President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump speak during the annual Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on May 19, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump welcomed hundreds of congressmembers and their families to the South Lawn of the White House
Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District primary drew multiple candidates vying to represent the nation's most Democratic and Black-majority district.
Ed Gallrein, Republican congressional candidate for Kentucky, speaks to the audience during an America First Workers Special Event in Hebron, Ky., on May 18, 2026. Gallrein will be joined by U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for the campaign event one day before Kentucky’s Primary Election, where Trump-endorsed Gallrein is running against incumbent Thomas Massie.
Oregon Republicans chose their gubernatorial nominee from a crowded primary field, hoping to flip the governor's office held by Democrats since 1982.
Sen. Jim Risch, 83, comfortably won Idaho's GOP primary, the AP reported, as the Foreign Relations Committee chairman sought a fourth Senate term.
President Trump’s retribution crusade reached a crescendo Tuesday when the president’s endorsee, Ed Gallrein, prevailed in the GOP primary to unseat Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), extending his winning streak against Republicans who have defied him. Massie, a libertarian-leaning lawmaker whose opposition to key Trump priorities has long drawn the president’s ire, is the latest victim of Trump’s revenge campaign after…
The U.S. Capitol building on May 18, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Senate advanced legislation Tuesday directing President Donald Trump to withdraw American forces from the Iran conflict unless Congress authorizes continued operations or declares war. Lawmakers approved the resolution by a 50–47 vote. The measure, rooted in the 1973 War Powers Resolution, cleared