David Hogg, Parkland Survivor and D.N.C. Vice Chair, Hopes to Unseat Democratic Incumbents
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David Hogg, Parkland Survivor and D.N.C. Vice Chair, Hopes to Unseat Democratic Incumbents

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Less than three months after the young political activist David Hogg was elected as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, he is undertaking a new project that is sure to rankle some fellow Democrats: spending millions of dollars to oust Democratic…

Plane Carrying 6 Members of Congress Is Clipped at Reagan Airport
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Plane Carrying 6 Members of Congress Is Clipped at Reagan Airport

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two American Airlines jets, including one carrying at least six members of Congress from New York and New Jersey, clipped wings on a taxiway at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington on Thursday, officials said. There were no injuries, according to American Airlines,…

Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk
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Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday was forced to delay a vote on the Republican budget blueprint to unlock President Trump’s domestic agenda, after conservatives balked at a plan that they said would add too much to the nation’s debt. In a dramatic scene…

The House Republicans Holding Out Against Trump’s Budget and Tax Cut Plan
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The House Republicans Holding Out Against Trump’s Budget and Tax Cut Plan

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Representative Eric Burlison, a two-term congressman from Missouri’s Ozarks, is unequivocal about his support for President Trump. “I love the president,” he said this week as he walked through the Capitol. But Mr. Burlison is also one of about a dozen hard-line conservative…

He Said He Would Ban Congressional Stock Trading. Now in Office, He Trades Freely.
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He Said He Would Ban Congressional Stock Trading. Now in Office, He Trades Freely.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Last March, when Rob Bresnahan, Jr., a wealthy Republican business executive, was running to represent a competitive House district in northeastern Pennsylvania, he published a letter to the editor in a local newspaper demanding an end to stock trading by members of Congress….

Prosecutors on George Santos Case Seek 7-Year Sentence
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Prosecutors on George Santos Case Seek 7-Year Sentence

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In his drive to seek higher office, the prosecutors’ filing said, Mr. Santos fabricated his past and engaged in deceitful schemes, including inflating his fund-raising numbers and stealing from donors. “He lied to his campaign staff, his supporters, his putative employer and congressional…

Democrats Show a Pulse: 6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections
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Democrats Show a Pulse: 6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Elon Musk’s money can buy him love from Republicans, but not, it turns out, a Wisconsin Supreme Court election. A campaign awash in more than $25 million in spending by the world’s richest man and groups tied to him ended up much like…

Randy Fine Wins Special Election in Florida’s Sixth Congressional District
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Randy Fine Wins Special Election in Florida’s Sixth Congressional District

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Randy Fine, a Republican state senator in Florida, won the special election in Florida’s Sixth Congressional District on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. Mr. Fine beat Josh Weil, a Democrat, in the race for the seat vacated by former Representative Michael Waltz….

Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents
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Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday tried and failed to kill a bipartisan effort to change House rules so that lawmakers would temporarily be allowed to vote remotely after the birth of a child, suffering an embarrassing defeat that paralyzed the chamber and signaled…

Florida Special Elections 2025: Tracking Turnout by Party for FL-1 and FL-6
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Florida Special Elections 2025: Tracking Turnout by Party for FL-1 and FL-6

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Democrats are hoping for a long-shot victory in special elections being held on Tuesday in Florida’s First and Sixth Congressional Districts as they look to erode the G.O.P.’s narrow majority in the House. The districts are heavily Republican: In November, President Trump won…