U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on February 10, 2026 in Washington, DC. Lutnick is facing bipartisan calls for his resignation after revelations that came to light in the latest release of Epstein files. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News |…
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 5, 2026 in Washington, DC. Joe Raedle | Getty Images House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on Monday promised a “massive Democratic redistricting counteroffensive” and said House Democrats would huddle Thursday on the ongoing partisan gerrymandering wars ahead…
Campaign signage showing Virginia’s current electoral map alongside the proposed electoral map at a Republican Party volunteer table outside a polling location at Burke Centre Library in Burke, Virginia, US, on Saturday, April 18, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down the state’s recently passed redistricting…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives an update on the situation in the Middle East at Downing Street Briefing Room, in London, Britain, March 05, 2026. Jaimi Joy | Via Reuters Early results from local council elections pointed to big losses for the U.K.’s ruling Labour Party on Friday, raising questions about Keir Starmer’s future…
U.S. Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY) looks on during a press conference about the SAVE America Act in the U.S. Capitol on March 17, 2026 in Washington, DC. Heather Diehl | Getty Images House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced on Monday that he’s deploying Rep. Joe Morelle this week to meet with New York Gov. Kathy…
An Elon Musk sign sits in a bush the federal courthouse during proceedings in the trial over Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI in Oakland, California, on April 30, 2026. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images A progressive wing of the Democratic Party in Delaware is endorsing primary opponents to six incumbent Democratic state lawmakers…
Representative Steve Scalise, a Republican from Louisiana, during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Thursday that Republicans could still win a majority in the 2026 midterm elections despite the party’s intense headwinds…
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Casey Putsch speaks with supporters at a campaign event in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday, April 9, 2026. He is far behind in the polls, but Putsch is part of a nationwide message of economic populism and is promoting “right to repair” legislation. Sue Ogrocki | AP It used to be that if…
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will head to Pakistan on Saturday morning to engage in “direct talks” with their Iranian counterparts, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Friday. “The Iranians reached out” and asked for an in-person conversation, as President Donald Trump had asked them to do, Leavitt said on Fox…
A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pennsylvania, Jan. 14, 2025. Ted Shaffrey | AP The AI-driven data center boom in Pennsylvania — which includes a $20 billion investment from Amazon — is leading to political angst in districts in…
