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BreakingTrump named Stephen Miller to replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff. Hakeem Jeffries called him a 'dangerous xenophobe' whose presence 'should be eradicated like a malignant tumor' and told Trump to 'fire him today.'
BreakingDemocrats flipped seven Senate seats and more than 40 House districts on Tuesday. A hard look at what went wrong for the GOP — candidate choices, a redistricting gamble that backfired, and a cost-of-living message that never landed — and what Republicans still have to build on.
MIDTERMS-2026Pollsters underestimated Democrats by margins bigger than their 2016 miss against Trump. Iowa moved 17 points in two years. Mississippi's Senate race may turn on 12,000 to 20,000 uncounted affidavit ballots. The 2026 numbers raise questions that deserve answers, and election officials can answer them by opening the books.
BreakingMississippi's Senate race is still uncalled. Up to 20,000 affidavit ballots, which count only after the voter shows ID, could decide it. Hyde-Smith wants every one preserved.
HOUSE-REPUBLICANSSpeaker Mike Johnson won't seek the top GOP job in the next Congress. Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan are both running, August Pfluger is challenging Tom Emmer for whip, and President Trump says he's staying out of it.
MISSOURIMissouri state Rep. Anthony Ealy Jr. won the 36th District with 68% on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Jefferson City police arrested him on assault and peace-disturbance counts after a disturbance near the Capitol.
FAUCIRand Paul's committee referred Anthony Fauci for criminal contempt after he declined to answer more than a hundred questions. There is 130-year-old precedent that says a pardon takes the Fifth Amendment away.
FCCBrendan Carr's commission scrapped the cap that barred any broadcaster from reaching more than 39 percent of U.S. television households. The dissent's legal argument is serious. The press reaction is about something else entirely.
BreakingA one-point primary handed Michigan Democrats the most left-wing Senate nominee in the state's modern history — and handed Republicans the matchup their internal polling liked best.
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BreakingA Georgia Republican wants the rule that governs every private workplace in America applied to the federal bureaucracy: refuse to answer for what you did on the job, and you don't keep the job.
111 TIMESRepublicans say Biden's pardon stripped Fauci of the very protection he spent three hours claiming. The answer runs through Brown v. Walker — and no one is certain how it comes out.
STATE RECKONINGPresidential pardons cover federal crimes. They stop at the state line — and Republican attorneys general have noticed.
NO ASSETSThe man who pulled a seven-figure salary from Burisma told a deposition he has nothing left, and that his family's money isn't his problem to spend.
BreakingJustice Alito's concurrence — joined by Gorsuch and Thomas — called Jackson's lone dissent 'baseless and insulting.' The Court greenlit Louisiana's new map for the 2026 cycle without waiting the usual 32 days.
BreakingThe 60-day clock under the War Powers Resolution runs out Friday. The White House says the active ceasefire suspends the deadline. Congress can't agree.
BreakingJustice Alito's majority opinion calls majority-minority districts a racial gerrymander. Florida moved within an hour. Louisiana may suspend its primary.
POLITICSThe map could net Republicans four additional U.S. House seats. Democrats vow a court fight.
DOGEThe Department of Government Efficiency's second-quarter audit went online Tuesday. The headline number — $187 billion in 'closeable' programs — would represent the largest single fiscal consolidation in postwar U.S. history if Congress acts.
POLITICSThe Defense Secretary and Joint Chiefs Chairman faced a packed hearing room and pointed questions from both parties.