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“On April 7, 2026, I ordered a 2-week ceasefire. The ceasefire has since been extended. There has been no exchange of fire between United States Forces and Iran since April 7, 2026.
Assuming the new maps all hold, Republicans will find themselves on more secure footing overall in the 2026 campaign.
During the confirmation process, Cekada also criticized the latest Republican-led spending cut to the agency, saying the $40 million cut in its funding in fiscal 2026 — a 2.5 percent decrease — would
“What this means for the 2026 elections is uncertain. In many states, primaries are over or nearly so.
The rule would also allow GOP leaders to, if needed, bring up a Senate-passed fiscal 2026 Homeland Security spending bill under a procedure whereby the House can suspend the rules and pass the measure
the Border Patrol, through the end of Trump’s term in a narrow reconciliation bill and then fund the rest of the Department of Homeland Security through a Senate-passed appropriations bill for fiscal 2026
It’s seen as a key to unlocking the regular fiscal 2026 appropriations for the remainder of the Department of Homeland Security, which remains unfunded.
Congress has rejected these requests, including the current Republican majority, which funded the program at $4.13 billion, a $20 million increase, for fiscal 2026.
Redistricting has already thrown a long shadow over the 2026 midterm elections, and we’re not done yet.
The fiscal 2026 budget resolution calls on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee to write reconciliation legislation by May 15 that would
But it also puts both parties near parity in the monthslong arms race over redrawing congressional lines that has been a defining storyline of the 2026 campaign.
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Republicans began the push for mid-decade redistricting after President Donald Trump urged GOP-led states to redraw congressional lines in an effort to help the party retain its House majority in 2026.
The draft fiscal 2026 budget resolution calls on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee to write reconciliation legislation by May 15 that
She said her agency, which still has not seen full-year fiscal 2026 funding, has been in “damage control mode” in the current fiscal year.
That creates what might best be described as a known unknown for the 2026 campaign cycle – if names of incumbents who wouldn’t generally be vulnerable to primary challenges or general election scrutiny
Congress rejected the idea in the fiscal 2026 spending cycle. Separately, federal courts have blocked agencies from installing such a cap.
The turmoil started on April 1, when the administration announced it had funded Title X grants for fiscal 2026, including grants to organizations like Planned Parenthood.
The CFTC is requesting $410 million for fiscal 2027, an increase of $45 million, or 12 percent, from its enacted fiscal 2026 level.
Then it became 2025 and now here we are in 2026. I’ve heard rumors of June 2026, but what technicality is going to come next to delay everything?”