Author: Rachel Schilke

Democrats are getting arrested, detained, and censured all in the name of protesting President Donald Trump‘s policies, but the theatrics run the risk of backfiring. From a local mayor to a sitting senator, Democrats have used more confrontational tactics to stand up to Trump’s mass deportation operations, which have resulted in lawmakers getting handcuffed or…

Virginia Democratic state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi won a six-way primary on Wednesday to become the party’s nominee for lieutenant governor, the end to a two-day contest in which Hashmi narrowly defeated her top competitor by less than 1%. The Associated Press called the race for Hashmi at 11:01 a.m., well after the polls closed on…

The House passed legislation on Thursday that requires the District of Columbia to comply with all federal immigration laws, the first step to codifying a piece of President Donald Trump’s wider agenda to make Washington, D.C., “safe and beautiful” again. The District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025 passed the lower chamber, 234-194.…

The House narrowly passed a $9.4 billion rescissions package on Thursday, marking a win for leadership and President Donald Trump, despite concerns that a bloc of centrist Republicans uncomfortable with the cuts to public broadcasting would sink the bill. The Rescissions Act of 2025, which slashes budgets for PBS, NPR, USAID, and other aid programs,…

The daughter-in-law of a former U.S. congresswoman is running in the Democratic primary to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), and she is doing so without the support of her family. Awisi Bustos, CEO of the Illinois Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, is joining the crowded primary contest to replace Durbin, 80, who is…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to tell House Republicans that President Donald Trump is “not backing down,” and neither should they. In a closed-door meeting, Leavitt told GOP members that the White House is not stepping off the gas regarding its response to the protests in Los Angeles…

EXCLUSIVE — A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is pushing for all federal military aircraft to be equipped with collision detection systems after the deadly crash between a federal aircraft and a commercial plane that killed 67 people. Sponsored by Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) and shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner, the Collision-Limiting Operational Upgrade…

The early primary state of South Carolina will have a prominent figure headlining the Democrats’ 2025 Blue Palmetto Dinner on Friday: Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD). Moore is a rising star of the Democratic Party, and his appearances across the country have stoked speculation that, despite his dismissal, he has an eye on the Oval Office.…

House Democrats are signaling a wave of investigations into President Donald Trump should they win the House majority in 2026, devoting their attention to everything from the president’s business practices to his removal of agency watchdogs. Democrats, who are three votes shy of a majority, lack the powers that come with a committee gavel, including…

The ambitious deadline set by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to pass the “one big beautiful” reconciliation bill by Memorial Day is up against the reality that House Republicans haven’t locked in the votes. President Donald Trump, who has already bashed “grandstanders” holding up the bill, will head to Capitol Hill on Tuesday morning to…