![Supreme Court likely to favor GOP challenge to Illinois mail-in ballot rules in case with major election implications]()
The Supreme Court appeared poised Wednesday to pave the way for a floodgate of lawsuits challenging certain state election laws to proceed -- before those elections take place. The...
![Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign pays $28K to local Democratic Socialists of America for ‘texting’]()
Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani’s campaign paid the local branch of the Democratic Socialists of America more than $28,000 – days after group leaders boasted about their influence over the...
![IRS to furlough nearly half its workforce over government shutdown — days before extended deadline for filing taxes]()
The news comes after President Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to fund federal operations, and the government shutdown has entered its second week, with no discernible endgame in sight. The news comes...
![House Speaker Mike Johnson rejects standalone bill to pay US troops, adds feds ‘should’ get back pay as shutdown drags on]()
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) rejected voting on a standalone bill to fund US military members' salaries Wednesday, as the federal government shutdown entered its second week. House Speaker...
![IRS furloughs nearly half its workforce, shuttering most operations]()
The IRS said it was furloughing nearly half of its workforce and shuttering most operations Wednesday, but will continue work to implement President Donald Trump's signature tax cuts. Work...
![Virginia AG candidate Jay Jones cancels fundraiser after scandal, signaling crisis in Dem’s campaign: report]()
The fundraiser was to be held at author David Baldacci's home. The fundraiser was to be held at author David Baldacci's home.
![Senate fails for the sixth time to pass a government funding bill]()
The Senate rejected dueling government funding bills for the sixth time Wednesday amid growing frustration over the shutdown stalemate. The back-to-back votes come as there’s no sign of a...
![Eleanor Holmes Norton raises little money for reelection as retirement questions loom]()
Longtime Washington congressional Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton raised just $3,200 for her reelection campaign last quarter, according to a campaign finance report filed Wednesday, as she faces serious primary...
![Speaker clashes with Dem senators over Epstein files amid shutdown]()
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday had a heated, face-to-face exchange with two Democratic senators Wednesday over the government shutdown and the swearing-in of Arizona's Democratic Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva, who...
![Johnson hammers Senate Dems with shutdown impacts in their states]()
Speaker Mike Johnson continued to hit Senate Democrats on Wednesday for blocking a government funding stopgap — this time by highlighting the shutdown fallout in their states. During a...
