President-elect Donald Trump said last year he plans to block federal agency programs that support "gender-affirming" care, aiming to reduce availability of such services for minors nationwide.
More than $20 billion flooded into the 2024 presidential campaign, shattering the record for political spending in a single election. In an accelerating trend in American politics, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and their allies raised colossal sums of money from billionaires. A majority of these megadonors were Republicans, according to Open Secrets, the nonpartisan watchdog
Two senators are pushing a bipartisan bill, opposed by the "Squad," that would ban immigrants involved in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel; it is expected to pass.
President Biden announced a new initiative to triple American nuclear energy from 2020 levels by increasing capacity to 200 gigawatts by 2050.
Thune, who has represented South Dakota in the upper chamber since 2005, bested Texas’s John Cornyn and Florida’s Rick Scott John Thune, Mitch McConnell (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Longtime Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell officially has a replacement: South Dakota’s John Thune, who bested Texas’s John Cornyn and Florida’s Rick Scott in the race to succeed
Thune elected Senate Republican leader John Thune elected Senate Republican leader as Mitch McConnell steps down 02:39 Washington — Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected Sen. John Thune as leader, anointing a new standard bearer to replace Mitch McConnell at the party’s helm in the upper chamber. The South Dakota Republican is set to lead the
Republican Shelley Luther earned 77.7 percent of the vote, beating Democrat Tiffany Drake, who took in 22.3 percent, in District 62. A Texas woman jailed for defying COVID-19 lockdown mandates by keeping her salon open has been elected to the state’s House District 62. Republican Shelley Luther earned 77.7 percent of the vote, beating Democrat