Only two days after the midterm elections, allies of Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) launched a new effort Thursday to urge the California House member to run for president in 2028. Former Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and progressive political activist Nomiki Konst are the co-chairs
A New York appeals panel questioned on Thursday whether presidential immunity or federal law bars President Trump’s criminal conviction stemming from a hush money payment made during his 2016 campaign to cover up an alleged affair. Trump’s personal lawyers said Manhattan
GOP strategist Karl Rove said he believes Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), who lost his Senate bid to Democratic state Rep. James Talarico on Tuesday, sunk other Republican candidates in the Lone Star State. “Well, Paxton drew down the entire Republican ticket. He’s at
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) is running for House GOP conference chair, setting up a three-way contest with Rep. Erin Houchin (R-Ind.) and the conference's current chair, Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.). A source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill that Steube is entering
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday called for Democrats to pass "Medicare for All" when they take control of the Senate in January. “Healthcare must be considered as a human right, not a privilege. That means passing Medicare for All legislation now supported by 66
Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa (D) will hold her first news conference Thursday afternoon, days after defeating incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in Tuesday’s midterm elections. The win ends more than three decades of GOP control of the governor’s mansion. Hinojosa, who will
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday against Pennsylvania State University for allegedly allowing in-state tuition for undocumented students, saying the move discriminates against U.S. citizens. “Congress made a deliberate policy choice that states and their public
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) reflected on the results of the midterm elections in his home state and nationwide, calling the Democrats’ win a “blue tsunami.” “2026 was not simply a blue wave. It was a blue tsunami. It was an a‑‑ kicking,” Cruz said in an episode of his podcast,
A California ballot measure that would require registered voters to prove they are U.S. citizens is projected to fail, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Proposition 39 would have also required that all Californians who choose to cast their ballots by mail provide the last
The guidance comes as Scalise faces off with Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan to lead House Republicans.
Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s newly elected Democratic senator, reupped his calls Thursday morning for Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) to become Senate majority leader over current Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) In an interview on “CNN News Central,” El-Sayed echoed his May
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) will no longer appear as a panelist at a George Washington University postelection analysis event Thursday, just a few days after she controversially endorsed the Republican candidate in the Michigan Senate race. Stevens was set to appear alongside
The wins reinforce Democrats’ yawning House majority as voters punish President Donald Trump and the GOP for sky-high prices and the continued war in Iran.
The Republican uncle of pop star Chappell Roan has been tapped as the next majority leader of the Missouri state House, taking on the role as the GOP grapples with its worst election defeat in decades. Missouri state Rep. Darin Chappell (R), a staunch conservative who has
Democrat Matt Dunlap conceded in the open race to succeed retiring Rep. Jared Golden (D) in Maine, a statement that came around the time the Maine secretary of state's office had announced the race had entered ranked -choice voting. "This isn't the result we were hoping for,
A ballot measure that would add new restrictions on any efforts to redraw Colorado’s congressional map mid-decade is projected to fail, according to Decision Desk HQ. Voters rejected the constitutional amendment, known as Amendment 86 or Initiative 256, which aimed to curb
Republicans can learn from their losses. But they should be careful not to explain away Democratic victories as if the candidates themselves had nothing to do with it.
The California Democrat made the case for his leadership by promising to hold power to account, take on corruption and lower costs for Americans.
Calls for Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer to step down from their leadership positions are growing as the dust from Tuesday’s midterm election settles. The calls—coming from inside and outside of Congress—cite a lack of vision, an unwillingness to go
It’s nice to know there are limits to what Californians can stand.
Across the board, Fox News hosts are struggling to cope after the midterm elections dealt a catastrophic blow to the Republican agenda they’ve spent months hyping up. Speaking on The Five Wednesday, host Jesse Watters spiraled out about the many groups of voters that had
Author Jonathan Zimmerman argues that both Democrats and Republicans overemphasized Donald Trump's influence during recent elections, leading to a significant Democratic sweep of the Senate, House and several governorships.
On Tuesday night, Democrats made history as they took control of the House and the Senate, and a blue wave swept through traditionally red and swing states - with the nation's first Black woman governor elected in Georgia, the country's first Native American woman governor
Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ), resigned Thursday. Dhillon is one of the first major Trump administration appointees to resign from the department and the first major figure to exit the
Fox News host Sean Hannity in a recent segment called for the input of the American people on “what they want and what they don’t want” in terms of immigration enforcement. “If you’re like me, you want border security, it’s already happened. Donald Trump achieved that,” Hannity
The race for the Maine House seat represented by outgoing Rep. Jared Golden (D) is headed to ranked choice voting, the Maine secretary of state’s office announced Thursday. The office noted Republican candidate Paul LePage received 170,263 votes, just shy of 50 percent, while
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon is leaving the Trump administration. Fox News reports that Dhillon resigned Thursday following Democrats’ landslide victory in the midterm elections. She reportedly told allies that she planned to leave after the elections, according
The California Democrat would be responsible for helping shore up the votes in an ideologically diverse caucus.
