Texas Senate Passes Map Aimed at Giving GOP 5 Extra Congressional Seats

The Texas State Capitol on the first day of the 87th Legislature’s third special session in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 20, 2021. Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images The Texas state Senate passed a map on Aug. 12 that would give the GOP an extra five congressional seats amid a mid-decade redistricting battle that has included other states

Clapper allegedly pushed to ‘compromise’ ‘normal’ steps to rush 2017 ICA, despite concerns from NSA director

EXCLUSIVE: Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper directed officials to “compromise" “normal" procedures to rush the politicized 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment—despite concerns from then-Director of the National Security Agency Mike Rogers, who said his team did not have “enough time" to review intelligence to be “absolutely confident" that Russia was involved in the 2016 election.

US Ready to Partner With Canada to Counter China: Ambassador Hoekstra

U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra delivers his speech during a Fourth of July party at Lornado, the residence of the ambassador from the United States, in Ottawa, Friday, July 4, 2025. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said his country and Canada have an “enduring” relationship and that the two should cooperate

Trump Wants DC Police Takeover Extended Past 30 Days

A D.C. Metropolitan Police Department car sits parked outside the Guard’s headquarters at D.C. Armory in Washington on Aug. 12, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has said federal control over Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department should last more than 30 days. “We’re going to be asking for extensions on that—long-term extensions,” the president told