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Eric Swalwell’s behalf as former GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tried to force the California Democrat off the powerful House Intelligence Committee over his relationship with suspected Chinese intelligence operative Christine 'Fang Fang' Fang

Speaker Mike Johnson will face the same problem next week that he faced last week: a bloc of Republicans willing to shut down the House floor over the GOP's signature election bill, the SAVE Act

Former national security adviser Susan Rice on Thursday bashed the 14-point memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by President Trump that kicks off a two-month negotiation period with Tehran

Polls have just closed in Maine and early votes are pouring in from South Carolina as voters in four states cast ballots Tuesday in the latest round of 2026 midterm primaries

Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman has overtaken reality television star Spencer Pratt in the latest Associated Press vote count, although the outlet has not called the race

New York Democrats are expected to begin redrawing their congressional maps to give their party more seats, but leaders are warning they aim to keep minority districts intact

The results fed into wider midterm dynamics, including redistricting fights and key races such as Sherrod Brown vs Jon Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy’s nomination in Ohio

Two decades have passed since California last elected a Republican governor, but GOP candidate Steve Hilton points to 6 million reasons why he believes it’s possible to do so again

Lawmakers from across the political spectrum have called for more accountability for sexual misconduct in Congress this week, after two US representatives resigned amid a deluge of accusations

Then CNN reported on the accusations of four women who described various accusations of sexual misconduct, including Swalwell sending unsolicited explicit messages or nude images

Exit of prominent Democrat heightens uncertainty in top-two primary fight

Jordan, a longtime conservative leader and chair of the House Judiciary Committee, is among those drawing attention as lawmakers quietly assess potential leadership options, according to Politico

The celebrity tabloid empire — better known for staking out actors and artists outside restaurants, gas stations, courthouses and their palatial estates — has turned its paparazzi prowess on a new and maybe equally chaotic subject: the US Congress

President Donald Trump isn’t about to do the same amid the Iran war, describing his occasional golf outings as a brief reprieve from the pressures of being commander in chief

Concerns about potential Iran-linked sleeper cells are rising as the Department of Homeland Security remains unfunded and Tehran and its proxies threaten retaliation over U.S.-Israeli strikes that American officials say killed nearly 50 top Iranian leaders

Democrats in the Senate have insisted on changes to how federal agents conduct immigration enforcement after the killing of two American citizens—Alex Pretti and Renée Nicole Good—in Minneapolis in January

Newsom is scheduled to speak at the conference as he continues to use high–profile overseas appearances to position himself as a liberal alternative to US President Donald Trump on the global stage

The operations have sparked scrutiny and protests

President Trump criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell amid a Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into the central bank’s ongoing renovations

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani ended his second day in office on a distinctly personal note, enjoying Bengali comfort food after dancing to Punjabi beats at his historic inauguration

Whether Mayor Zohran Mamdani has the skills and good fortune to succeed in the so-called second-hardest job in America no one can yet say