The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a Republican-led challenge to a provision of federal campaign finance law that restricts how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates. The case, which raises free speech concerns, involves Vice President JD Vance, who was an Ohio U.S. Senate candidate when the lawsuit was originally [...]

President Nick Daniels of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association warned Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Party that the ongoing government shutdown is posing serious safety risks in U.S. airspace. The NATCA, which represents more than 10,800 certified air traffic controllers nationwide, has repeatedly called on Congress to pass a clean continuing [...]

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), a prominent MAGA-aligned lawmaker, announced Monday that she is entering the South Carolina gubernatorial race, setting up what is expected to be a heated Republican primary. Mace, currently serving her third term in Congress, said she is running because she’s “tired of politicians who smile for the cameras, lie to your [...]

Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, becoming its first socialist and first Muslim leader. A prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America, he won after a heated race against Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa. Reports indicate that DSA activists see his victory as a chance to promote their progressive agenda [...]

The Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision in Louisiana v. Callais could redefine American redistricting and alter congressional power. The case questions Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a central protection against racial discrimination in elections. Limiting or overturning it could let states redraw maps favoring Republicans, potentially granting them up to 20 more House seats [...]

The Democratic House and Senate leaders sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning, a day after elections nationwide saw their party pick up gains in blue regions, demanding “bipartisan” talks to reopen the government. “We write to demand a bipartisan meeting of legislative leaders to end the GOP shutdown and decisively address [...]

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee, Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe, to serve as U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida. The vote was 53–46. Moe currently serves on Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal, where she has sat since 2022. Before that, she spent nearly a decade as a circuit [...]

President Trump pointed to “pollsters” who say the government shutdown — combined with the fact that his name wasn’t on Tuesday’s ballot — were key reasons behind the Republican losses on Election Day. “‘TRUMP WASN’T ON THE BALLOT, AND SHUTDOWN, WERE THE TWO REASONS THAT REPUBLICANS LOST ELECTIONS TONIGHT, according to Pollsters,” Trump posted on [...]

The question of who will be the party’s leader after the election is dividing Democrats across the country. However, they are mainly sticking with their current track in the U.S. Senate. “I am honored and humbled to be chosen by my colleagues to continue leading Senate Democrats during this crucial period for our country.” Schumer [...]

Newly filed court documents show that former FBI Director James Comey wrote a 2016 note referencing “HRC plans to tie Trump” and “HRC health,” which investigators discovered earlier this year locked inside a long-unused FBI safe. The handwritten note, dated September 26, 2016, was found by an internal review team in early 2025, according to [...]