Politics

In 2015, when Donald Trump was running for the Republican nomination for president, a refrain that was often heard from his supporters and mocked by his detractors was, ‘He fights.’ It seemed empty and vacuous,…

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said he doesn’t want to blow up Obamacare, but he does want to give Americans another option. Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., made their core shutdown…

The Supreme Court revealed on Monday it will consider a lawsuit, originally brought by the Republican National Committee, over whether counting ballots that arrive after Election Day is lawful. The case will examine a state…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that President Donald Trump ‘remains in exceptional physical health’ after concerns have swirled in recent months, including when the president received an MRI scan in October.  ‘As…

Vice President JD Vance praised President Donald Trump’s ‘bulldozer’ approach to public health, calling it a necessary force that ‘just had to happen,’ during remarks at Wednesday’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit. The summit,…

The record-breaking U.S. government shutdown appears to be on a path to finally ending after 43 days. Federal funding legislation aimed at opening the government survived a key test vote in the House later Wednesday,…

A bill to end the record-breaking U.S. government shutdown is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk after more than 42 days. Federal funding legislation aimed at opening the government passed in the House Wednesday evening,…

House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, will not seek re-election in 2026. The senior Republican lawmaker will have finished serving a decade in Congress when he leaves at the end of next year. ‘I…

Critics once called it isolationist. But national security experts now say Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ strategy is proving to be something else entirely — a hard-nosed policy of deterrence built on strong alliances, especially with…

The House of Representatives appears to be on a glide path to ending the longest government shutdown in history, with lawmakers racing back to Capitol Hill after six weeks out of session. The House Rules…