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Huge GOP election losses spur debates about populist economics

Zach Halaschak · November 13, 2026 7:05 am

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Three-quarters of House members seeking statewide office lost

President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele speaks during a press conference after signing a memorandum of understanding with Spanish company Grupo Cox in San Salvador. Under the agreement, Grupo Cox will invest $2.9 billion in the country's water and energy sectors, an investment Bukele said is part of the government's goal of making El Salvador "the fastest-growing economy in Latin America." (Photo by Camilo Freedman / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

In Haiti, Bukele cracks down where UN failed

President Donald Trump speaks about TrumpRx in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

How Democratic healthcare ad blitz helped sink GOP Senate candidates

KJ Apa in "Jimmy." (Courtesy of Burns Co.)

‘Jimmy,’ with KJ Apa as Jimmy Stewart, is sharp, wholesome entertainment

Rep. Bennie Thompson speaks.

Bennie Thompson easily wins Democratic primary for Mississippi House seat

Claire Carter March 10, 2026 10:00 pm

Stickers sit on a table inside a polling place, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Atlanta

Harris and Fuller advance to runoff in Georgia special election to fill MTG’s House seat

Claire Carter March 10, 2026 8:33 pm

Firefighters and police officers install barriers to secure the area where a postal bus caught fire in Kerzers, Switzerland

At least six dead in Switzerland bus fire as police investigate possible ‘voluntary act’

Claire Carter March 10, 2026 8:07 pm

Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., departs as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kevin Hern to meet with GOP campaign chief on Oklahoma Senate run

David Sivak March 10, 2026 7:08 pm

More than two dozen bipartisan House lawmakers implored the Trump administration to reconsider imposing tariffs on Mexican beer, according to a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner.

House lawmakers to Trump: Don’t tariff Mexican beer

Mabinty Quarshie March 10, 2026 6:33 pm

Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd testifies during to the Senate

Senate confirms Joshua Rudd to run NSA and Cyber Command

Rena Rowe March 10, 2026 5:39 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is surrounded by congressional reporters looking for updates on a plan to end the 38-day government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Thune schedules doomed SAVE America Act vote as MAGA pushes filibuster showdown

David Sivak March 10, 2026 5:12 pm

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters

Low polling support for Iran war poses challenge for Trump

Mabinty Quarshie March 10, 2026 5:05 pm

Chuck Schumer Senate Democrats.

Senate Democrats try to ‘signal’ to base with DHS shutdown: Guy Benson

Asher Notheis March 10, 2026 4:22 pm

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo.

Maria Bartiromo credits trust and consistency on stories for milestone viewership

Sydney Topf March 10, 2026 4:01 pm

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) at a press conference in Doral, FL. (Lauren Green/Washington Examiner)

Republicans game out 2026 messaging plan as Trump focuses on Iran and SAVE America Act

Lauren Green, Rachel Schilke March 10, 2026 3:42 pm

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr.

Carr says overseas call centers pose ‘security issue’ as part of FCC proposal list

David Zimmermann March 10, 2026 3:29 pm