$1.7 Trillion Spending Bill Passes U.S. Senate

(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Takeways The $1.7 trillion government spending bill has passed, which means they’ll be able to keep the lights on until at least September next ye...

Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage Protection Bill In Bipartisan Vote

Topline The U.S. Senate passed a bill granting new federal protections for same-sex marriages Tuesday afternoon, sending the bill to the House after a 61-36 bipartisan vote, fulfilling a promise by De...

How A Kansas Ballot Measure Could Motivate A GOP-Led Congress To Rein In The Administrative State

Kansas voters have the chance to install a legislative check on new regulations by passing … [+] Constitutional Amendment 1 on November 8, 2022. getty Federal tax collections have averaged 17% o...

Battleground State Candidates Embrace Moderate Brand Despite Immoderate Positions

North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Cheri Beasley speaks to a crowd (Photo by Sean … [+] Rayford/Getty Images) Getty Images As the 2022 midterm elections hit the home stretch, Democratic ...

Herschel Walker Denies He Paid For Woman’s Abortion, Threatens Defamation Suit

Topline Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate race in Georgia, refuted a report that he paid for a woman’s abortion in 2009 despite the former NFL star’s hardline anti-ab...

Clean Energy Jobs Are Booming, Making Up For Rising Fossil Fuel Unemployment

Memo to job-seekers: The United States’ clean energy industry is hiring, faster than the overall national economy, and it’s paying above-average wages. The 2022 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEE...

Americans Are Suffering Record Pain At The Pump. Will Congress Provide Electric Vehicle Relief?

Drivers across the United States are suffering unprecedented pain at the pump, with national average prices spiking above $5 per gallon. Fortunately an inflation-busting option is ready to go – modeli...

Support For Tighter Gun Laws In The U.S. Or Canada? [Infographic]

After the gun massacres in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, U.S. President Joe Biden has pledged action on gun control. Due to the Democrats’ shaky majority in Congress, however, the future of any...

John Fetterman Supports Soda Taxes & Claims They Aren’t Regressive, But Bernie Sanders Begs To Differ

Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman (D – PA), now Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate (Photo by Mark … [+] Makela/Getty Images) Getty Images Soda taxes are once again back in the news thanks...

Democratic Senator Van Hollen Says He Was Hospitalized After Suffering Minor Stroke

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Sunday announced that he suffered a minor stroke while giving a speech in western Maryland and was admitted to a hospital over the weekend. In a statement issu...

Ukraine Crisis Becomes New Campaign Issue As Small-Town Troops Deploy To Europe

Candidate for U.S. Senate, Admiral Mike Franken, talks about Iowa’s links with Ukraine Jason Walsmith As about 250 Iowans from National Guard companies in Mason City and Iowa City prepare to hea...

Five Funny And Touching Stories Told At His Funeral By Obama, Biden And Others

Topline Colleagues and relatives of the late U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid gathered in Las Vegas on Saturday to commemorate the longtime politician at his funeral on Saturday, telling stori...