Tag: Congress

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, center, poses with members of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets on the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Kentucky, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, in College Station, Texas.

Washington Secrets

Hegseth thinks the solution to his woes is to ‘send himself.’ It’s not

Rob Crilly · September 21, 2026 12:09 pm

A 911 operator receives a call behind computer monitors on his desk at police headquarters in Yaphank, New York, on September 19, 2022. (James Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

Pocket dials are killing 911 — and Congress refuses to pick up

Eric Wargotz · September 21, 2026 11:00 am

Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI).

Gary Peters announces what’s next after his final term in the Senate

Claire Carter · September 21, 2026 10:35 am

Trump Tower is shown in this photo

The park was the gift, the frontage was the point: The sinister loophole behind Trump Tower Tbilisi

Emzari Gelashvili · September 21, 2026 7:00 am

A motorboat passes a general cargo ship anchored in the Strait of Hormuz.

Don’t just freeze Iran’s money. Start threatening to spend it

Pedro Ordein · September 21, 2026 6:00 am

The Meta AI app is displayed on a smartphone screen.

AI incites concern but also hope for the future of US: Guy Benson

Mackenzie Chase · September 20, 2026 4:01 pm

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Sen. Bill Cassidy wants proof Trump Jr. paid Russian oligarch back for wedding

Brady Knox · September 20, 2026 3:22 pm

congress filibuster rules bipartisanship 2028

How 9 senators get to hold 80% of America hostage

David De La Paz · September 20, 2026 9:00 am

The sun sets behind the closed Camp X-Ray detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, on April 17, 2019. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Unfinished business at Guantanamo Bay

Mike Brest · September 20, 2026 7:05 am

Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., speaks during a hearing of the House Committee on Financial Services on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in Washington.

Republicans search for daylight with Trump as 2026 map grows more competitive

David Sivak · September 20, 2026 7:00 am

LSU Head Coach Lane Kiffin on the set of ESPN’s College Gameday with Nick Saban and Kirk Herbstreit in The Quad at LSU on Sept. 5 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Ella Hall/LSU/University Images via Getty Images)

Magazine - Your Land

Chris Murphy’s toxic race-baiting has no place in college sports

Conn Carroll · September 20, 2026 6:45 am

Artificial Intelligence and innovation business

Doomers worry AI is too powerful. Trump understands the real risk is if it’s not powerful enough.

Tiana Lowe Doescher · September 20, 2026 6:15 am