Senate prepares to vote on Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary
Pete Hegseth’s Senate confirmation vote is scheduled for 9 p.m. Friday. In the hours beforehand, it remained unclear if he ...
Carl Cannon: Is Donald Trump Going To Keep the US in the United Nations?
Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Carl Cannon offered this question about the limits of Trump's isolationist ...
Elevating Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to the U.S. Senate also opens up the 2026 governor’s race: editorial
The role President Trump may play going forward -- in Jon Husted’s success as a senator, in the Ohio governor’s race and ...
President Donald Trump has restored freedom of speech in the United States
On Day One, President Donald Trump restored freedom of speech in the United States. If you weren’t aware that it had been ...
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Age and generation in the 119th Congress: Somewhat younger, with fewer Boomers and more Gen Xers
The median age of voting members of the House of Representatives is now 57.5 years, while the Senate's median age is 64.7 ...
John Thune details how Trump and Congress will get US ‘back on track’ after Biden
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) previewed what the first 100 days of the second Trump administration will focus on, ...
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Congress Begins Investigating Crypto Debanking and Operation Choke Point 2.0
In a letter sent to crypto executives Friday, the chair of the House Oversight Committee announced an inquiry into alleged ...
Republicans in Congress ran on the border and immigration. How will they use their power?
A Trump-era shift has left Republicans divided over several of the country’s biggest immigration programs. What could it mean ...
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Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state in first Trump Cabinet post approval
"The 21st Century will be defined by what happens between the United States and China," Rubio told his Senate colleagues, reiterating his long-held belief that the U.S. must push back on China's ...
JD Vance sworn in as 50th Vice President of the United States
JD Vance has officially been sworn in as 50th Vice President of the United States. Vance took the oath of office just a ...
Who is JD Vance? What we know about the next Vice President of the United States
Former Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance will be sworn in as the vice president on Monday as the second Trump administration officially ...