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January 31, 2026 9:26 PM ET The Utah Supreme Court expanded Saturday from five justices to seven with the stroke of a pen by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox. Cox signed S.B. 134 into law, adding two now-vacant seats to Utah’s highest court effective immediately. The court will hear an anticipated case over which U.S. House

January 30, 2026 1:24 PM ET The Senate appeared to be on track to fund vast portions of the government Thursday, but Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham put a hold on the package, citing the need to crack down on sanctuary cities and hold former special counsel Jack Smith accountable. Graham, an immigration hawk

January 30, 2026 9:23 AM ET President Donald Trump announced Friday he is nominating former Federal Reserve Gov. Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as the next chairman of the central bank. Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that he has known Warsh “for a long period of time, and have no doubt that

January 29, 2026 6:10 PM ET Senate Majority PAC (SMP), an outside spending group affiliated with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, entered 2026 with a massive fundraising disadvantage compared to its GOP rival. SMP and its associated nonprofit groups reported raising $108 million in 2025, Punchbowl News first reported Thursday. The fundraising haul is $72

January 29, 2026 4:41 PM ET President Donald Trump suggested during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday that he wants to “ drive housing prices up” in an effort to keep current U.S. homeowners “wealthy.” Trump said that “existing housing people that own their homes, we’re going to keep them wealthy, adding

January 29, 2026 12:23 PM ET The Senate rejected a six-bill appropriations package funding vast portions of the federal government Thursday with Democrats citing their opposition to funding federal immigration enforcement following weeks of unrest in Minnesota. Lawmakers voted 45-55, falling well short of the 60-vote threshold necessary to advance the funding package. The decision

January 29, 2026 11:39 AM ET Someone in the props department is getting fired. Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin took to the Senate floor Wednesday to “ condemn the killing of U.S. citizens at the hands of federal immigration officers and to demand the Trump Administration take accountability for its actions,” according to his social

January 29, 2026 10:29 AM ET Party leaders have warned House Democrats against travelling to Minnesota in support of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters, Axios reported Thursday. A senior staffer for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries reportedly wrote in a Monday email to Democrat congressional offices that visiting the state “puts a burden on local

January 29, 2026 10:20 AM ET American motocross star Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg announced his endorsement for California’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco on Thursday, telling the Daily Caller News Foundation he believes Bianco can clean up the “mess” Democrats have created. California’s jungle primary is nearly five months away, with the race heating up between

January 29, 2026 9:53 AM ET Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz claimed Wednesday he will never seek elected office again once his current term wraps up. Walz, the failed 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, said in a Wednesday interview with MS NOW that he will “never run for an elected office again,” adding “never again,”