Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, former Congressman Beto O’Rourke discuss Democrats’ future at Houston-area event

The rally was organized in response to calls for U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls to hold a town hall. The Republican congressman represents most of Fort Bend County, a diverse, fast-growing area southwest of Houston. 

Trump's granddaughter Kai steals show at RNC

MILWAUKEE — Former President Donald Trump’s 17-year-old granddaughter Kai Madison Trump said Wednesday night she wanted Americans to know “the side of my grandpa that people don’t often see” in an unscheduled addition to the speakers’ lineup at the Republican National Convention. “To me, he’s just a normal grandpa. He gives us candy and soda when our parents aren’t looking, he always wants to know how we’re doing in school,” the Republican presidential nominee’s eldest of 10 grandchildren said in what her father, Donald Trump Jr., revealed was her first speech. “When I made the high honor roll, he printed

Will Justin Trudeau’s Resignation Lead to the MAGA-fication of Canada?

Pierre Poilievre might now attain the country’s highest office. “I was sickened and appalled when I first came upon his rhetoric,” the staff writer Adam Gopnik says, of the Conservative Party leader.

Texas lawmakers are mostly silent on addressing threats to ballot secrecy

Now that the 2024 election is over in Texas, the issue of protecting ballot secrecy is receiving renewed attention in the courts and the legislature.

Trump reportedly plans to kick trans troops out of the military within days of inauguration

Trump’s actions could eject thousands of current trans service members

Fact Check: Billie Eilish Did NOT Turn Down Oscar Nomination And Say She Would Leave US After 2024 Presidential Election

Did Billie Eilish turn down an Oscar nomination and announce she plans to leave the U.S. after Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election? No, that's not true: The rumor originated in an obscure blog that didn't cite a...

Delta CEO says Trump administration will reverse government 'overreach'

The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says the incoming Trump administration will be a “breath of fresh air” for airlines after what he called government “overreach” under President Joe Biden. Delta CEO Ed Bastian made the comments before the airline held an investor day with Wall Street analysts on Wednesday. He says there has been a “level of overreach” against airlines by the federal government during the last four years. Airlines have objected to some consumer-protection rules, and they are suing to block one that requires more prominent disclosure of extra fees. Delta is facing a federal investigation into its slow recovery from a global technology outage this summer.

Trump set to appoint Project 2025 architect Russ Vought to Office of Management and Budget