A new wave of tension is brewing inside the Democratic Party, and Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania finds himself right in the middle of it. Over the past year, Democrats have been wrestling with ideological fractures that no longer pit “moderates vs. progressives” as much as they pit traditional party members against a growing activist … Read more

Texas dropped a major new voting rights clash onto the Supreme Court’s doorstep Friday with an emergency request asking the justices to let the state use its new Republican-leaning congressional map for the 2026 elections. Attorney General Ken Paxton said the map was designed to help Republicans politically but was not the racial gerrymander a … Read more

California Attorney General Rob Bonta received a letter last year warning that an East Bay businessman under federal investigation possessed a recording of him “in a compromising position,” according to documents obtained by the Bay Area News Group. The May 2024 letter was sent by Oakland political operative Mario Juarez, who claimed businessman Andy Duong — later … Read more

A federal judge ruled Friday that the IRS likely broke the law when it agreed to share confidential taxpayer information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and she ordered the practice to halt immediately. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee serving on the federal district court in Washington, D.C., said the agreement amounted to “unlawful … Read more

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) has revealed that the Biden Justice Department secretly collected his phone records for more than two years as part of an expansive investigation known as Operation Arctic Frost. In an interview with Newsmax, Jordan said federal prosecutors subpoenaed his phone metadata from January 2020 through April 2022, an unprecedented span that he … Read more

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) has introduced legislation that would temporarily suspend nearly all immigration to the United States until the federal government enacts sweeping reforms to what he called a “broken and exploited” system. The proposal, known as the PAUSE Act — short for Pause on Admissions Until Security Ensured — would freeze legal immigration … Read more

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries grew visibly upset at a CNBC host this week as she pressed him over extending taxpayer-provided subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as “Obamacare,” which was passed without any Republican support during then-President Barack Obama’s first term. On Friday, Jeffries got into a heated debate with CNBC … Read more

President Donald Trump on Friday met the man who once called himself “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare,” but he found a very different tone inside the Oval Office. Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani were warm and complimentary, focusing on shared goals instead of the sharp public clashes that defined their rise. Trump, who … Read more

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Friday evening that she is resigning from Congress, following a contentious split with President Trump. Greene posted a nearly 11-minute video and a four-page signed resignation letter on X, formally marking the end of her five-year tenure representing Georgia’s 14th District. Her departure follows weeks of escalating tensions with the … Read more

In many respects — from their backgrounds and policy positions to their ages — President Donald Trump and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani are starkly different. Yet the parallels in how both men built their political appeal set the stage for their first face-to-face meeting in the Oval Office on Friday. In a remarkable shift … Read more