It’s no secret that the Supreme Court has become an extension of our partisan politics over the past decade. The decisions handed down in the 2026 session prove just how broken the court has become and how unrepresentative it is of the views of the American people. Reactions show how little confidence the public has in its fairness.

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WASHINGTON — If Congress has 99 problems, modernizing itself will always be one of them.

As members of the House Administration Modernization and Innovation Subcommittee look ahead to the remainder of the 119th Congress, they’re also trying to map out the next era.

“We need to be thinking about the future and what we can do,” said ...Read more

MIAMI — When Congresswoman Carrie Meek suddenly called it quits nearly a quarter century ago, she did everything in her power, including announcing her retirement at the last minute, to put her son on a glide path to succeed her in Washington.

“She’s calling in all her chits, she’s calling all her friends for the campaign,” Kendrick ...Read more

Bolstered by President Donald Trump’s endorsement, South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham advanced Tuesday to a runoff against Rep. Ralph Norman in the Republican special primary election to replace her late brother, Lindsey Graham, on the November ballot.

With more than 95% of votes counted, Graham led a 10-candidate field with 33% of the vote, ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — In a stunning upset, former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin defeated 14-term U.S. Rep. John B. Larson on Tuesday night in a victory that few had predicted one year ago.

Before Bronin launched his campaign last July, he had been warned by party insiders that he should avoid challenging a popular, longtime incumbent who had won ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump deflected criticisms about a decision to secretly fly him out of Turkey on a different aircraft while the White House indicated he was aboard Air Force One, saying the Secret Service and military demanded it in response to unspecified safety threats.

“They wanted me to go on a different flight, a ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — U.S. Sen. Darline Graham and U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman are heading to the runoff for the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate with 32% and 24% of the special primary vote, according to The Associated Press’ projections.

With 1,683 of the state’s 2,312 precincts fully reporting, U.S. Sen. Darline Graham holds an early lead ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Darline Graham is heading to the runoff to replace her brother’s Senate Republican nomination with 32% of the vote, according to The Associated Press’ projections.

With 578 of the state’s 2,312 precincts fully reporting, U.S. Sen. Darline Graham holds an early lead with about 32% of the first 120,000 votes reported, ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The polls are closed and the South Carolina politicians and voters will be watching the results Tuesday night to see who will replace the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham as the Republican nominee in November.

The sudden death of Graham triggered a speedy special primary election.

Eligible Republican voters had 10 candidates to...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is looking for new policy pledges he can present to voters ahead of the midterm election, according to a top economic aide and a former administration official, including potentially calling on Congress to cut capital gains taxes and create an exemption for certain home sales.

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MIAMI — The LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Florida is condemning a false and illegal text campaign unleashed Tuesday by hidden actors intent on smearing a South Florida congressional candidate over his sexuality.

The texts, which target state Sen. Shevrin Jones in the Democratic primary for Florida’s 24th congressional district, claim to ...Read more

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to seek a way to block Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s planned pied-à-terre tax, calling it a “dangerous political experiment” that would backfire by spurring wealthy property owners to abandon NYC.

“I am looking to see if the Federal Government has any legal right to avert this disaster, ...Read more

The migrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz is closed, but much about it remains unresolved. There are lawsuits over detainees’ treatment, environmental claims over damage to protected wetlands and uncertainty about the future of the airstrip it was built on.

One aspect of the South Florida facility has drawn far less ...Read more

Beyond picking governors, state legislators, local officials and representatives to serve in Congress, voters in almost every state this year will have the opportunity to amend the language of their state constitution. In one state, they could potentially rewrite the constitution altogether.

Though the U.S. Constitution is rarely ...Read more

WASHINGTON — With embattled Republican Rep. Max Miller sticking with his reelection bid in the face of domestic abuse allegations, Democrats are increasingly optimistic of flipping his Ohio seat.

The House Democratic campaign arm on Tuesday added ironworker Brian Poindexter to its “Red to Blue” program, which offers additional resources ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s weird hatred of offshore wind energy is costing a lot as Uncle Sam has to pay off the companies which had invested in the canceled projects.

For the fifth time now, the Trump administration has agreed to pay an energy firm a huge sum of money, not for building something, but in fact for not building it. The German ...Read more