Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has filed to run for reelection in 2026, according to the Federal Election Commission. Pelosi, whose district covers San Francisco, has been in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1987. She was speaker of the House twice: from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to 2023.
President-elect Donald Trump has picked his former rival in the presidential campaign, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, to lead the Department of the Interior. It’s a critical position in Trump’s plan to change American energy policy. The Interior Department was created to protect and manage the United States’ natural resources and cultural heritage. The Fish and Wildlife Institute, the National Park Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs all fall under its umbrella.
A newly introduced House bill would strip away the Chinese Communist Party’s preferred trade status. The new tariffs would go to supporting U.S. farmers and manufacturers, with an aim to prevent the regime from continuing to grow it’s economic edge using unfair trade practices.