Politics
Texas Reps. Menefee, Green advance to runoff as first midterm primaries show incumbents on shaky ground
Christian Menefee and Al Green. Al Drago | Sergio Flores | Reuters The first round of primary elections is showing how this year’s midterms will be taking place on shifting political ground for incumbents. That was particularly true in Texas — the first state to redraw its congressional districts last year — where incumbent members […]
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Rep. Tony Gonzales will face House ethics panel probe over ‘sexual misconduct’ claim
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Conference, participates in the group’s press conference in the Capitol, March 25, 2025. Bill Clark | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The House Ethics Committee on Wednesday announced an investigation into Rep. Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican who has come under fire for allegedly having […]
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Trump officially nominates Kevin Warsh as Fed chair to replace Jerome Powell
Kevin Warsh, former governor of the US Federal Reserve, during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 25, 2025. Tierney L. Cross | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday officially nominated Kevin Warsh to be the next chairman […]
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Talarico wins Texas Senate Democratic nomination while Cornyn and Paxton head to Republican runoff
State Rep. James Talarico topped Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in an expensive and fiercely contested Texas Senate Democratic primary that once again has the party dreaming of a big upset in November. Who Talarico will face depends on a May runoff between longtime Republican Sen. John Cornyn and MAGA favorite Ken Paxton — a race expected […]
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Democrats tread cautiously around another Trump impeachment after ‘illegal’ Iran strikes
Rep. Al Green shouts as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2025. Win Mcnamee | Via Reuters Since the U.S. attack on Iran, congressional Democrats and opponents of President Donald Trump called the operation unconstitutional and vowed to rein-in the president. But […]
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‘No to war’: Spain PM hits back over Trump’s threats to cut trade over military base access
The President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez, speaks during the official opening dinner of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2026, at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, on 1 March 2026, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Europa Press News | Europa Press | Getty Images Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday doubled down on […]
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Prediction market ‘gambling’ needs state regulation, not feds, Mick Mulvaney says after Iran war bets
Buying contracts on prediction markets is just another word for “gambling,” says former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, who is leading a coalition that wants state authorities, not a federal commodities agency, to regulate that growing industry. “The simple answer is that it’s gambling. It just is,” Mulvaney told CNBC’s Contessa Brewer, […]
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Epstein files: Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler asked to testify to House panel
FILE PHOTO: White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler listens as President Barack Obama speaks at an installation ceremony for FBI Director James Comey at FBI Headquarters in Washington, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Charles Dharapak | AP The House committee investigating the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has asked Goldman Sachs‘ top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, to testify […]
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Epstein files: Howard Lutnick volunteers to testify to House Oversight committee
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sits to testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing to examine a review of broadband deployment funding at the Department of Commerce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 10, 2026. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has voluntarily agreed […]
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Trump administration offers shifting narrative for U.S. war in Iran as Democrats pounce
President Donald Trump says combat will continue in Iran until U.S. “objectives” are complete. Those objectives and the justification for the war have remained fluid more than 48 hours into the conflict. Trump and his proxies have not been aligned on their narrative, leading to confusion about how Trump and his advisors are defining the […]
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