Author: Ramsey Touchberry and Rachel Schilke

Republicans have hit a Medicaid blockade that is threatening to derail passage of President Donald Trump’s agenda. GOP lawmakers are racing to nowhere fast unless the two chambers can find agreement on the major sticking point in rival budget plans. House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) sweeping budget framework would renew $4.5 trillion of Trump’s expiring…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to a Pennsylvania factory making ammunition in its fight against Russia has prompted Republican lawmakers to cry foul and accuse him of campaigning for Democrats in a key state. Zelensky visited the factory to thank American munitions workers as part of a broader U.S. trip that will include Washington, D.C.,…

Early voting is poised to get underway in several states this month. The Washington Examiner will take a closer look at the swing states, including voting rules you need to know and key differences from prior elections. Part one of Battleground Ballots will focus on what has changed in Arizona, the epicenter of election integrity…

Former Republican Sen. James Inhofe, the longest-serving senator from Oklahoma, has died. He was 89. Inhofe served roughly 28 years in the Senate from 1994-2023. But his decades-long political career began in his early 30s at the state level in 1966, which included time as a state representative and senator, mayor of Tulsa, and U.S.…

Congressional Democrats denounced the Supreme Court’s Monday ruling giving former President Donald Trump some immunity from criminal prosecution over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In a 6-3 decision, the high court’s Republican-appointed majority ruled Trump has absolute immunity, but only for those core constitutional powers considered official acts. It will be up to…