Opinion · 119th Congress
There’s no sugarcoating inflation
In 2024, Democrats won independents by 1 point, and Republicans got 220 seats. What would the result be if Democrats won independents by 13? Not a particularly hard math problem.
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In 2024, Democrats won independents by 1 point, and Republicans got 220 seats. What would the result be if Democrats won independents by 13? Not a particularly hard math problem.
↵↵The last day in session before the traditional pre-election break will be Oct. 1.
↵↵The 2-1 opinion from Judge Jeffrey V. Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, joined by Judge David C. Guaderrama of the U.S.
↵↵Trump smiled wide when Prince Mohammed, who is also known by his initials MBS, said he would "definitely" increase a planned $600 billion investment in the United States to $1 trillion.
Winning by just over 1 percentage point, Gluesenkamp Pérez defeated Kent and flipped the district in what was otherwise a largely disappointing election cycle for Democrats.
↵↵Hoosier-state legislators had been set to meet Dec. 1 to consider a new congressional map that could target one or both of the state's Democratic House members – Reps. Frank J.
government, restoring food stamps to 45 million poor and working-class households that rely on them, avoiding chaos in the nation's air traffic system, unwinding layoffs and providing back pay to more than 1
Congress flouted several legal principles with an unusual provision creating a streamlined path only for senators to file lawsuits and collect at least $1 million each for government actions in the previous
↵↵"The economy is going to be the No. 1 issue next year in the midterms," said the Republican strategist, granted anonymity in order to speak candidly.
The count: 42 days, 22 hours and 24 minutes↵↵That's how long the longest partial government shutdown lasted, from Oct. 1 through Wednesday night, when Trump signed the short-term spending measure, according
come out of Illinois, where, in one of the latest incidents, a man accused ICE agents of allegedly spraying a chemical substance into his car, affecting members of his U.S. citizen family, including his 1-
The agreement would also reverse the layoffs of thousands of federal workers since Oct. 1, when the shutdown began, and would ensure that federal workers who were furloughed or who have been working without
↵↵Another key provision for Democrats who'd been on the fence would reverse mass layoffs announced by the Trump administration since the shutdown began Oct. 1, at least while the government remains open
↵↵The president has been purposely detached from negotiations among rank-and-file Republican and Democratic senators since before the shutdown began on Oct. 1.
Ferrell/CQ Roll Call) Pelosi conducts a news conference in the Capitol on March 1, 2013.
↵↵Based on exit polls as of Wednesday afternoon, here are five factors that were in play that Republicans need to understand going into the 2026 midterms. 1) Independents↵↵Republicans' loss of independents
Mamdani is set to be sworn in on Jan. 1.
Mackenzie’s 1-point win last year in this Lehigh Valley swing district came with Trump boosting Republicans across Pennsylvania as he completed a nationwide sweep of battleground states.
Virginia's statewide Democratic ticket of, from left, Jay Jones, Abigail Spanberger and Ghazala Hashmi march at a Labor Day parade in Buena Vista, Va., on Sept. 1, weeks before Jones' texting scandal rocked the election. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
At least they didn’t before Oct. 1.