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Filibuster becomes flashpoint in Texas Senate primary

Texas is more than a thousand miles away from Capitol Hill, but the race between Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for the state’s Senate seat Wednesday centered on a D.C.-centric topic: the filibuster. The fight is the latest chapter in both men’s quest to earn an…

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Hern launches bid for open Senate seat

Republican Rep. Kevin Hern, a fiscal hawk with a pro-business outlook, is running for Oklahoma’s newly open Senate seat. The former McDonald’s franchise owner, who has served four terms in the House, is the first well-known Republican to launch a Senate bid in the ruby-red state after President Donald Trump’s…

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Democrats deliver ‘stunning’ flip in New Hampshire special election, latest in series of 28 upsets

Bobbi Boudman’s win over Republican Dale Fincher could be a harbinger of blue wave during midterms

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Cornyn voices support for nixing filibuster, reversing course as he courts Trump’s endorsement

Cornyn’s change of heart comes amid a grueling primary battle with Attorney General Ken Paxton, who said he'd consider dropping out if Republicans scrapped the filibuster to pass a voter ID law.

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Republican Sen. Hawley Urges Trump To 'Declare Victory' In Iran, Says Tehran Won't Be Able To Build a Nuclear Weapon

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley urged President Donald Trump to "declare victory" in Iran, saying the war's goals have been achieved.

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Ted Cruz Slams Tucker Carlson On Antisemitism, Calls Him 'Most Dangerous Demagogue In This Country'

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz slammed right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson while discussing the rise of antisemitism in the conservative world, calling him the "most dangerous demagogue in this country."

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Rand Paul Warns Republicans Will Face a 'Disastrous Election' If War In Iran Continues

Republican Senator Rand Paul warned that Republicans will face a "disastrous election" in the midterms if the war in Iran continues.

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Trump puts pressure on Senate majority leader – as it happened

President tells John Thune to force through Save America act, which requires proof of citizenship while registering to vote and curbs mail-in voting

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Georgia Election Today: Why Trump's Choice Failed to Unite GOP and What It Means for 2026

Explore the pivotal Georgia 14th congressional district runoff, a key test for Republican unity and Trump's influence ahead of the 2026 elections

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Vote studies: Participation up in 2025 despite notable absences

Congressional attendance was up in 2025, in spite of off-year elections, a number of members beset with health crises and the political turmoil that marked President Donald Trump’s return to the White House. In a Senate newly under Republican control and a House held by the slimmest of GOP majorities,…

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Trump’s pick for state department role withdraws after backlash over past ‘anti-Israel’ and race remarks

Failure to appoint Jeremy Carl is a rare setback for Trump, with Republican-controlled Senate mostly approving his appointments

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Trump-backed Clay Fuller to face Democrat Shawn Harris in Georgia runoff for MTG seat

A win for Democrats in the reliably Republican district would be significant.

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Harris and Fuller head to runoff in Georgia special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

The winner will serve out the remaining months of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s term

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Mike Johnson refuses to condemn anti-Muslim comments by Republican lawmakers

Andy Ogles said Muslims do not belong in the US and Randy Fine made a comparison of Muslims to dogs

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Senate Democrats’ calls for public Iran hearings grow louder

Senate Democrats stepped up pressure on Republicans to conduct public hearings on the conduct of the Iran war, but senior GOP senators were noncommittal on whether they would do so. The partisan tension comes as the Pentagon announced Tuesday that approximately 140 troops have been injured since the U.S. and…

The Independent UK

Republican Rep says Lindsey Graham should go fight in Iran if he is going to push foreign conflict

The senator from South Carolina has called for action on Iran for years

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The Senate still wants candy

No golden ticket is required to take a seat in the sweet spot in the Senate: the famous “candy desk.” But with Sen. Markwayne Mullin soon vacating it to lead the Department of Homeland Security, questions are swirling over who the chamber’s new candy maestro will be. The tradition began…

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Senate leadership doesn’t budge on filibuster

Senate Republican leadership is not budging against pressure to use a so-called talking filibuster to pass the party’s voter identification legislation, despite President Donald Trump’s adding weight to that dogpile this week. “We don’t have the votes either to proceed to get on a talking filibuster, nor to sustain one if…

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Tucker Carlson helped make Donald Trump and JD Vance. Could he be the next president?

It’s well known that Donald Trump consumes television broadcasts and often makes policy based more on Fox News punditry than advice from political or government advisors. So it’s unsurprising that one of his most influential advisers, Tucker Carlson, has never held a political or government appointment.

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Georgia Republicans will select an MTG replacement who won’t be another Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene to Trump

Georgia’s 14th district is blood-red and will certainly elect a Trump loyalist. But, Eric Garcia writes, reading in between the lines could show tea leaves for November

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In a stunning mid-term move, a Republican congressman walks out on the GOP, dealing a major blow to Mike Johnson

Kevin Kiley just became the only independent in the House

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A GOP ‘MeToo’ moment? Not yet

As most Republicans avoided questions last month about allegations Rep. Tony Gonzales had an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide, three GOP women made their demands clear: their colleague has to go. Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Anna Paulina Luna of…

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‘They’re trying to change the rules’: Republicans ramp up fight to stop new maps in Utah

Law makes it harder to remove names from GOP remapping petition for people who say they were misled into signing it

Latin Times

James Talarico Beating Both Ken Paxton And John Cornyn In Texas Senate Election, Poll Shows

Texas State Rep. James Talarico is currently beating both Attorney General Ken Paxton and Sen. John Cornyn in hypothetical matchups in the U.S. Senate race, according to a new poll.

The Independent UK

Republican congressman slammed for Muslims ‘don’t belong’ in America social media post

Representative Andy Ogles also took a swipe at the United Kingdom and claimed that his post would not have been criticized if he had been referring to Christians

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