Reporter’s Notebook: GOP rebels defy Trump as congressional grip continues to weaken across multiple votes

President Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican-controlled Congress is not quite what it was. Republicans in Congress dealt the president two blows in recent days and came within shouting distance of two more. That’s not to say that the president’s influence among the GOP is completely waning on Capitol Hill. Congressional Republicans are still a […]
Trump turns to Musk amid Iran blackout, rekindling ties after months of thawing tension

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is increasingly drifting back into President Donald Trump’s MAGA orbit after their public blowup in June 2025 led to months of icy distance between the pair. That thaw surfaced publicly again over the weekend. Trump mentioned Musk by name Sunday when asked by the media whether he would lean on Starlink, […]
Carlo Conti: “Laura Pausini sarà la co-conduttrice delle cinque serate di Sanremo”
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Oregon election system faces scrutiny as state moves to address 800,000 inactive voters: ‘Astounding’

Oregon election officials are set to begin removing hundreds of thousands of inactive voters from the state’s registration rolls, a move that comes after years of inaction, mounting public pressure, and lawsuits filed against the state in recent months. Oregon’s Democratic Secretary of State Tobias Read, in a press release Friday, outlined two new directives he […]
House Republican calls for hearing after deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis

A House Republican is calling for a congressional hearing after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot a woman in Minneapolis last week. “We need to make sure that people understand what happened and have a full accounting of it,” Rep. Michael Baumgartner, R-Wash., told Fox News Digital on Thursday. Baumgartner is a member […]
Delegate-heavy New York moves to shake up voting primary schedule, chasing ‘influence’

New York might hold its 2028 presidential primary contests on Super Tuesday, a key point during each presidential election cycle when scads of states simultaneously hold primaries on the same day. The Empire State’s Senate on Monday was poised to pass a bill on the matter, Politico Playbook reported. The measure would place New York’s […]
Democrats ‘doomed to fail’ without populist economic message, Warren warns

With the midterm elections fast approaching, progressive champion Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has a warning for Democrats to stop catering to the wealthy elites if they want to recapture majorities in the House and Senate this year. “A Democratic Party that worries more about offending big donors than delivering for working people is a […]
House Democrats ask judge to block Noem’s revived ICE visit rule, say DHS defied court order

House Democrats asked a federal judge on Monday to block a new directive from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem requiring advance notice for congressional oversight visits to ICE detention facilities, arguing in a court filing that the policy is politically motivated and violates federal spending law and a prior court stay. Last year, Democrats had sued […]
Scuola, il governo commissaria quattro Regioni: “Non hanno approvato i piani di dimensionamento”
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Step forward, Nadhim Zahawi: the latest, highest-profile rat to flee the Tory ship | John Crace

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