🎀 Plus: Nicki Minaj is active on X {beacon} It’s Thursday. There are still major races to be called and midterm aftermath to deal with. Luckily, you’re reading this. In today's issue: Vance's midterm post-mortem Hegseth in trouble Still counting Mississippi... First lady's
The Democrat in Mississippi’s Senate race expanded his narrow lead over the incumbent senator Wednesday, possibly giving Democrats yet another seat to pad their majority. Democrat Scott Colom now leads Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) by just more than 1,800 votes, according to
The MAGA movement’s Tuesday bloodbath has already inspired some of the far-right contingent’s biggest figureheads to plot a course without Donald Trump. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is preparing to resign from the Trump administration as he lays the groundwork for a potential
Progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday chalked up Democrats’ resounding midterm victories to populist messaging on the economy. “Anyone seeking to understand the midterm’s lessons should start here: Democrats won by being populist economic fighters who were
OpenAI unveiled a new framework Thursday for building data centers, which it appears to be rebranding as "compute campuses" following the recent groundswell of opposition to the server warehouses powering the AI boom. The ChatGPT maker said it is committed to paying the full
House Financial Services Chair French Hill barely survived his race in a reliably red Arkansas district.
It's the year 2026 and the Federal Aviation Administration is still running critical pieces of American airspace on 3.5-inch magnetic floppy disks. But those technology artifacts could be headed for the dustbin after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced an effort to
While Washington is right to make disarmament a prerequisite, it is wrong to make it the only one.
A New York state appeals court panel will hold oral arguments Thursday on President Trump's bid to overrule the jury's verdict finding him guilty on 34 counts of criminally falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment during his 2016 campaign. Trump argues that
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday congratulated Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa (D) on her historic victory as the Lone Star State's first Latina governor and California Gov.-elect Xavier Becerra (D), who will become the state's first Latino governor in more than
Rep. Erin Houchin (R-Ind.) is challenging House GOP conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) for the role, which will be central as Republicans work to sharpen their messaging in the minority next year and counter Democrats’ agenda heading into 2028. Houchin said in a "Dear
Fox News’s Jesse Watters said Wednesday the Republicans’ election coalition fell apart in this year’s midterms, with Democrats winning both the House and Senate. “If you're going to make people who are young, struggling, living paycheck to paycheck, have to pay more for stuff
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doesn’t need a blue wave to knock him out of office—Republicans are already pissed enough on their own. Outgoing Representative Thomas Massie told CNN Wednesday that he plans to trigger a vote to impeach Hegseth when Congress returns next week.
Too many Republicans refused to call a spade a spade, treating anyone who disagreed with the president as an outcast.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who has sparred with his own party in the past year, said Thursday morning that his call to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is “a much gentler version” of what could happen when Democrats take control of Congress. Massie told CNN he plans to
It's two days since Election Day, and some races are still uncalled. What is the latest in the Mississippi and Alaska Senate races? Where do final votes still need to be tallied? Will Democrats expand their majority? Plus, an analysis of the key Senate and House midterm
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), who won his third term as the governor of the Prairie State, criticized Vice President Vance’s social media post following the Republican Party’s sweeping losses in the midterm elections, saying Vance cannot “run away from what he’s been.” “Well,
Donald Trump is trying to rig another election. The president suggested making an eyebrow-raising change to the Alaska Senate race, writing on Truth Social on Thursday that the votes cast for independent candidate Dan J. Sullivan Jr. should be tacked on to the vote count for
Conservative radio host Erick Erickson warned that President Trump may have to work with Democrats in his final two years if he hopes to leave office with a stronger legislative record, calling his current agenda “impermanent.” “This is the most impermanent second term of any
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), the sponsor of the original Epstein Files Transparency Act, said Thursday he felt confident he could force a vote on a follow-up bill once Congress returns following the election. Massie wrote on the social platform X that he felt assured he would
Conservative pundit Megyn Kelly says the Republican Party has some soul-searching to do after this week's midterm elections. “This morning the Republican Party is in ruins, and maybe it needed to be,” Kelly said on her popular podcast and YouTube show. “The choice now for