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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Turning Point USA leaders announced the organization received 18,000 new chapter requests after founder Charlie Kirk‘s wife, Erika, addressed the…
Read more Erika Kirk’s first speech since husband’s assassination sparks massive TPUSA chapter surge nationwideNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle were in agreement that political discourse in the United States has reached a…
Read more Following Kirk’s assassination, lawmakers react to lethal political climate: ‘Violent words precede violent actions’By Anna Commander is a Newsweek Editor and writer based in Florida. Her focus is reporting on crime, weather and breaking news. She has covered weather, and major…
Read more Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika, speaks for first time since assassinationIn this deeply divided nation, the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk has brought two young men who are on opposite sides of the aisle together. Nicole Sganga reports…
Read more After Charlie Kirk shooting, 2 young leaders seek bipartisan solution to political violenceWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested Republicans should walk away from spending negotiations with Democrats, arguing the majority party will rely on itself to avoid a shutdown later…
Read more Trump suggests Republicans don’t need Democrats to avoid shutdown as he balks at their demandsRepublicans and Democrats came together on the House floor on Wednesday to hold a moment of silence in honor of Charlie Kirk, just as news broke that the…
Read more Moment of silence for Charlie Kirk on Capitol Hill spirals into partisan shouting matchIn the hours immediately after the conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in front of a large crowd of students at a Utah university on Wednesday,…
Read more Did Trump Just Declare War on the American Left?NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vice President JD Vance shared a deeply personal remembrance of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot Wednesday while…
Read more JD Vance pens heartfelt tribute to Charlie Kirk after assassination: ‘You ran a good race, my friend’Republicans are looking to expand the federal government’s power over the nation’s capital city — and use the District of Columbia as a testing ground for tough-on-crime policies…
Read more GOP-led House committee approves bills targeting DC autonomyBy Anna Commander is a Newsweek Editor and writer based in Florida. Her focus is reporting on crime, weather and breaking news. She has covered weather, and major…
Read more Democrats react as Republican majority shrinks after special electionOnly one-third of Texas voters approve of the GOP-led effort to redraw the state’s congressional map, according to a recent statewide poll, which found that independent and Democratic…
Read more Texas voters have mixed views on redistricting and Trump’s megabill, poll findsRepublican members of Louisville’s Metro Council have unveiled a broad package of public safety proposals they say will help make the city one of the safest in the…
Read more Louisville Republicans call for new jail, more troopers and judicial transparencyNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Iowa state Rep. Joe Mitchell, who less than two months ago was announced as the Department of Housing and…
Read more Former Iowa state rep mounts US House bid as Trump-backed Rep. Hinson seeks outgoing Sen. Ernst’s Senate seatI think the upshot is that if the next wave of states goes as expected, the Republicans will build a modest advantage in the House of Representatives. I…
Read more Texas’s Gerrymander May Not Be the Worst Threat to Democrats in 2026Battle lines are emerging on Capitol Hill in the fight to avert a government shutdown in three weeks — and it’s not just Republicans vs. Democrats. On one…
Read more Inside Congress’ warring factions over how to fund the governmentNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vice President JD Vance stopped short of confirming a 2028 White House run during an appearance on My View with…
Read more Vice President JD Vance teases 2028 bid, says it won’t be ‘given’ to himAs Zohran Mamdani greeted supporters following his upset victory over Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary in June, the chants erupting around him weren’t about…
Read more Will America ever have a moderate president again?Republicans are quickly falling in line behind Ashley Hinson, the Iowa representative running to replace Sen. Joni Ernst in the red-leaning state. Senate Majority Leader John Thune and…
Read more Republicans move quickly to support Ashley Hinson’s Senate bidNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The House Budget Committee has begun having early discussions on a second Republican megabill, eyeing more potential…
Read more SCOOP: House GOP eyes more Medicaid reforms in second budget reconciliation billNine former directors of the CDC have written an op-ed published in the New York Times where they condemn Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s…
Read more Former CDC leaders say RFK Jr. is “endangering every American’s health”