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Businessman Rick Jackson defeated Trump- and Kemp-endorsed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in the Georgia GOP gubernatorial runoff on Tuesday. When NBC News called the race at around 9:20 p.m., Jackson led Jones 53% to 47% with 79.6% of the vote counted. Jackson’s victory over Jones came just one day after Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp threw his

Georgia Rep. Mike Collins’ victory over Kemp-backed Derek Dooley on Tuesday capped a contentious final stretch of Georgia’s GOP Senate runoff that highlighted a rare split between Trump and the state’s Republican governor. NBC News called the race at around 8:15 p.m., and with just over half the vote counted, Collins led Dooley 54.7% to

Hillary Clinton blamed Biden’s reelection bid for Democrats’ 2024 loss to President Donald Trump in a Monday interview with The New Yorker editor David Remnick. Clinton called Biden’s decision to run again “a terrible mistake,” arguing that Democrats could have clinched the win if Biden had stepped aside to allow for a competitive primary. “He

Vice President JD Vance will reportedly pick a veteran of both Trump administrations to be his new chief of staff. Nick Luna, who currently serves as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Implementation, is set to replace Jacob Reses, who has served as Vance’s top aide since the start of President Donald

The Senate failed to advance a war powers resolution Tuesday that would direct President Donald Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities in Iran. The Senate rejected advancing Democratic Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock’s motion to discharge his war powers resolution from the Foreign Relations Committee in a 47-48 vote. Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman voted with

June 03, 2026 11:21 AM ET Democrats are promising major changes to the Supreme Court, and Republican lawmakers say those proposals could fundamentally alter the nation’s highest court. A recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) opinion piece examined what Democrats might do if they retake the House and potentially the Senate in November. One emerging answer

Republican lawmakers expressed frustration over their failed attempts to pass any standalone transgender-related bills into law with the midterm elections looming. Lawmakers have introduced 127 bills in 2026 so far to fight transgenderism, which included prohibiting men from competing in women’s sports, ensuring parental rights and barring medical procedures for minors, according to counts from

The wife of Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner warned his own campaign last summer that he had traded sexually explicit messages with several women, a disclosure that stayed buried until this weekend. She found the messages in the spring of 2025 and told a campaign aide about them in late August, only days after Platner

Republicans are running out of time to pass President Donald Trump’s agenda and tackle the affordability crisis as the midterm elections inch closer. With the midterms looming, Republicans have struggled to pass several policy agendas, including funding immigration enforcement, addressing affordability and adding voter identification requirements. Republicans are on a time crunch to address the

Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey sent a Memorial Day message honoring George Floyd hours before commemorating U.S. troops who died while serving. “Today, we remember George Floyd, who was murdered by a former Minneapolis police officer six years ago,” Frey posted on X shortly after 10 a.m. eastern time. “That moment changed our city forever.”