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215-215 Tie Defeats Attempt to Limit US Force in Venezuela

Measure requiring congressional approval for military action ends in shouting, late-arriving voter

(Newser) - The House narrowly blocked an effort Thursday to restrict President Trump's authority to use military force in Venezuela, with the measure failing on a 215-215 tie. The Democratic-led war powers resolution would have required the president to withdraw US armed forces from Venezuela unless Congress explicitly authorized military action....

Trump Threatens to Sue Over Weak Poll Results

President calls New York Times survey rigged against him

(Newser) - A New York Times /Siena University poll finds plenty of dissatisfaction with President Trump's second term—and Trump is threatening to sue over the results. The poll "will be added to my lawsuit against The Failing New York Times," Trump wrote in one of three Truth Social...

Trump 'Undermined Democracy,' Smith Tells Heated Hearing

Former special counsel rejects partisan claims, defends indictments to House panel

(Newser) - Jack Smith walked into a congressional hearing on Thursday for what may be his only public opportunity to explain why he twice charged Donald Trump with federal crimes—and to insist politics had nothing to do with those decisions. "No one should be above the law in this country,...

Panel's Democrats Help Pass Contempt Citations for Clintons

Vote sends criminal referrals over Epstein investigation subpoenas to full House

(Newser) - Democrats helped push Bill and Hillary Clinton a step closer to facing contempt of Congress charges on Wednesday. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted to recommend criminal contempt citations for the former president and former secretary of state over their refusals to testify in its investigation into sex offender Jeffrey...

Johnson Backs GOP Push to Impeach 2 Federal Judges

One of them ruled against Trump on deportations

(Newser) - House Speaker Mike Johnson says he's on board with a push from the right to impeach two federal judges—though he's not promising a vote any time soon. At a Wednesday press conference, the Republican said he supports impeachment resolutions targeting Judge James Boasberg of the federal district...

Sports Reporter Wants to Be Minnesota's Next Senator

Michele Tafoya already backed by Sen. Tim Scott, GOP campaign arm ahead of Tina Smith retirement

(Newser) - A familiar face from NFL broadcasts is trying to flip a blue Senate seat in Minnesota, and national Republicans are backing her from the get-go. Michele Tafoya, a longtime Sunday Night Football sideline reporter who has reinvented herself as a conservative media voice, formally entered the 2026 Minnesota Senate race...

Elon Musk Makes a Big Move in Kentucky Senate Race

Billionaire backs pro-Trump candidate to replace McConnell with $10M donation

(Newser) - Elon Musk is opening his checkbook early for the 2026 midterms, dropping $10 million into a Kentucky Senate race that will determine who replaces Mitch McConnell. Axios was the first to report the billionaire's contribution on behalf of Nate Morris, which it describes as "stunning." Morris, 45,...

GOP Rep Threatens Trump Impeachment Over Greenland

Congressman Don Bacon blasts annexation talk, says White House is bullying US allies

(Newser) - A Republican lawmaker is warning that any move to seize Greenland by force could put President Trump on a collision course with impeachment. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, who's retiring at the end of his current term, said he'd consider supporting Trump's removal from office if the...

Record 45% of Americans Identify as Independents

Gallup sees rising dissatisfaction with both parties

(Newser) - More Americans than ever are stepping away from the two-party labels. A new Gallup survey finds that 45% of US adults identified as political independents in 2025, the highest share in more than three decades of telephone polling and up from 43% in recent peak years. Just 27% of adults...

Peltola Senate Bid Puts Alaska in Play for Democrats

She beat Palin twice to take state's only House seat in 2022

(Newser) - Democrats just got a boost in their effort to reclaim control of the Senate. Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola is jumping into Alaska's Senate race against Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan. Her entry gives Democrats a faint but real opening in one of the nation's reddest corners of...

DeSantis Calls Special Session to Redraw Congressional Map

GOP governor puts session on calendar for April to redraw Florida districts

(Newser) - Florida's governor is pushing the congressional map fight right up to the wire. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday ordered a special legislative session for April 20-24 to redraw Florida's US House districts, timing it just days before the current April 24 candidate filing deadline. He said the extra session...

Trump Quotes Melania: 'Could You Imagine FDR Dancing?'

'There's a long history that perhaps she doesn't know,' adds the president

(Newser) - During his speech to a GOP retreat in DC on Tuesday, President Trump segued into jokey territory: The first lady, he informed his audience, hates when he dances at public events, reports the Hill . "She's a very classy person, right? She said it's so unpresidential," Trump...

Polls Reveal Huge Split on US Actions in Venezuela

Partisan divides revealed along with little overall support

(Newser) - Americans are backing the surprise US assault on Venezuela in only limited numbers, with far more worried about what comes next. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that about one-third of Americans approve of the military operation that removed President Nicolás Maduro, while 72% fear the US will get drawn...

Hageman Launches Wyoming Senate Bid, With Big Endorsement

Trump-supported congresswoman seeks to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Cynthia Lummis

(Newser) - Rep. Harriet Hageman is looking to trade her seat in the House for one in the Senate, launching a 2026 bid in Wyoming to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis. The 63-year-old congresswoman announced her campaign on Tuesday, days after Lummis said she wouldn't seek another term, reports NBC...

Ex-Sen. Ben Sasse Announces His 'Death Sentence'

Stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis comes after he left Senate to lead University of Florida

(Newser) - Former Sen. Ben Sasse put up a candid social media post on Tuesday, announcing that he was diagnosed last week with metastatic Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, calling it "a death sentence" and adding bluntly, "I'm gonna die." The Nebraska Republican, 53, wrote that while the diagnosis...

A New Political Put-Down Is On the Rise

'Theater kid' is becoming a favorite insult wielded on the right

(Newser) - An analysis by Sopan Deb in the New York Times suggests that a new political insult is now in full swing: "theater kid." It's mainly in use as a slam against Democratic politicians and activists, and Deb ticks off a long list of recent examples, including:
  • Comedian
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Johnson Blocks Vote on Health Subsidies; Was 'Not to Be'

Dismisses GOP moderates who wanted an extension; subsidies will now almost surely expire Dec. 31

(Newser) - House Speaker Mike Johnson has shut down a push for a vote to keep expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies in place, leaving millions facing higher premiums when the aid ends on Dec. 31. After days of mixed signals, Johnson told Republicans in a closed-door meeting on Tuesday that the House...

House GOP Moderates Largely Back Johnson Health Care Plan

This despite likely lapse of enhanced ObamaCare subsidies, which is still bone of contention: Politico

(Newser) - House Republicans from swing districts appear ready to back Speaker Mike Johnson's health care bill this week, even though it does nothing to stop enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies from expiring on Jan. 1. Johnson is pushing a GOP alternative focused on other health policy changes, while refusing to...

Musk Is Back to Bankrolling GOP Campaigns

So much for the billionaire's 'American Party'

(Newser) - Elon Musk is quietly reemerging as a heavyweight Republican donor, this time with a focus on the 2026 battle for Congress. According to Axios , Musk has begun pouring money into GOP House and Senate campaigns, marking a notable shift from his supposed launch of a third " American Party "...

Republicans Blast Trump for Reiner Remarks

GOP lawmakers call Trump's response to killing insensitive and political

(Newser) - President Trump latest social media broadside was too much for some Republicans. Several GOP lawmakers on Monday criticized Trump for implying that filmmaker Rob Reiner's killing— a case in which his son is being held —was somehow linked to what Trump calls "Trump derangement syndrome," his...

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