Key takeaways from Tuesday’s elections: Georgia, Mississippi, New Hampshire

A handful of special and primary elections in Georgia, Mississippi and New Hampshire on Tuesday underscored Democrats’ overperformance streak as well as the enduring strength of President Trump’s endorsement as midterm season ramps up. Democrats flipped a Republican-held state House seat in The Granite State while the party’s candidate placed first in the special election runoff to…

Trump Announces First New US Oil Refinery in 50 Years Planned for Texas

President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Trump National Doral in Miami, Fla., on March 9, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that a new oil refinery in Brownsville, Texas, will be the first major new U.S. refinery of its type in approximately five decades. Trump made the

Comer: Trump’s first DOJ asked officials to end earlier probe of Epstein ranch in 2019

Rep. James Comer (R-N.M.) on Tuesday said the Department of Justice (DOJ) asked New Mexico investigators to end a previous probe into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ranch in the state during President Trump’s first term.  “I do know this: the federal government asked New Mexico to stop their investigation, I believe back in 2019,…