Elections
How Iran and Venezuela strikes transform the Trump-Xi trade talks
TOPSHOT – US President Donald Trump (L) and China’s President Xi Jinping arrive for talks at the Gimhae Air Base, located next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan on October 30, 2025. Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will seek a truce in their bruising trade war on October 30, with the US […]
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Republican Representative Gonzales to end re-election bid after sex allegations
WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 14: U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) speaks alongside U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) at a news conference on border security outside of the U.S. Capitol Building on November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. Representative Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican, will […]
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House Speaker Johnson calls on Texas Rep. Gonzales to drop reelection bid
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, does a TV news interview in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images House Republican leaders on Thursday called on Rep. Tony Gonzales to drop his bid for reelection after the Texas Republican admitted to having an affair with a staff […]
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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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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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Tillis calls Noem’s leadership a ‘disaster’ in fiery Senate hearing
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem looks on before the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on March 3, 2026. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., lashed out at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on […]
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Five races to watch on the day the 2026 midterm elections kick off
Tuesday is the first moment of truth for the 2026 midterm elections. It’s the day the first polls will close to kick off a seven-month stretch of primaries that will help shape who will win the House and Senate on Election Day, Nov. 3. While Democrats are favored to win the House and Republicans seem […]
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Supreme Court bars redrawing only Republican-held NYC congressional district for 2026 election
People walk near the U.S. Supreme Court, where justices are expected to issue opinions in pending cases, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 25, 2026. Kylie Cooper | Reuters The Supreme Court on Monday issued an order effectively barring the redrawing of the boundary lines of the only congressional district in New York City currently held […]
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