President Donald Trump met privately on Tuesday with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong before publicly backing the company’s position in an ongoing lobbying clash with banks that has derailed a major cryptocurrency bill, according to two people with knowledge of the matter who were granted anonymity to discuss a closed-door matter. It is unclear what was
(Left) Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) speaks during a Get Out The Vote campaign rally at the Schertz Civic Center Conference Hall in Schertz, Texas, on March 2, 2026. (Right) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, addresses supporters during a campaign stop, in Waco, Texas, on March 2, 2026. Brandon
Former Pentagon official Laurie Buckhout is projected to win the Republican primary in North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Buckhout defeated four other GOP candidates: Asa Buck, Robert Hanig, Eric Rouse and Ashley-Nicole Russell. She will face incumbent Rep. Don Davis (D-N.C.) in November’s general election, a rematch of their 2024…
Retired professional baseball player Mark Teixeira is projected to win the Republican primary in Texas’s 21st congressional district, according to Decision Desk HQ. Teixeira defeated a crowded GOP field in the race to succeed Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who is running for attorney general in the Lone Star State. That position is being vacated by…
The House Ethics Committee has postponed its planned public trial for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick — the Florida Democrat facing accusations that she stole millions in FEMA funding — to later this month. A hearing of an adjudicatory subcommittee of the Ethics panel was pushed from this Thursday to March 26 after the lawmaker’s “counsel in
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) is requesting voluntary testimony from seven additional people as part of the committee’s investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Those Comer sent letters to include Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Gateway, Inc. founder Ted Waitt and private equity investor Leon Black. All three…
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is making a new round of requests for interviews in its long-running Jeffrey Epstein investigation — this time targeting billionaire tech entrepreneur Bill Gates and Kathryn Ruemmler, the former White House counsel under President Barack Obama and the exiting top lawyer at Goldman Sachs. Oversight Chair James Comer