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February 06, 2026 8:57 AM ET Allies of Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn have spent tens of millions of dollars to reelect him, but this war chest may not be enough to juice the longtime incumbent’s polling numbers in the final weeks of the brutal GOP primary, according to new surveys. The nasty and expensive

February 01, 2026 8:15 PM ET Democrats spent years pushing for gun restrictions. Now they’re rushing to buy firearms and invoking Second Amendment rights after federal agents killed a licensed gun owner in Minneapolis. The shift has drawn accusations of hypocrisy from conservative critics. Writing in The Hill, columnist Robby Soave noted that progressives “favor

February 01, 2026 12:12 PM ET Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani tapped a convicted robber to run New York City’s troubled jail system. Stanley Richards, 64, will become the first formerly incarcerated person to serve as commissioner of the Department of Correction, the New York Post reported Saturday. The appointment comes less than a week after

February 01, 2026 10:56 AM ET The Department of Justice’s Friday release of records related to Jeffrey Epstein illustrates how the notorious convicted sex offender communicated with senior political operatives, tech leaders, Cabinet officials, and foreign power brokers. The Department of Justice (DOJ) released more than 3 million pages of records related to Epstein under

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