‘Enough is enough’: After Mitch McConnell’s latest fall, MAGA calls for his retirement
A Tuesday fall marked another health episode spurring calls for 82-year-old Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell’s retirement.
Democrat Adam Gray tops Republican John Duarte in close congressional rematch
The 2022 contest between Duarte and Gray was also one of the nation’s closest, helping pad Republicans’ slim House majority ...
Austin Tice’s family says long-missing journalist is alive as war resurges in Syria
A resurgence in Syria’s war over the past month after years of frozen frontlines has created new opportunities and perils for ...
At Pentagon, DeSantis could attempt plans on lethal border force and domestic deployments
DeSantis may have a chance to fulfill several controversial campaign promises should Trump ask him to lead the Pentagon.
Will Sen. Mitch McConnell sink another Donald Trump cabinet nominee?
The outgoing Republican leader was part of the coalition that sunk the bid of Matt Gaetz for Attorney General, leaving MAGA ...
‘Taking the ax out’: Kentucky’s Comer huddles with Elon Musk on shrinking government
Rep. James Comer says cutting government waste will be his No. 1 priority during the first year of Trump’s second term.
Andy Barr got two China bills passed in the House. Can they clear the Senate?
Congressman Andy Barr is the author of two foreign policy bills that earned wide bipartisan support in the House, but whose ...
California Senator-elect Adam Schiff says he doesn’t want Joe Biden’s preemptive pardon
Donald Trump’s supporters have indicated they’ll target those perceived as enemies, such as Schiff. A presumptive pardon ...
Kentucky native, pro-Trump politico Scott Jennings tapped for LA Times editorial board
The Kentucky native has made waves as a pro-Trump commentator on CNN. Now he’s been tapped for the editorial board of one the ...
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An update on the recalls and illnesses in the salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers
Since last week’s recall of cucumbers across the United States and Canada, more cucumbers have been recalled and more people ...
Biden to push for Austin Tice return as Assad flees Syria: ‘We think we can get him back’
Assad’s regime could present an opportunity to bring home the journalist more than 12 years after he traveled to Syria to cover its descent into war.
What mass deportation under Trump would mean for North Carolina’s undocumented immigrants
President-elect Donald Trump wants to use the military and law enforcement to mass-deport every undocumented immigrant in the country — more than 11 million people. There’s no price tag on that day ...