questioning by Senator Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday. During a Senate Finance Committee hearing, Warren hammered Bessent for pushing to end
The Trump administration has dismantled public health infrastructure, leaving the U.S. vulnerable to the current Ebola outbreak, and Congress must act now to restore outbreak control capacities and save lives.
New research suggests the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) led to sharp increases in violence throughout Africa. African countries that received the most support from USAID experienced armed clashes, protests, and riots in the months following
California State Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D) is on track to fill the seat being vacated by Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) in the House, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Irwin has locked down one of the top two spots to move on to November in the race for California’s
🍂 Plus: Trump’s first big 2026 midterm loss {beacon} It’s Wednesday. We are in such a good stretch of sports. The French Open is happening, the World Cup starts next week (!) and Wimbledon is coming up. Plus, we get to see Serena Williams’s return to professional tennis.
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner in a new memo is seeking to reassure his supporters, pointing to his fundraising and high polls to argue he can win the Maine Senate race despite a new sexting scandal that has prompted negative headlines. Democrats are marshaling
President Trump indicated Wednesday he plans to tap acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to take on the role more permanently, though he would not give a timeline for a nomination. "He's a very talented guy. Todd's doing a very good job at DOJ," Trump said during an appearance
Donald Trump's authoritarianism can be defeated by emphasizing shared destiny and unity, as demonstrated by Peter Magyar's victory over Viktor Orban in Hungary.
Privacy-minded conservatives in the House are pushing back against a Senate proposal to pair a temporary ban on the creation of central bank digital currency (CBDC) with a long-term extension of the federal government’s warrantless spying powers. Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.),
President Trump suggested Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio should run together on a joint Republican ticket in the 2028 presidential election, though he stopped short of saying whom he’d prefer as his successor. In an episode of The New York Post’s “Pod
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) lambasted Democrats for suggesting that President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence could imperil reauthorization of the nation’s foreign spy powers that are due to expire next week. Johnson said in a
Secretary of State Marco Rubio tried to claim Wednesday that he had never seen President Trump fall asleep. It didn’t go well for him. Democratic Representative Ted Lieu confronted Rubio in a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, saying that “you’ve been at more than one
Owain Rhys Davies, an actor who appeared in “Twin Peaks: The Return,” “The OA” and Disney’s live-action sequel to “Alice in Wonderland,” has died, his family members announced this week. He was 44 years old.
Three men were captured Sunday on surveillance video approaching a manhole in the Queens, New York, neighborhood of Astoria and working together to pull off the cover with an unknown object.
The United States may resume funding for a global humanitarian vaccine alliance, reversing a decision by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to hold up the money because of vaccine concerns, Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated Tuesday. Rubio told members of the Senate
A staffer alleged one officer tried to add her as a friend on Facebook, which she deemed inappropriate.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Tuesday said it was “wrong” for Democrats to attempt to eliminate the filibuster during the Biden administration and argued eradicating the procedure would lead to “profound ramifications” for the United States. "One thing I was absolutely wrong
Once a fraudster, always a fraudster. George Santos is under investigation for placing bets that he would not attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, and then not attending. Ahead of the State of the Union in February, the disgraced ex–Long Island
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said a since-deleted social media post from a Republican congressman asserting "homosexuality has no place in America" was “untoward,” pointing to the Bible’s teaching on loving your neighbor. The Speaker noted Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.)
President Trump took a swing at former “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley in a podcast interview released after CBS News fired the journalist for pushing back on company leadership. “I think Scott Pelley’s got his own problems, he's terrible,” Trump, who has long been
Reinvention doesn't have to mean replacement. The challenge for Weiss now is figuring out how to harness that expertise rather than alienate it. And the firing of Scott Pelley raises the stakes considerably.
President Trump bristled at the notion of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tricking him into a war with Iran, although evidence suggests that Israel has had a significant role in starting and prolonging the conflict. “What do you say to people who claim that Bibi
If progressive Democrats want to be trusted with governance, they shouldn’t have admitted over and over and over again in publicly available statements that they’re actually communists.
It is systematically trading Nicaragua's sovereignty and economic stability for an authoritarian survival package backed by Beijing and Moscow.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill and members of the Trump administration on Wednesday as part of a week-long swing through Washington, D.C. to discuss artificial intelligence. Altman will attend meetings with White House officials, including those
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he’s “hopeful” that there are enough Republican votes to advance a $72 billion budget reconciliation bill on the Senate floor Wednesday, which would set up a marathon series of votes on amendments likely to last until Thursday