Author: Ramsey Touchberry

EXCLUSIVE — Competitive Senate contests could present new political lanes for so-called tort reform advocates to limit civil lawsuits as voters look to politicians to lower inflation. A majority of voters polled across five states with battleground Senate races — North Carolina, Georgia, Maine, Michigan, and New Hampshire — indicated that abusing the use of…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will be under the microscope as he fights to regain the trust of his members while also seeking to stonewall President Donald Trump’s policy agenda. Returning from a weeklong recess that included calls from some in the party for Schumer’s ouster over siding with Republicans to avert a government…

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) isn’t the only Kentucky senator who is sometimes a thorn in President Donald Trump’s side. So too can be Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), the second-term libertarian and 2016 presidential candidate who’s no stranger to clashing with Trump and fellow Republicans.    Paul was the lone GOP senator to vote against a…

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) became the latest Democrat to question the ability of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to remain in his role amid the continued fallout from his retreat in a government shutdown fight with Republicans. Crockett, a progressive second-term lawmaker, suggested Sunday that Senate Democrats “sit down and take a look and…

Senate Democrats are facing a flurry of retirements in key states next year, turning up the heat on already competitive races against the backdrop of an unforgiving election map heavily favoring Republicans to retain control. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) was the latest to reveal Wednesday that she would not seek reelection in the 2026 midterm…

President Donald Trump is facing increasing pressure from congressional Republicans for carve-outs to his sweeping tariffs that could send shock waves through the U.S. economy. Republicans urged Trump to cushion the blow to U.S. consumers with waivers on certain products, particularly those related to agriculture, after frustrated constituents confronted lawmakers. The demands come as Trump…

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) accused President Donald Trump of parroting empty promises on the economy in the Democratic response to his second term’s first joint address to Congress. Trump, in a defiant victory lap speech lasting roughly 100 minutes, credited his predecessor for high inflation and vowed to bring down the costs of everyday goods…

President Donald Trump urged lawmakers Tuesday night during his first joint address to Congress of his second term to repeal the CHIPS and Science Act. The $280 billion bill, passed with bipartisan support and signed into law by former President Joe Biden in 2022, provided $52 billion for U.S. companies to produce computer chips that…

EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), an auto-dealer-turned-politician, will unveil Tuesday his first piece of legislation giving hefty tax breaks to automakers and rolling back Biden-era regulations that the first-term lawmaker says would reverse the yearslong trend of rising vehicle prices. Moreno’s Transportation Freedom Act, first shared with the Washington Examiner, would repeal Biden-era emissions…

President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next IRS commissioner, former Missouri GOP Rep. Billy Long, faces continued delay over apparent unfinished background paperwork that’s creating mixed messages between the White House and Capitol Hill. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-ID) told the Washington Examiner he’s unsure when the paperwork with various federal agencies…