The big question on the tips of many political watchers’ tongues right now is whether the Trump administration’s botched handling of the Epstein files will do what virtually nothing has yet: turn President Donald Trump’s devoted base against him.

Republicans are looking for ways to combat the rising anger over the release of the files of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which threatens to split the party. As things heat up in the debate on whether the Trump administration should release the complete files of Epstein,

Senate GOP appropriators want their leaders to bring a package of fiscal 2026 spending bills to the floor before August recess, Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Thursday.

Civil rights activist and Georgia Congressman John Lewis was known for saying he got into "good trouble" by using peaceful, non-violent action to challenge injustice. Now, in 1,600 cities and towns across the country, protesters are planning to make similar "good trouble" on July 17, the fifth anniversary of Lewis' death.

LA County Republican Chair Roxanne Hoge calls federal immigration operations "political irony" as ICE conducts sweeps amid opposition from Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The spending cuts package, requested by the White House, heads back to the House ahead of a Friday deadline for Trump to sign it into law.

A powerful earthquake struck a Republican senator's home state Wednesday. Just a day earlier, she'd slammed budget cuts that could affect natural disaster warnings.

Former Ukraine aid critics now back Trump's strategy requiring European funding for weapons to Kyiv after the president pivoted his frustration from Zelenskyy to Putin.

Luke Ash says a Louisiana library fired him because he refused to use someone's preferred gender pronouns. Top GOP state officials discrimination.

New tax-and-spending law expands benefits for investments in sparsely populated regions.

PETA applauds Republican lawmakers urging NIH to stop funding animal experiments in foreign labs, supporting the CARGO Act to prevent taxpayer dollars funding unethical research.