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The 2026 midterm cycle is already bustling with activity as Senate Republicans gear up to defend their majority and Democrats try to reverse course from a difficult few years and chart a path forward.
The fields are starting to take shape as incumbents decide whether to run again, candidates launch campaigns and party leaders attempt to woo their top choices. |
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Federal courts have handed a series of resounding victories to the law firms fighting back against President Trump's targeted executive orders, a sharp rebuke of his retribution campaign against them.
Three judges, appointed by presidents of both political parties, forcefully struck down orders this month aimed at limiting government contracts and access for Big Law firms Perkins Coie, WilmerHale and Jenner & Block. |
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House Republicans' "big, beautiful bill" doubles down on President Trump's education agenda, including raising taxes on university endowments and overhauling the student loan program, even as colleges are already feeling a funding pinch and borrower defaults are on the rise.
Advocates are hoping to seize on the opportunity to have the legislation reformed in the Senate, where GOP moderates and conservatives are calling for significant — and sometimes contradictory — changes. |
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BY CAROLINE VAKIL AND JULIA MANCHESTER |
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg is seeing his political star rise — along with the number of attacks lobbed at him from both parties. Hogg has drawn ire and praise from Democrats for his move to get involved in the party's congressional primaries, part of what he says is an effort to bring about generational change. |
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ODESA, Ukraine — In the range of Russian rockets from Ukraine's occupied Crimean Peninsula, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stood in Odesa and called for President Trump to reject recognizing Russian sovereignty over territory it seized by force. Pompeo, who served as secretary of state during Trump's first term, said if the U.S. recognized Crimea as Russian territory, it "would be a mistake of epic proportions," speaking at the Black Sea Security Forum Saturday. |
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) doubled down on a recent quip about Medicaid in a Saturday post on her Instagram story. "Hello, everyone. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize for a statement that I made yesterday at my town hall," Ernst said in the clip, with a sarcastic tone. |
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BY SOPHIA VENTO AND FILIP TIMOTIJA |
The White House on Saturday said it will pull the nomination of tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator. "It's essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trump's America First agenda and a replacement will be announced directly by President Trump soon," a White House spokesperson told The Hill. |
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President Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said he received a response to the hostage proposal from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, slamming it as "totally unacceptable" and arguing that it will "only" take all sides involved "backward." "Hamas should accept the framework proposal we put forward as the basis for proximity talks, which we can begin immediately this coming week," Witkoff, who has been Trump's point person in high-level diplomatic discussions in Russia and the Gulf, said in a Saturday statement on X. |
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A California judge on Friday halted the Trump administration from revoking temporary protective status (TPS) for 5,000 Venezuelans. U.S. District Judge Edward E. Chen, an Obama appointee, said Friday the White House would have to uphold the TPS extension granted by former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in January. |
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OPINION | Spectacle often substitutes for substance, and nowhere is this more evident than in the latest tremors shaking Wall Street. On May 21, a lackluster 20-year U.S. Treasury bond auction delivered what can only be described as a resounding vote of no confidence in Washington's economic stewardship. The numbers were as stark as they were symbolic: a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.46 and a yield of 5.047 percent — the highest in five years. |
OPINION | President Trump's historic comeback victory included a mandate from the American people to reform the federal government. The inefficiencies of our broken bureaucracy are all too apparent to everyday Americans, and it was a big reason why they hired a new administration that specifically ran on fixing the system. Americans know the problems our government faces today are urgent and require immediate action. They have watched as the federal bureaucracy has exploded in size and as their tax dollars are wasted on frivolous spending. All of us realize that maintaining our current course is no longer sustainable. |
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Senior executives are being pushed out and the director, Kash Patel, is freely using polygraph tests to tamp down on news leaks about leadership decisions and behavior. |
Officials are broadening their spending review, shifting focus from consulting firms to contracts with companies supplying often obscure tech services to federal agencies. |
President Donald Trump's doubling of tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum could hit Americans in an unexpected place: grocery aisles. |
Many scientists fear the Trump administration's new standard means putting political appointees in charge, which could undercut independent research. |
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