Republican Gov. Jim Pillen of Nebraska is a big step closer to winning re-election as governor of the red-leaning Great Plains state.Pillen easily topped five challengers in Nebraska’s GOP gubernatorial primary to win his party’s 2026 nomination, the Associated Press reports.
FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are rolling out a new oversight task force, starting with an investigation into alleged social services fraud in Ohio. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., tapped Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, a member of the oversight panel, to lead the Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses, Fox News Digital has learned.
Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts is a step closer to serving a full six-year term in the Senate, after winning renomination in red-leaning Nebraska’s primary.Ricketts, who was appointed in 2023 to replace Ben Sasse, and who won a 2024 special election to fill out the final two years of Sasse’s term, topped four GOP primary challengers on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports.
A big-city Democratic mayor who grabbed national attention last year as he was arrested during an anti-ICE protest outside a federal immigration detention center cruised to re-election on Tuesday.Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, easily topped 50% of the vote in Tuesday’s election as he faced off against seven challengers, the Associated Press reports.
Pressure is mounting on the House of Representatives to pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which would prohibit institutional investors from buying single family American homes.
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping could help with a deal with Iran, but added that the United States does not need help.
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Ukraine Money Laundering
‘George Floyd is looking up at us all laughing so hard he can’t breathe’
‘Nothing short of monumental’
The idea that any of the most famous U.S. entrepreneurs got where they are through, say, wage theft is laughable.
An enemy with a fanatical will can outlast a militarily superior foe.
By attacking education freedom, the Florida Education Association reveals it prioritizes protecting power over expanding opportunity.
The nation’s debt is much worse than during the 2011 debt ceiling crisis — but both parties are further away than ever from seriously tackling the issue.
Reform UK’s recent victories in local elections are a double-edged sword for the party leader.
Democrats in the Michigan House have proposed a package of bills that aim to legalize medically assisted suicide for certain terminally ill adults.The package, which would create a Death with Dignity Act, would allow certain terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to request and receive medication to end their own life.As part of the package, patients would need to make multiple requests, both in written and oral form, and must wait at least 15 days between requests.
The Minnesota Senate on Monday narrowly passed a bill that would restrict federal agents from concealing their identities, with exceptions, and create a path for lawsuits over alleged constitutional violations stemming from immigration enforcement in the state.The bill narrowly passed with a 34-33 party line vote. It now heads to the House, where it faces an uphill battle with the chamber evenly split between Democrats and Republicans.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) argued that the best course for the U.S. in Iran is “end the blockade and declare an end to the war right now and hope that some other nations”
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A poll shows incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass falling flat with voters, while former reality TV star Spencer Pratt has improved his position against runner-up council member Nithya Raman.
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Democrats in Virginia are requesting the Supreme Court’s intervention after the Virginia Supreme Court killed a gerrymander scheme that would have redrawn the state’s congressional map in the Democrats’ favor, prior to the midterm elections.
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FIRST ON FOX: The Georgia Senate is ramping up its investigation into alleged campaign finance violations tied to Stacey Abrams’ voter outreach group, with a top lawmaker vowing to “follow the facts wherever they lead” as subpoenas have been issued to Abrams and other key figures.
No one would have predicted it.But you could have made a lot of money if you did.With uncharacteristic dispatch, the United States Senate unanimously voted to ban senators and staff from playing in the prediction markets.”This is a national security risk,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. “The very possibility that a member’s vote could be influenced by a bet is reason enough to slam the door shut.
A man with a long gun allegedly shot at numerous cars on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, around 1:30 p.m. Monday.
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‘We would become a small minority’
Mining and energy jobs offer a “sure-fire, long-term career,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said during an event with Breitbart News on Monday.
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President Donald Trump is eyeing oil-rich Venezuela as a potential 51st state as officials continue to court oil companies for investments in the South American country following the U.S. intervention that removed President Nicolas Maduro from power.Trump said in a phone call with Fox News that he is motivated by the estimated $40 trillion value of oil in Venezuela, adding that he is popular with the country’s citizens.”Venezuela loves Trump,” Trump said.After U.S.
‘It’s a fucking humiliation ritual’
‘We love our independence’
Particularly when it’s being spread by their own side.
