Vice President-elect JD Vance said in a now-deleted post on social media platform X that he and President-elect Donald Trump were interviewing candidates for a new FBI director. The post, quoted by several media outlets and widely shared across social media in the form of screenshots, appears to primarily react to the Senate’s Nov. 19 […]

WASHINGTON—With Republicans projected to retain control of the U.S. House, the GOP has won a trifecta in the federal government for the first time since 2016. Although The Associated Press had yet to call all House races, it projected as of about 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 13 that Republicans would keep at least 218 seats […]

WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced during a Nov. 13 press conference that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) had resigned his seat in the House of Representatives after being nominated by President-elect Donald Trump as attorney general. Though he’ll likely face a tough fight to be confirmed by the Senate, Johnson said that Gaetz resigned his […]

Republicans lead in several crucial races that will determine control of the U.S. House of Representatives, and they appear to be on the verge of ensuring that President-elect Donald Trump will enter his second term with a trifecta. A party has a trifecta if it controls the White House, the Senate, and the House of […]

The 2024 race for the White House came to a close early in the morning on Nov. 6 with former President Donald Trump winning the presidency after taking several swing states. With a win projected in Wisconsin by the Associated Press, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. Republicans regained control […]

Former President Donald Trump has won the crucial battleground state of Georgia, The Associated Press (AP) projects. AP called the race for Trump at 00:58 a.m. ET on Nov. 6. The victory marks a huge win for the former president in a state he narrowly lost in 2020 after having won it in 2016. The […]

OAKS, Pa.—Former President Donald Trump cut a town hall in the suburbs of Philadelphia short after two guests collapsed in the packed auditorium due to heat. Thousands gathered in the packed Greater Philadelphia Expo Center to hear Trump field questions from voters, filling the event hall to overflowing. Around midway through the event, an attendee […]

Cordiality amidst clashes marked the first and only vice-presidential debate of 2024. The Oct. 1 CBS News event hosted by Norah O’Donnell, of CBS Evening News, and Margaret Brennan, of Face the Nation, pitted Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Vance’s crisp defense of former President Donald Trump’s America First policies contrasted with […]

President Joe Biden signed a bill on Sept. 26 to punt the deadline for government funding to Dec. 20, foreclosing the possibility of a government shutdown ahead of the 2024 election. “Tonight, bipartisan majorities in both chambers of Congress passed a continuing resolution to keep the government open through mid-December. I want to thank both […]

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate on Sept. 25 approved a stopgap funding bill that would extend the deadline for a government shutdown to Dec. 20, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk. The legislation passed the Senate in a 78–18 vote just hours after it passed the House of Representatives. The Senate did not consider amendments […]

Though it’s a highly unlikely outcome, there is a possibility that former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris could end up tied in the Electoral College. Under the terms laid out in Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution, to win the presidency, a candidate must receive more than half of all […]

House Republican leaders on Sept. 22 unveiled a short-term measure to fund the government through Dec. 20. The stopgap measure is largely a “clean” continuing resolution, meaning a stopgap measure without partisan or controversial bill riders attached, although it includes additional funding for the Secret Service. The bill was introduced eight days before the Sept. […]

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In the aftermath of an apparent second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, lawmakers are considering making changes to both funding and policy at the Secret Service. Lawmakers have expressed bipartisan interest in increasing Trump’s security but are divided on the best way to achieve that: Some support additional funding while others want […]

UNIONDALE, N.Y.—Former President Donald Trump held his first full rally since surviving a second apparent assassination attempt over the weekend. The rally was held in Uniondale, a city on Republican-leaning Long Island in the deep-blue state of New York. Long Island is home to several highly competitive congressional districts that could determine control of the […]

Former President Donald Trump in an interview on the platform X, recounted his personal experience of the second attempt to take his life a day earlier. “It was quite something,” Trump said from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. “So I was playing golf with some of my friends, it was on a Sunday morning, very […]

The suspected would-be assassin of former President Donald Trump has been identified by officials as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58. Few details have been verified about Routh, including a motive. According to the official account so far, Routh allegedly took a position along the perimeter fence at the Trump International Golf Course at West Palm Beach, […]

WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pulled a scheduled vote on Sept. 11 on a six-month stopgap funding bill amid Republican opposition that would have likely defeated the bill. “No vote today because we’re in the consensus-building business here in Congress. With small majorities, that’s what you do,” Johnson told reporters outside the House chamber. “We’re […]

WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) intends to move forward on a short-term government funding plan despite opposition from some Republicans that might doom the bill. “I’m in this to win it,” Johnson said during a Sept. 10 press conference when asked about GOP opposition to the proposal. The plan, which passed a procedural vote on […]

WASHINGTON—On their first day back from summer recess, House lawmakers passed a flurry of China-related legislation. The two most noteworthy bills require the backlisting of Chinese biotech firms and funding for the State Department to coordinate efforts to counter China’s malign influence, respectively. Amid other priorities, most notably the pressure to pass spending bills, the […]

Lawmakers are returning to Washington on Sept. 9 under pressure to avert a government shutdown as both parties prepare for an election season spending fight. After a full month away from the capital, lawmakers have just 21 days to come to an agreement to keep the government open before the Sept. 30 funding deadline. Should […]