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Former Tennessee Rep. Van Hilleary seeks House comeback
Van Hilleary, a former congressman turned Capitol Hill staffer, has entered the Republican primary for Tennessee’s 6th District, which Rep. John W. Rose, his boss until very recently, is vacating to run for governor.
“We have a nation worth fighting for and I am ready to protect our shared Tennessee values in Washington D.C.,” Hilleary ...Read more
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, Rep. Summer Lee protest President Donald Trump's visit to Carnegie Mellon University
Ahead of the artificial intelligence and energy summit at Carnegie Mellon University featuring President Donald Trump and Sen. Dave McCormick, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and U.S. Rep. Summer Lee railed against Trump's recent policies.
Speaking to roughly 20 people at a rally near the School of Computer Science at CMU on Monday, both Gainey and ...Read more

Rosie O'Donnell: I'm everything 'King Joffrey' Donald Trump fears
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Touching on their increasingly incendiary public feud, comedian Rosie O’Donnell explained over the weekend why Donald Trump, the president of the United States, is giving any thought to her, a past-her-prime entertainer who no longer lives in the United States.
“I am proud to be opposed to every single thing he says and...Read more

Janelle Stelson officially launches her rematch campaign against US Rep. Scott Perry in Pennsylvania after razor-thin loss
PHILADELPHIA — Janelle Stelson is at it again.
The Democrat and former broadcast journalist lost her congressional race challenging U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) by just a little more than 1 percentage point last year, and she’s officially launching her rematch campaign on Monday for the 2026 election.
Perry, a Republican who has ...Read more

Janelle Stelson officially launches her rematch campaign against US Rep. Scott Perry after razor-thin loss
PHILADELPHIA — Janelle Stelson is at it again.
The Democrat and former broadcast journalist lost her congressional race challenging U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) by just a little more than 1 percentage point last year, and she’s officially launching her rematch campaign on Monday for the 2026 election.
Perry, a Republican who has ...Read more

Democrat McCann running for Congress in west Michigan
DETROIT — Michigan Democratic state Sen. Sean McCann launched a bid for the U.S. House on Monday, aiming to challenge long-time GOP Rep. Bill Huizenga of Holland.
McCann of Kalamazoo, who is seeking the Democratic nomination, said he's running because Washington politicians are too focused on special interests and giving tax breaks to ...Read more
Navy veteran running for Congress as a Republican in key mid-Michigan district
DETROIT — A Navy veteran and former federal law enforcement officer has moved home to Michigan to run for the U.S. House as a Republican in one of mid-Michigan's most competitive seats.
Amir Hassan, 39, of Flint says he is going to campaign for Congress in Michigan's 8th District, which covers the Tri Cities region and is represented by ...Read more

Tariff impact seen ending streak of benign US inflation readings
Economists have long been warning of a tariff-driven boost to U.S. inflation. The next report on consumer prices will put their conviction to the test.
After four months of overestimating readings on the consumer price index, forecasters are predicting an acceleration in June data due from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday. Advances in ...Read more

Iran says no decision yet on resumption of US nuclear talks
Iran and the U.S. haven’t agreed on a time, date or place to resume stalled negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday.
Iran won’t return to talks “unless we’re certain the negotiations will be effective,” Esmaeil Baghaei said in a televised press conference.
His remarks follow a ...Read more

House debates Pentagon spending, crypto as rescissions head to Senate
WASHINGTON – House members return to town this week to consider the fiscal 2026 Pentagon spending bill and crypto measures, while senators are staring at yet another vote-a-rama — this time on rescissions.
While defense appropriations headlines the House’s week, the floor agenda is full even beyond that, with several significant financial...Read more

Commentary: What Congress needs to know about DEI (but doesn't want to hear)
The House Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a hearing recently about diversity, equity and inclusion. Fewer than five of the 90 minutes were spent talking about health care or anything related to money. Instead, conservative lawmakers wasted time and taxpayers’ dollars advancing an anti-DEI agenda with which ...Read more

Trump to head to UK for his second state visit in September
King Charles III will host U.S. President Donald Trump for a state visit in September, the second time Trump will have received the highest honor offered to a visiting dignitary by the U.K.
The King will host Trump and first lady Melania Trump at Windsor Castle from Sept. 17-19, Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Monday. It follows Trump�...Read more

Market resilience challenged by Trump's weekend tariff salvo
Financial markets, which have shown increasing insensitivity to tariff threats from the U.S., will face a test at the Monday open after President Donald Trump declared a 30% rate for the European Union and Mexico effective Aug. 1.
Trump has ratcheted up trade measures, promising that more tariffs are coming to everyone from Canada to Brazil to ...Read more

Senate panel cites Secret Service lapses in Trump rally shooting
A “cascade of preventable failures” within the U.S. Secret Service nearly cost President Donald Trump his life during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last year, according to a Senate committee report released Sunday.
The Republican-led Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees the Secret Service, found ...Read more

Pa. Rep. Mike Kelly 'still has questions' year after Trump assassination attempt in Butler
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly says lawmakers and federal agencies still don't have a complete picture of what allowed a gunman to nearly assassinate Donald Trump at a rally in the congressman's hometown of Butler last year.
"Like many in the Butler community, I still have questions about everything that led up to, and unfolded on, July 13...Read more

Market resilience challenged by Trump's weekend tariff salvo
Financial markets, which have shown increasing insensitivity to tariff threats from the U.S., will face a test at the Monday open after President Donald Trump declared a 30% rate for the European Union and Mexico effective Aug. 1.
Trump has ratcheted up trade measures, promising that more tariffs are coming to everyone from Canada to Brazil to ...Read more

Commentary: Trump's foreign-aid cuts are ending lives -- and US influence
The White House has hailed H.R. 1, aka the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as a “once-in-a-generation piece of legislation” that puts “America First.” Most of the public debate focused on its extension of lower taxes for the rich, the ballooning federal debt, and massive cuts in Medicaid spending. Yet equally important is what the act will ...Read more

Mexico sure it will strike deal with US to skirt tariffs
Mexico is projecting confidence that it will fend off a new set of 30% tariffs that President Donald Trump threatened Saturday to impose next month, with talks already underway to avert the worst.
After Trump went public with his plan by posting on social media, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum noted in speeches near the northern border ...Read more

Columbia may be nearing a truce with Trump in funding fight
Columbia University may be nearing a deal with the Trump administration to reinstate federal funding to the university over civil rights issues, according to reports by multiple news outlets.
The deal would require Columbia to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to those affected by the alleged violations, increase transparency in its hiring ...Read more

Trump Organization expands Balkan connection with Romania deal
The Trump Organization plans to expand to Romania, as President Donald Trump’s family deepens its ties in the Balkans and pursues a lineup of new foreign deals.
The company will partner with local real estate developer SDC Imobiliare on Trump Tower Bucharest, according to a statement dated Friday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The ...Read more
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