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Lawmakers revive bipartisan push to repeal military force consent

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is renewing the push to repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, the law that presidents have relied on to greenlight armed action without congressional approval.

December 16, 2025

Republicans see relief at the pump as a political opening

Republicans are pointing to falling gas prices as proof they can ease voters' pocketbook pain heading into next year's midterm elections.

December 15, 2025

‘Not a priority’: GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy criticizes FDA’s delay on mifepristone study

Sen. Bill Cassidy said Sunday the Trump administration isn't treating abortion drug safety as a priority.

December 14, 2025

GOP Sen. Rand Paul warns the Trump-led redistricting battle could fuel ‘more violence’

Sen. Rand Paul is sounding the alarm over President Trump's nationwide redistricting push -- and the Democrats' counterattacks.

December 14, 2025

Sen. Raphael Warnock: A nation that tolerates mass shootings is ‘in need of moral repair’

Sen. Raphael Warnock said that Saturday's deadly shooting at Brown University is yet another reminder that America's leaders need to do more to stop gun violence.

December 14, 2025

Sen. Jim Banks predicts Trump’s redistricting foes face tough primary cycle in Indiana

Sen. Jim Banks warned Sunday that Indiana Republicans who thwarted President Trump's push for a new redistricting map will pay for it in the spring GOP primary.

December 14, 2025

Indiana Republicans defy Trump, block redistricting push

President Trump's redistricting push slammed into a stone wall Thursday in Indiana, where Republicans in the state Senate refused to break tradition and redraw congressional maps designed to protect the GOP's slim House majority in next year's midterms.

December 11, 2025

Trump world turns up the heat on Indiana GOP senators ahead of redistricting vote

Trump and his allies are mounting a final full-court press on Republican holdouts in the Indiana state Senate as the fight over new congressional maps hangs in the balance.

December 11, 2025

All eyes on Indiana as ‘huge’ redistricting vote tests Trump’s influence

When President Trump wants something from Republicans, he usually gets them to fall in line. But in Indiana, his grip is being tested.

December 10, 2025

Trump’s economic reset collides with ballot box results as Democrats celebrate more wins

President Trump and Republicans woke up Wednesday nursing their wounds after another crushing night at the ballot box.

December 10, 2025

Gov. Shapiro tries to seize spotlight as Trump visits Pennsylvania

Gov. Josh Shapiro started Tuesday the way he's spent much of December -- drawing sharp contrasts with President Trump, this time just hours before the Republican's high-profile visit to Pennsylvania.

December 9, 2025

Trump dubs Marjorie Taylor Greene a ‘Rotten Apple,’ as GOP feud boils over

President Trump says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is less a Georgia peach and more of a "rotten apple."

December 8, 2025

Omar doubts Minnesota fraud linked to terrorism, warns of harms of Trump calling Somalians ‘garbage’

Rep. Ilhan Omar is not buying the idea -- embraced by some on the right -- that Minnesota's massive fraud case had ties to terrorism.

December 7, 2025

Media’s take on economy irks Trump, Bessent says, as poll numbers sink and cost of living still high

President Trump isn't thrilled with the headlines about his economy.

December 7, 2025

Border czar Tom Homan defends Trump’s targeting of illegal Somali immigrants in Minnesota

White House border czar Tom Homan on Sunday brushed off criticism of immigration raids in Minnesota's Somali communities.

December 7, 2025

Trump accuses Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of disloyalty after post-pardon reelection announcement

President Trump on Sunday slammed Rep. Henry Cuellar's decision to seek reelection as a Democrat despite receiving a pardon last week for himself and his wife on federal bribery and money laundering charges.

December 7, 2025

Mark Kelly grabs the political spotlight and stirs talk of a White House run

Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona is getting an early spin on the carousel of 2028 Democratic hopefuls.

December 6, 2025

Win in a loss: Democratic Party official sees loss in Nashville as harbinger of doom for Trump’s GOP

Even in defeat, the top brass at the Democratic National Committee claimed victory coming out of a special election this week that their candidate lost in a reliably red Tennessee congressional district.

December 3, 2025

Van Epps wins in Tennessee special election

Republican Matt Van Epps scored a closely watched win Tuesday over Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn in a special congressional election in Tennessee.

December 2, 2025

Indiana House GOP’s new congressional maps would likely knock out all Democrats

Republicans in the Indiana House have rolled out proposed changes to their congressional maps that could net them two new seats in the U.S. House, putting them at the center of the nationwide redistricting battle.

December 1, 2025