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(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The Republican-controlled 119th Congress is facing a backlog of legislative duties it can no longer ignore – yet it has only eight weeks left in session until Democrats take the helm in both chambers. While all of the legislative tasks are supposed to be bipartisan,...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Democrats promised voters they would end President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The arithmetic says they cannot do it without Republican help. Democrats won control of both chambers during Tuesday's midterm elections, winning at least 54 Senate seats and a House majority with dozens of races still...

Update: Ziyaire Spinks, 20, iss being held without bond on charges of murder and possession of a firearm on educational property in connection to the below incident.  (Headline USA) Two separate shootings during homecoming weekend at a historically black college in North Carolina have left one person dead and three injured,...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The wife of the so-called decoy Dan in Alaska was revealed Thursday as a donor to Mary Peltola, the Democratic candidate for Senate who is facing growing questions about her knowledge of efforts to recruit candidates with names similar to incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan. The decoy Dan,...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday swiftly denied claims from anonymous sources that he is currently planning to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2028. DeSantis, whose term as governor is set to end on Jan. 5, 2027, has long been viewed as a potential contender for...

(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) Advocates for the rights of homicide victims and legal professionals throughout California are continuing to express outrage over Gov. Gavin Newsom's decision to commute the death sentences of all 548 inmates on the state's death row. "I take this action because I firmly believe that...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Some of the most vocal anti-Trump figures are calling on a federal judge to spare newly minted convicted felon John Bolton from jail time ahead of his sentencing hearing. Mike Pence, Karl Rove, Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Larry Hogan and Bill Kristol have all submitted...

(Headline USA) Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut said on Friday that he has been discharged from the hospital after suffering a stroke last weekend and will miss “several weeks” of votes in the Senate as he recovers in a rehabilitation facility. Murphy, 53, said in a statement that doctors...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Friday that Stephen Miller was replacing Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, mere days after Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterm elections. Miller is one of Trump’s closest and longest-serving advisers, joining his long-shot 2016 presidential campaign as a speechwriter....

(José Niño, Headline USA) The guessing game over who follows President Donald Trump has already reached his Cabinet in the wake of the 2026 midterms. The Independent reported Thursday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio may quit the administration to prepare a 2028 presidential campaign. Reporters David Maddox and Andrew...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is vowing to pursue “justice and accountability” after winning reelection. The Democrat won Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District with 76.5% of the vote, a slight shift toward Republicans compared with the 2024 election. “We’re getting justice and accountability for every single Minnesotan...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Some Republicans have come up with a response to the Democrats' stunning November victories: try to strip incoming Democratic officials of some of their powers and leverage before they take office in January. The efforts echo the Biden administration's attempts to "Trump-proof" the executive branch before President...