Tennessee’s latest congressional redistricting battle is following a now-familiar pattern playing out across the South: Republicans redraw maps, Democrats rush to court, and judges are increasingly reluctant to intervene before elections unless plaintiffs can clear a very high legal bar. That is exactly what happened Thursday when Chief U.S. District Judge William L. Campbell Jr. …

The battle over funding the Department of Homeland Security just hit another familiar Washington roadblock, and once again the center of the controversy is Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough. Republicans had been moving aggressively to push their immigration enforcement package through the Senate reconciliation process, hoping to avoid the 60-vote threshold normally needed to overcome Democratic …

During last Wednesday’s Los Angeles mayoral debate, Spencer Pratt delivered the kind of response that instantly changes the energy in a room. What started as an attempt by Councilwoman Nithya Raman to frame Pratt and incumbent Mayor Karen Bass as political allies quickly turned into one of the debate’s most talked-about moments. Raman suggested that …

The political evolution of Sen. John Fetterman has become one of the strangest and most unexpected storylines in Washington. When the Pennsylvania Democrat first emerged on the national stage, critics on the right viewed him as another hard-left progressive destined to blend seamlessly into the activist wing of his party. Even many Democrats seemed to …

A decorated CIA officer testified before the U.S. Senate on Wednesday that Dr. Anthony Fauci deliberately shaped and influenced the intelligence community’s investigation into COVID-19’s origins, steering analysts away from the lab leak theory and toward a preferred conclusion of natural origin. According to testimony delivered under oath, the process was compromised from the beginning …

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries delivered a dramatic performance at his press conference yesterday, warning that the “ghosts of the Confederacy” are somehow roaming the country through recent Supreme Court rulings. The imagery sounded less like constitutional analysis and more like a rejected Ghostbusters script. According to Jeffries, the Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callins — one …

Tennessee’s political civil war escalated sharply this week after House Speaker Cameron Sexton removed multiple Democratic lawmakers from all standing committees and subcommittees following chaotic protests during a special legislative session over congressional redistricting. The move came after days of disruption inside the Tennessee Capitol, where Democrats and activists attempted to derail Republican efforts to …

It’s still far too early for Democrats to start measuring the drapes for a triumphant 2026 midterm comeback. Yes, Republicans have problems. Donald Trump’s approval numbers remain underwater in several national polls, gas prices continue frustrating voters, and history has never exactly been kind to the party holding the White House during midterm elections. Those …

You would think by now that Democrats in Congress would have figured out that trying to score cheap political points against senior Trump administration officials in public hearings usually ends badly. Time after time, these exchanges end with the questioner looking unprepared and the witness walking away with the upper hand. 🚨 LMFAO! Kash Patel …

A California mayor has admitted to acting as an illegal foreign agent for the Chinese government, resigning from office after entering a federal plea agreement that prosecutors say exposed a years-long propaganda operation directed by Beijing. Eileen Wang, 58, acknowledged in federal court Monday that she worked on behalf of the People’s Republic of China …