Virginia Dems take tax hikes into overtime, target fantasy football leagues
Virginia Democrats propose 10% tax on fantasy football leagues as part of sweeping tax increases. New levy would hit fantasy sports revenue statewide.
Republican majority at risk? A look at the 6 GOP Senate seats most in jeopardy in midterm elections
Senate Republicans face tough midterm battles defending their 53-47 majority, with Maine's Collins and seats in North Carolina, Ohio most vulnerable.
Mid-Decade Redistricting Wave Scrambles House Map Ahead of 2026
Texas state Rep. Matt Morgan holds a map of the new proposed congressional districts in the state during a legislative session at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 20, 2025. Sergio Flores/Reuters Mid-decade redistricting—once an exception to the once-a-decade routine after each census—is now reshaping the U.S. House map in the mid-2020s.
Hegseth ending military education ties with Harvard amid Trump feud: ‘We train warriors, not wokesters’
War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that military education programs with Harvard University will end in the 2026-27 academic year.
Trump Lifts Biden-Era Restrictions on Commercial Fishing in Atlantic Marine Monument
A commercial scallop fishing boat enters the Manasquan Inlet in Point Pleasant, N.J., on May 4, 2012. Wayne Parry/AP Photo President Donald Trump revoked a prohibition on commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on Friday, restoring rules that allow regulated harvesting in the protected Atlantic waters while citing existing federal
Appeals court endorses Trump policy of denying bond hearings to many ICE detainees
A federal appeals court on Friday endorsed the Trump administration’s policy of holding broad groups of immigration detainees without access to bond hearings, a major legal victory for President Trump and his deportation crackdown. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of federal judges at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said the Trump administration had
Hegseth says National Guard members shot in DC ambush by Afghan national will receive Purple Heart
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Purple Heart recognition for two West Virginia National Guard members, one killed and another recovering.