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January 12, 2026 9:41 AM ET Republican North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis is vowing to block all of President Donald Trump’s future appointees to the Federal Reserve — including the upcoming Chair vacancy — citing the Justice Department’s criminal probe into chairman Jerome Powell. Tillis, a retiring lawmaker who sits on the Senate Banking Committee

January 12, 2026 7:58 AM ET Republican North Carolina Senate candidate Michael Whatley raised $5.1 million in the final quarter of 2025, adding to his campaign war chest for a likely matchup with former Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper in November’s midterm elections. The fundraising report, obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation

January 11, 2026 3:56 PM ET Richard Codey, the New Jersey Democrat who unexpectedly became governor after his predecessor resigned in disgrace, died Sunday at 79. Codey passed away at his Roseland home after a brief illness, his family announced on social media, according to NJ.com. He became the state’s 53rd governor in November 2004

January 11, 2026 1:46 PM ET A wave of New York Democrats rushed to condemn Hamas after protesters chanted support for the terrorist group outside a Queens synagogue last week. The Palestinian Assembly for Liberation organized the Jan. 8 demonstration outside Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, CBS New York reported. Protesters gathered across the

January 06, 2026 5:00 AM ET Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul released new findings Tuesday on how a case of mistaken identity landed a Catholic schoolteacher on a terror watch list. The release comes on the five-year anniversary of Jan. 6, 2021, and it is part of Paul’s investigation into Quiet Skies, the Transportation Security

December 28, 2025 12:55 PM ET Salem Radio Network host Scott Jennings told “This Week” guest host Jonathan Karl on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s efforts to address illegal immigration represented his “biggest” fulfillment of a campaign promise in 2025. Trump issued multiple executive orders to address illegal immigration Jan. 20, 2025, with some of

Mary Rooke Commentary and Analysis Writer December 10, 2025 4:04 PM ET The Giffords Law Center released its annual State Gun Law Scorecard, which grades states on their “gun safety” policies. Where your state lands on its list is highly indicative of whether or not your state government holds dear the foundational American principle of

December 10, 2025 3:50 PM ET The House of Representatives advanced a defense policy bill backed by President Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon after a handful of conservative lawmakers threatened to tank the legislation. Four Republicans initially opposed a resolution advancing the $900 billion defense bill setting policy for the Department of War for fiscal

December 09, 2025 6:46 PM ET Medical examiners ruled Tuesday that Carrie Romney, the sister-in-law of former Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, died by suicide. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office said Carrie Romney, 64, died from “blunt traumatic injuries” and listed the manner of death as “suicide,” according to People. Investigators found her

December 09, 2025 5:39 PM ET House Speaker Mike Johnson is receiving a crucial boost of support as he looks to pass the annual defense policy bill as early as Wednesday afternoon. The White House is urging lawmakers to support the 3,000-plus page bill rolled out late Sunday evening, according to a statement of administration policy