A record-breaking 43-day shutdown orchestrated by congressional Democrats last year still fresh in memory, Republican lawmakers moved decisively this week to take the threat of another government closure off the table before November's midterm elections.
A Maryland circuit court judge just blocked Democrats from ramming through a hastily crafted constitutional amendment designed to wipe out the state's lone Republican-held congressional district, ruling the legislature brazenly ignored its own laws to get the measure on the November ballot.
A Democratic candidate for Congress in Arizona repeatedly voted against legislation protecting children from transgender surgeries and procedures during his time as a state lawmaker, raising questions about his judgment as he campaigns on his medical credentials.
Mike Johnson stood in front of a camera this weekend and said something Republicans have been dying to say out loud for years: the Democratic Party is at war with itself, and the GOP plans to make sure every voter in America knows it.
Maryland lawmakers convened a special session Monday to begin work on a constitutional amendment that would give Democrats a freer hand to redraw the state's congressional districts, a change that could cost the delegation's lone Republican his seat by 2028.
Senate leaders unveiled a short-term spending bill Sunday that would keep the federal government funded through Dec. 11, pushing any shutdown fight past November's midterm elections and stripping out the White House's request for $1 billion to build new "Trump-class" battleships.
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) called Sunday for Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), his former son-in-law, to resign from the House of Representatives and seek "serious psychological help," escalating a family dispute that has spilled into national politics.
Senators, foreign leaders, and the president of the United States gathered in Washington on Tuesday to honor Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who spent more than three decades at the center of American politics before his sudden death on July 11 at age 71.
