Critics call Todd Blanche’s backroom deal a smoke screen

Questions about the post-Trump future of the Republican Party are getting more and more pressing, with one USA Today reporter stressing that while the shape of the party going forward remains unclear, some lawmakers are “absolutely” drifting away from the president.Zach Schermele, a congressional co…

Wildland fire leaders question the aggressive ‘full suppression’ mandate following a string of dangerous incidents, including the deaths of four federal firefighters.

A new survey of key swing states finds a stunning 20% of regular, reliable Republicans are weighing the unthinkable.

A policy historian warns the administration is weaponizing “fraud” claims to quietly dismantle healthcare for millions of low-income Americans.

Mark Twain allegedly quipped, “God created war so Americans would learn geography.” Whether or not he actually said that, might it not be a good test, that the world’s most mighty military power be prevented from waging war if a majority of Americans failed to find the alleged enemy on a world map?F…

Inside the massive, manual voter drive catching Donald Trump and his wealthiest elite donors off guard.

Given that President Donald Trump antagonized a pair of Republican senators, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Cornyn of Texas, many political observers expected the now-lame duck lawmakers to occasionally stand up to the president. Indeed, when they said they would vote not to confirm acting a…

After Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) urged his son-in-law Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) to resign from office due to allegations that Miller brutally beat Moreno’s daughter Emily on multiple occasions, and on at least one also beat Moreno’s 2-year-old granddaughter, President Donald Trump’s allies and allegedly…

As Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) grapples with the fallout of accusations that he brutally beat two former romantic partners and his own 2-year-old child, his fellow Republican lawmakers are publicly waffling on their position about Miller’s political future even as some privately urge him to resign.“Trump…