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March 05, 2026 2:30 PM ET A federal agency responsible for recommending options to address the government’s real estate portfolio said Thursday that there is a massive maintenance backlog in federal buildings. The Public Buildings Review Board (PBRB) released a report Thursday noting that the cost to clear up the backlog would be $50 billion

March 05, 2026 2:27 PM ET House Republicans appear to be relenting in their standoff with the Senate over the SAVE America Act after passing legislation backed by Senate Majority Leader John Thune . The House on Wednesday approved the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act, with 176 Republicans voting in favor — just a week

March 05, 2026 1:54 PM ET House Republican leadership is calling on Republican Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales to drop his reelection bid just hours after the lawmaker admitted to having an affair with his aide who took her own life in September 2025. Gonzales, a married father of six, confessed to having a relationship with

March 05, 2026 1:51 PM ET Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed that he may drop out of the Texas Senate race if the Senate lifts the filibuster to pass the SAVE Act in an X post on Thursday. Paxton, who forced Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn into a runoff election after receiving 40.7%

March 05, 2026 12:17 PM ET House Majority Whip Tom Emmer said Minnesota’s fellow blue states will be the next fronts in the Trump administration’s war on fraud. As much as $9 billion in taxpayer funds may have been stolen from Minnesota’s social programs in schemes where the vast majority of those charged were of

March 03, 2026 11:18 PM ET The brutal Texas Republican Senate primary will march into a May runoff as all three major candidates failed to win a majority of the vote Tuesday, multiple outlets project. Longtime Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton advanced to a May 26 showdown as Cornyn claimed

March 03, 2026 10:29 PM ET Democratic leaders blasting President Donald Trump’s military strikes on Iran say the situation differs from the 2011 bombing campaign in Libya carried out under former President Barack Obama. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticized the Trump administration following strikes against Iran, arguing that the president failed to seek congressional authorization

March 03, 2026 12:09 PM ET Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy confronted Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem during a Tuesday hearing on blaming White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller for accusing Alex Pretti of “domestic terrorism.” Noem received backlash for stating that Pretti, an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protester

March 03, 2026 12:09 PM ET Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy confronted Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem during a Tuesday hearing on blaming White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller for accusing Alex Pretti of “domestic terrorism.” Noem received backlash for stating that Pretti, an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protester

Democrats most vocal about the Epstein files have been silent about money they took from a megadonor who had a longer-lasting relationship with the convicted sex offender than he initially acknowledged. Billionaire LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman has donated tens of millions to Democratic causes, including campaigns for Democratic politicians who have relentlessly criticized the Trump