Author name: Lance Hudgins

Mary Rooke Commentary and Analysis Writer January 16, 2026 3:34 PM ET President Donald Trump has roughly three years left in his second term to advance his bold agenda for a stronger America. Yet the 2026 midterms will largely determine his governing power, and a federal court just handed Democrats a huge advantage that puts

President Donald Trump has vowed to stop Wall Street from buying up single-family homes, but congressional Republicans have been slow to act and are largely backing incremental proposals over a full ban. Despite Trump’s direct call for Republicans to act, there has been little urgency within the party to tackle the issue — even though

January 16, 2026 3:08 PM ET Democratic Minnesota state Rep. Brad Tabke posted over 20 updates to his X account Thursday documenting ICE agent sightings across Shakopee, Prior Lake, and Savage — suburbs about 25 miles southwest of Minneapolis. Throughout the day, Tabke shared the real-time locations of ICE agents and vehicles, including sightings near

January 16, 2026 11:56 AM ET Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom sat down with The Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro for a nearly two hour podcast, released Thursday.  Early in the conversation, Newsom and Shapiro discussed Renee Nicole Good, the woman shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on Jan. 7. In the

January 15, 2026 9:35 PM ET Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani named Afua Atta-Mensah as the city’s new Chief Equity Officer and commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Equity & Racial Justice on Thursday. Mamdani, a 34-year-old Ugandan-born, Indian-descent avowed socialist, was sworn into office on Jan. 1 and has been appointing allies

January 15, 2026 6:13 PM ET Former Democratic turned Independent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema was hit with a lawsuit from the ex-wife of her former bodyguard, Matthew Ammel, according to documents filed in a North Carolina Federal Court.  Heather Ammel alleged Sinema was involved in an affair with her then-husband, Matthew Ammel, according to the

January 14, 2026 7:09 PM ET The Senate voted 51 to 50 to table a resolution Wednesday that would have blocked President Donald Trump from using future military force on Venezuela. Republican Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Todd Young of Indiana, who bucked Trump on Venezuela on Jan. 8, flipped their votes amid fierce

January 14, 2026 6:29 PM ET Dozens of Republicans joined all voting Democrats on Wednesday evening to reject a GOP-led effort to eliminate federal funding for a nonprofit organization accused of bias against conservatives. Lawmakers voted 127 to 291 to strip $315 billion in funding for the State Department’s democracy promotion programs, including the National

January 09, 2026 4:17 PM ET President Donald Trump announced Friday that U.S. oil companies will be spending at least $100 billion in Venezuela to rebuild the necessary capacity and infrastructure. Trump met with many big oil and gas companies, including Chevron, Exxon and Valero, to discuss investment opportunities in Venezuela’s oil infrastructure. After announcing

January 09, 2026 3:21 PM ET Republican North Carolina Rep. Mark Harris is calling on Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden to resign or take a leave of absence over allegations he threatened a state lawmaker. In a letter, Harris said “grave and mounting” accusations against McFadden have eroded public confidence and justify his departure amid