• News Wrap: Thune gives Democrats 'last and final' offer to end DHS shutdown

    News Wrap: Thune gives Democrats 'last and final' offer to end DHS shutdown

    Mar 26, 2026 10:40 PM EDT

    ... charges. President Trump said today that the Justice Department will bring other cases against Maduro, but did not elaborate. The International Olympic Committee has banned transgender women from competing beginning with the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. This aligns the IOC with President Trump's executive order barring transgender ...

  • Pete Hegseth's Christian rhetoric reignites scrutiny after the U.S. goes to war with Iran

    Pete Hegseth's Christian rhetoric reignites scrutiny after the U.S. goes to war with Iran

    Mar 20, 2026 03:16 PM EDT

    ... for the Iran war As head of the armed forces, Hegseth has overseen changes that are in line with his conservative Christian worldview, including banning transgender troops, curtailing diversity initiatives and reviewing women in combat roles.Youssef Chouhoud, a political scientist at Christopher Newport University, said, "The intrusion of Christian ...

  • Live Results: Illinois midterm primary elections

    Live Results: Illinois midterm primary elections

    Mar 17, 2026 06:24 PM EDT

    Shana Sumers, 36, said she voted for Kelly to support marginalized communities, such as transgender people. She also described the Iran war as “a big distraction.” “We really need to be able to afford housing, afford health care, afford to go to the grocery store,” Sumers said. Candidates have touted ...

  • WATCH: Senate begins extended debate over SAVE America Act

    WATCH: Senate begins extended debate over SAVE America Act

    Mar 17, 2026 01:47 PM EDT

    ... have long championed the practice as helping to make it easier for Americans to vote. The president also wants to add two unrelated provisions around transgender rights issues — one that would ban those born as men from playing in women’s sports and another to block sex reassignment surgeries on ...

  • Trump has one prescription for the midterms. House Republicans have another

    Trump has one prescription for the midterms. House Republicans have another

    Mar 11, 2026 07:36 PM EDT

    DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted he had the answer for Republicans anxious about losing their congressional majority this year: build on an already strict national voter identification law to ban mail ballots and restrict transgender rights. “It'll guarantee the midterms,” he told Republicans gathered in the ballroom ...

  • Americans are increasingly worried about voting, new poll shows

    Americans are increasingly worried about voting, new poll shows

    Mar 11, 2026 09:00 AM EDT

    ... days expanded the SAVE America Act beyond its original scope to include a ban on mail-in ballots for most voters and a prohibition on transgender athletes in women’s sports, which could boost Republican enthusiasm in November. Trump’s efforts to sow doubts about the process of this year ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump's midterm message

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump's midterm message

    Mar 09, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    ... proof of citizenship in order to vote. He also wants the House to of sort of reopen it and tack on some items related to transgender people and sports and medical procedures. So it is what the president sees as sort of the gold medal legislation that can be their ...

  • WATCH: Trump pushes voting bill on House Republicans at annual policy retreat in Florida

    WATCH: Trump pushes voting bill on House Republicans at annual policy retreat in Florida

    Mar 09, 2026 08:23 PM EDT

    ... long championed the practice as helping to make it easier for Americans to vote. The president also wants to tack on two unrelated provisions around transgender rights issues — one that would ban those born as men from playing in women’s sports and another to block sex reassignment surgeries on ...

  • Montana Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines drops reelection bid minutes before filing deadline

    Montana Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines drops reelection bid minutes before filing deadline

    Mar 05, 2026 10:26 PM EDT

    ... for people who are wealthy and connected. The National Republican Senatorial Committee called Bodnar a "fake independent" and criticized him as a "champion" of allowing transgender athletes to participate in college sports. A spokesperson for Bodnar sidestepped questions about whether he would caucus with Democrats or Republicans if elected. "When ...

  • News Wrap: Lutnick will testify in House investigation into Epstein

    News Wrap: Lutnick will testify in House investigation into Epstein

    Mar 03, 2026 11:25 PM EDT

    ... on track. California's governor is criticizing the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to temporarily block a state law banning public schools from outing transgender students to their parents. A spokesperson for Governor Gavin Newsom said teachers should be focused on teaching, not forced to be gender cops. The ...