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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,”

January 28, 2026 4:37 PM ET “My hope is to be the Benjamin Harrison of chief judges: one that no one remembers.” Patrick Schiltz, the chief of the federal district court in Minnesota, said this in an interview with the Minneapolis Star Tribune in 2022. Unfortunately for Schiltz, he is quickly becoming a well-known public

January 29, 2026 8:02 AM ET Democratic Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar launched her gubernatorial bid Thursday morning to replace outgoing Gov. Tim Walz. Klobuchar, the third-highest-ranking Democrat in the Senate, filed paperwork Jan. 22 to form a campaign committee for a run for governor of her home state of Minnesota. (RELATED: Here’s Who Could Potentially

Mary Rooke Commentary and Analysis Writer January 28, 2026 6:27 PM ET Former Democratic Montana Sen. Jon Tester delivered blunt, unfiltered criticism targeting both his own Baby Boomer generation and the Democratic Party he served in the Senate for 18 years. In an interview with Semafor, Tester told the outlet that he still believes Democrats

January 28, 2026 6:11 PM ET Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday three demands he said would be essential to securing Democrats’ support for a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill that must pass before the end of Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown. Schumer outlined the three reforms he wanted made