Author: Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner
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Trump raid reopens 2020 fault lines in Georgia governor and Senate races
An FBI raid on Georgia’s largest elections office has reopened the state’s deepest political fault line, dragging the 2020 election back into the center of two of its highest-profile races and forcing Republican candidates to decide how closely to align themselves with President Donald Trump’s renewed fight. The FBI’s seizure of thousands of 2020 ballots…
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Republicans embrace Trump’s shift toward de-escalation in Minnesota
President Donald Trump’s decision Monday to dispatch border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota was welcomed by a growing number of Republicans on Capitol Hill who say the federal government must work to lower tensions following the fatal shooting of another civilian during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis. Trump’s move came after Border Patrol agents…
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Democrats map out narrow Senate path as party tests confidence against tough terrain
Senate Democrats are projecting growing confidence about their chances to reclaim the upper chamber in 2026, outlining an expanded battleground map they say offers multiple routes back to the majority, even as the underlying electoral math remains unforgiving. A new memo released Tuesday by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee argues that disciplined recruiting, favorable midterm…
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Iowa becomes first state approved for sweeping federal education waiver by Trump administration
Iowa became the first state in the nation to be approved for a sweeping federal education waiver that allows state leaders to bypass major federal compliance requirements and give the state more flexibility on how federal education money is spent, Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA) and Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced on Wednesday. The approval positions…
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Shutdown wiped out hundreds of FAA controller trainees, compounding staffing woes
The 43-day federal government shutdown pushed hundreds of prospective air traffic controllers out of the training ranks, deepening staffing strains that workers say will ripple through the system for years. Inside air traffic control facilities during the funding lapse, controllers say the warning signs were immediate. Trainees who had already cleared months of screening and…
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The 2026 battleground: Congress’s most vulnerable House and Senate seats
With control of Congress expected to hinge on a narrow margin in 2026, a small group of House and Senate incumbents is already emerging as the most vulnerable lawmakers of the coming cycle. Both parties are already zeroing in on a limited group of races likely to determine the balance of power. Many of the…
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Small Pacific nation agrees to take 75 migrants from US for $7.5 million
The Pacific island nation of Palau has reached an agreement with the Trump administration under which it would accept as many as 75 migrants from other countries, in return for $7.5 million in U.S. assistance. Under the arrangement, the individuals, none of whom face criminal charges, would be permitted to reside and seek employment in…
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Kim Jong Un swipes at South Korea’s progress building a nuclear submarine while inspecting his own
North Korea on Thursday showcased what appeared to be significant progress on a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media releasing new images as leader Kim Jong Un criticized South Korea’s parallel push to develop the same capability. The North’s Korean Central News Agency said Kim toured a shipyard housing an 8,700-ton-class nuclear-propelled submarine, a project Pyongyang…
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Air travel chaos is far from over
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A swift return to normal operations at U.S. airports remains unlikely. At a news conference in Chicago on Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said flight operations were beginning to stabilize after a difficult weekend marked by widespread staffing shortages and flight disruptions. “Saturday, Sunday, Monday were very rough travel days, significant cancellations and significant delays,”…
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Mass layoffs show Trump isn’t bluffing on shutdown threats
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The Trump administration began implementing plans to downsize the federal workforce on Friday amid the government shutdown, following through on the president’s vow to use the closure to target agencies and employees he has long sought to cut. “The RIFs have begun,” Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought wrote in a terse post…