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Connecting the dots on the economy
</p> In the fourth quarter of 2025 alone, the job losses were at 116,000.
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</p> In the fourth quarter of 2025 alone, the job losses were at 116,000.
Bill Cassidy, state Sen. Blake Miguez dropped his Senate bid and will run for Letlow's soon-to-be vacant House seat instead. He quickly picked up Trump's support. Another GOP Senate contender, St.
Scott P. Brown (R)↵↵Brown won a 2010 special election in deep-blue Massachusetts to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy but lost reelection two years later to Democrat Elizabeth Warren.
↵↵Several other incumbents — including Republicans John Cornyn of Texas and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Democrat Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts — also make our list.
</p> </p> It’s been hard to turn on the TV news or open a news website this week without catching California Rep. Kevin Kiley.
Scott P. Brown to drop out of the GOP primary and support Sununu. </p> #VASEN: Virginia state Sen.
Republicans already in the race include Washington County Executive Joel Schoemann and businessman and retired Navy SEAL Bill Berrien.
President Donald Trump has long been pushing for a comprehensive crime bill, declaring on his Truth Social platform in late August that “it’s what our Country [needs], and NOW!”
</p> And Huizenga isn’t running for Senate: Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga said Wednesday that he would not run for the state’s open Senate seat next year, seemingly clearing the field for former Rep.
</p> </p> By Saturday night, voters in Virginia’s 11th District will have selected their nominees for a September special election to succeed the late Rep. Gerald E.
</p> Getting closer: The GOP budget reconciliation bill proposes allocating $5 billion a year to provide a tax break for private and religious school vouchers, bringing conservatives closer to their long-standing
</p> Meanwhile, also on the voting front, the House has already passed a bill, known as the SAVE Act, intended to require stringent voter ID requirements across the country.
</p> But adopting a budget resolution, which would unlock the reconciliation process that would allow Senate Republicans to pass a bill with 51 votes and bypass the filibuster, is just the first step.
</p> Connecticut Sen. Christopher S.
</p> Starting gate 2026 is here: We’re only a month removed from this year’s elections, but Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy has already drawn a challenger for 2026. Former Rep.
Bill Haggerty, R-Tenn. Haggerty has landed on several committees that could make him a candidate for secretary of State, Treasury or Commerce.
</p> After Hurricane Milton slammed his state overnight, Florida Gov.