February 12, 2026 5:02 PM ET Assistant Attorney General for antitrust Gail Slater announced on Thursday that she was leaving her post, bringing an end to a turbulent year in the role that saw her gradually fall out of favor with Attorney General Pam Bondi. Slater, who gave no explanation for her departure, was lauded
February 12, 2026 3:49 PM ET Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is bringing cursive back to schools. Shapiro signed a bill requiring a cursive handwriting curriculum in all Pennsylvania public schools, Wednesday. The bill, introduced by Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Dane Watro, was co-sponsored by three Democrats and fifteen Republicans. (RELATED: ‘Utter Bullsh*t’: Josh Shapiro Lashes
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Mary Rooke Commentary and Analysis Writer February 12, 2026 3:37 PM ET Texas has long been a solidly GOP-controlled state, yet its governor finds himself at odds with his own party on core questions of how elections should work and who gets to shape them. While the Texas GOP pushes aggressively for greater control over
February 12, 2026 2:31 PM ET A federal judge Thursday blocked Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth from punishing Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly over his role in a viral November 2025 video urging U.S. service members to not follow “illegal orders.” U.S. District Judge Richard Leon — an appointee of former President George W.
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February 12, 2026 2:16 PM ET With California’s upcoming midterm elections using newly gerrymandered maps , an 87-year-old Democrat slumlord and spousal abuse convict is entering the race for a formerly Republican-leaning Southern California district. Following voters’ passage of Proposition 50, five Republican congressional seats are now in play for Democrats as the gerrymandered maps
Mary Rooke Commentary and Analysis Writer February 11, 2026 12:13 PM ET Democratic Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan took to X to critique the SAVE America Act (H.R. 22), which mandates documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for federal voter registration. In it, he implicitly insults the intelligence and capability of millions of American women by treating
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Mary Rooke Commentary and Analysis Writer February 11, 2026 12:13 PM ET Democratic Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan took to X to critique the SAVE America Act (H.R. 22), which mandates documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for federal voter registration. In it, he implicitly insults the intelligence and capability of millions of American women by treating
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February 11, 2026 11:54 AM ET A House Judiciary Committee hearing descended into chaos on Wednesday while Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal shouted at Attorney General Pam Bondi about the files regarding sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Jayapal asked the victims of Epstein’s trafficking ring to stand and then asked Bondi if she would apologize to
February 11, 2026 11:40 AM ET A D.C. grand jury declined to indict six Democratic lawmakers over a video urging military and intelligence officials to reject unlawful orders, torpedoing a prosecution pursued by Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, according to NBC News. President Donald Trump had accused the lawmakers of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”
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February 10, 2026 10:11 PM ET The Republican-controlled House of Representatives failed to clear a procedural rule Tuesday evening that would prevent any lawmaker from forcing a vote on terminating President Donald Trump’s tariffs for the majority of 2026. Lawmakers voted 214-217 to approve the rule, falling short of a simple majority. Tariff-skeptical Republican Reps.
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