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Will Trump and the GOP Lose Gun Rights Votes in the Midterms?

Will Trump and the GOP Lose Gun Rights Votes in the Midterms?

by Cayla Labgold-Carroll | Apr 1, 2026 | Featured, Politics

For years, gun rights activists counted President Donald Trump as one of their strongest allies in Washington. Now, some say they feel betrayed. Recent policy moves and statements from Trump and his administration have left gun rights activists questioning Trump’s...
DHS shutdown becomes Democrats’ leverage to curb ICE tactics after Minnesota deaths

DHS shutdown becomes Democrats’ leverage to curb ICE tactics after Minnesota deaths

by Gloria Ngwa | Apr 1, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – For more than a month, Democrats have refused to fund the Department of Homeland Security while demanding that the agency limit Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in ten specific ways after federal agents killed two people during federal...
Why potential leaders are walking away from state legislatures

Why potential leaders are walking away from state legislatures

by Brooke Sharp | Mar 23, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — When Michigan state Rep. Laurie Pohutsky, D-Mich., filed her reelection paperwork this January, she wasn’t just considering policy goals. She was weighing her safety. For her, the decision to run for reelection was a calculated risk, one made easier...
Dems want ICE to wear body cameras, but there’s no guarantee that will change their conduct

Dems want ICE to wear body cameras, but there’s no guarantee that will change their conduct

by Ben Shapiro | Mar 18, 2026 | Featured, Immigration, Politics

WASHINGTON — Wes Powers can see the Bishop Henry Whipple Building from his dining room window. In January, the Navy veteran left his house for the federal complex — the hub of the sweeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown in Minnesota — to join what began...
Federal food policy is in limbo. Experts want Congress to ‘SNAP’ out of it

Federal food policy is in limbo. Experts want Congress to ‘SNAP’ out of it

by Melody Xu | Mar 18, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Inside the Longworth House Office Building, lawmakers on the Agriculture Committee worked until 2 a.m. one night earlier this month, until they passed a roughly 800-page Farm, Food, and National Security legislation, better known as the farm bill. The...
Pese a los interrogantes sobre el futuro de Venezuela, activistas en Estados Unidos continúan trabajando por la democracia

Pese a los interrogantes sobre el futuro de Venezuela, activistas en Estados Unidos continúan trabajando por la democracia

by Isabel Papp | Mar 15, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Cuando Rafael Escalante revisó su teléfono durante un descanso de sus estudios en enero, no esperaba ver Caracas, Venezuela, envuelta en misiles. Al principio pensó que la precaria red eléctrica de la ciudad había causado el apagón esa noche, pero...
Senate Judiciary weighs legality of Trump’s order targeting birthright citizenship

Senate Judiciary weighs legality of Trump’s order targeting birthright citizenship

by Gloria Ngwa | Mar 11, 2026 | Politics

WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution examined birthright citizenship Tuesday after President Donald Trump issued an executive order denying citizenship to children born to undocumented immigrants. Ranking chair Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.,...
Republicans want to see Iran’s nuclear program destroyed. Democrats are asking if an end to the war is in sight.

Republicans want to see Iran’s nuclear program destroyed. Democrats are asking if an end to the war is in sight.

by Cayla Labgold-Carroll and Ben Shapiro | Mar 10, 2026 | Featured, National Security, Politics

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats Tuesday demanded clarity on an exit strategy for the Iran war. Republicans said their focus remains on what the military campaign would ultimately accomplish. On Feb. 28, the U.S and Israel initiated strikes against Iran, killing...
Democratic senators vow to force debate, testimony from top officials on Iran War

Democratic senators vow to force debate, testimony from top officials on Iran War

by Marissa Fernandez and Cate Bouvet | Mar 10, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Six Democratic senators on Monday pledged to fight to bring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to testify on Iran before Congress and to force more debate over the war on the Senate floor.  Democratic Senators held the...
In Photos: Camelot lives on at JFK Jr. lookalike contest

In Photos: Camelot lives on at JFK Jr. lookalike contest

by Anisha Iqbal and Chloe Park | Mar 10, 2026 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of onlookers attended a John F. Kennedy Jr. lookalike contest at Barrel House Cafe & Bar on Sunday afternoon. The event took place alongside the ongoing series “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette,” directed by Emmy- and...
Supreme Court weighs pipeline deadline fight with stakes far beyond the Straits of Mackinac

Supreme Court weighs pipeline deadline fight with stakes far beyond the Straits of Mackinac

by Dasha Dubinina | Mar 5, 2026 | Environment, Featured, Politics

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Senate Dems. bash former DHS deputy secretary Troy Edgar at nomination hearing to be ambassador to El Salvador

Senate Dems. bash former DHS deputy secretary Troy Edgar at nomination hearing to be ambassador to El Salvador

by Cate Bouvet | Mar 5, 2026 | Featured, National Security, Politics

WASHINGTON — Democratic senators on the Foreign Relations Committee have sharply criticized Troy Edgar, the nominee for ambassador to El Salvador, over his actions as Department of Homeland Security deputy secretary under President Donald Trump. At Edgar’s nomination...
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