“The House on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards, the North Carolina Republican whom the House Ethics Committee found last month had engaged in ‘persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct’ toward two female staffers,” the Washington Post reports. “In a 413-2 vote, the chamber followed through on the House Ethics Committee’s recommendation that Edwards […]

“Former senior Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino faced an internal investigation prior to his retirement over his lack of credibility and for making offensive remarks about a federal prosecutor’s Jewish faith,” NOTUS reports.

“Abortion is simmering as an issue in the background of this year’s midterm elections. But the new 2028 Democratic primary calendar could put it back toward the top of the list in the next presidential race, six years after the Supreme Court struck down its landmark Roe v. Wade ruling,” Politico reports. “Reproductive rights are […]

“Three map apps, three responses so far to President Trump’s order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America amid an escalating trade war with Canada,” the New York Times reports. “Google changed the lake’s name on its Maps application two days after the Aug. 27 executive order was signed, at least for users in the […]

Aaron Blake: “It should surprise nobody that the president who tried to overturn the 2020 election based on lies — and didn’t seem to mind his supporters rising up violently on January 6, 2021 — might try to monkey with the 2026 midterm elections.” “It remains to be seen whether President Donald Trump’s efforts to […]

“Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin provided more details Tuesday about the kinds of operations which would see immigration agents enter polling places, as Democrats have worried the Department of Homeland Security could seek to interfere in November’s midterm elections,” Politico reports. Said Mullin: “The only reason why we would be at polling places is if […]

“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned airlines to avoid Russian airspace as he threatened to respond to Moscow’s escalating missile attacks by crowding its skies with drones,” Bloomberg reports. Said Zelensky: “Russian airspace will effectively be closing. There will simply be drones in Russia’s skies on a scale that has to be taken into account.”

Punchbowl News: “It doesn’t take much for House Republicans to lose a rule vote on the floor. On most days, just two votes can set fire to Speaker Mike Johnson’s agenda.” “And the hardline conservative right has their matches at the ready this week.” “Several House GOP conservatives say they’ll vote against the rule this […]

Jonathan Bernstein: “The whole idea behind it is to destroy the ability of political parties to nominate candidates as they see fit, which is pretty much the basis for party health. Anti-party sentiment in the US has a long history, and the impulse behind it is entirely wrong. Parties are crucial to healthy democracy. For […]

“A pair of House Democrats voted to rescue the Republican legislative agenda Tuesday as GOP leaders faced an internal revolt, an extremely rare crossing of party lines that pushed a key procedural vote through a closely divided chamber,” Politico reports. “Democratic Reps. Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington voted with most […]

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in recent weeks removed the names of at least six Army officers from a list to receive promotions to two-star generals,” NBC News reports. “The list had consisted of 18 one-star generals who were selected for promotions by a board of their peers.”

“Hunter Biden on Monday said former Vice President Kamala Harris was not ‘loyal to a fault’ to his father, former President Biden,” NewsNation reports. Said Biden: “Oh, boy. Let me just state it exactly clearly. I think that she was loyal to my father, and I don’t think that she was loyal to a fault, […]

“Republicans are planning to raise millions of dollars during the coming GOP midterm convention in Dallas, including asking donors to pay more than $88,000 for a photo with President Trump,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The Republican National Committee sent out invitations this week to a pair of fundraising events during the convention. A roundtable […]

“Do I think we are in the end times? I don’t know… I would not be shocked if the Antichrist was walking amongst us.” — Vice President JD Vance, talking about his new book on his conversion to Catholicism.

“Roy Cooper, a Democrat running for Senate who has won four statewide races in North Carolina over a nearly four-decade career, finds himself in an enviable position — at least on paper, the Washington Post reports. “Polls have consistently shown the former governor leading his GOP rival, former chair of the Republican National Committee Michael […]

“If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings and, when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic […]

MS NOW: “Recent revelations about the working relationships between government officials, political campaigns and content creators has revealed a trend emerging in and around Washington, deployed by lobbyists and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle: Influencers are getting hired by political campaigns and government agencies, often in ways that are difficult to see, to […]

“In early 2016, Justice Antonin Scalia died suddenly of a heart attack on a Texas ranch, sending his Supreme Court colleagues into a period of grief and uncertainty. Behind closed doors, they had to contend with another piece of unsettling news,” the New York Times reports. “Justice Scalia, the leading light of the conservative legal […]

A new Abacus Data poll in South Carolina finds Darline Graham (R) leading Annie Andrews (D) in the U.S. Senate race, 55% to 42%. South Carolina Senate Race Darline Graham (R) 55%   Annie Andrews (D) 42%   Abacus Data poll · ±3.3%

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said he had “no hard feelings about President Donald Trump repeatedly bashing him during the 2016 campaign and branding him ‘Lyin’ Ted,’ with the Texas conservative saying it proved Trump was the linguistic equivalent of a martial arts sensei,” Mediaite reports. Said Cruz: “It was actually political genius.”

“The House cleared a stopgap funding patch Tuesday to keep cash flowing to federal agencies until mid-December — preventing a government shutdown before Election Day and setting up two major policy battles at year’s end,” Politico reports.

“Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) quipped Monday that a company should build an AI data center near President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort after he said communities will be ‘backwards and poor’ if they oppose the construction of such facilities,” NewsNation reports. Said Ocasio-Cortez: “How about we put one in Mar-a-Lago? I love that. Let’s put a data […]

“Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed accused his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, of compromising his masculinity to appease President Donald Trump, saying in sharply personal terms that the candidate doesn’t know how to be a real man,” NOTUS reports. Said El-Sayed: “He’s been a beta his whole life. He’s a guy who shows up to […]

“The U.S. military says it’s striking new targets in Iran as hostilities flare again after a month without military action,” the Associated Press reports.

Time: “The first mail-in ballots in the country should start going out at the end of this week. It’s entirely possible that the Trump Administration’s fight over them won’t be settled for several more weeks—possibly right up to Election Day on November 3 or beyond.” “The uncertainty is leaving campaign hands from both parties exasperated […]

“Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) denied using Meta Glasses to make secret recordings during a July court hearing after his ex-wife’s lawyers raised concerns that something seemed off about the congressman’s embrace of the new technology,” the New York Post reports.

South Carolina’s Republican Senate primary may be over, but Ralph Norman apparently isn’t ready to leave the race behind. Asked what he would tell voters who remain undecided in the general election, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) had a surprisingly straightforward answer: “Vote for Ralph Norman.” Join now to continue reading. Members get exclusive analysis, bonus […]

David Drucker: “President Donald Trump can dismiss public opinion polls as ‘fake news’ all he wants. That won’t change the fact that the commander-in-chief is in political distress — even according to survey outlets that usually give him more favorable ratings.” “Perennially reliable RealClearPolitics, as of Monday, averaged Trump’s job approval rating a hair under […]

Video obtained by the California Post shows the moment federal agents began seizing electronic devices belonging to former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) at San Francisco International Airport.

“The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is proposing permanent flight restrictions around President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club, while still allowing aircraft arriving or departing from the nearby airport now bearing his name to traverse the airspace,” Bloomberg reports.