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Constitutional law experts are examining the implications of the precedent set by Senate Democrats on Wednesday, when they killed the impeachment trial of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, effectively dismissing it. After the Senate deemed both articles of impeachment unconstitutional, the upper chamber adjourned, quashing all hope for a trial on Mayorkas’ alleged crimes. This was historically significant, …

Texas Democratic Senate candidate Colin Allred has surrounded himself with campaign staffers who have shared what appear to be deeply progressive takes on current political issues — from the war in Israel and a ban on “assault weapons” to the abolition of federal immigration authorities. The social media history of Allred’s current campaign staff sheds light on whom the Texas …

The Senate voted to proceed to debate on a bill to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) on Thursday, clearing an important procedural hurdle before the previous version expires on Friday. A cloture motion to begin voting on the bill passed by a vote of 67-32, with senators of both parties supporting and opposing it. The …

“I regard myself as a wartime Speaker,” declared House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. Only, we’re not sure if Johnson was referring to the internecine war among Republicans over whether he should keep his job. Many members wear pocket squares with their suits. But not Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. He walks around with a self-made, diode “debt clock” tucked into the …

The Senate trial to consider impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas began shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday with the swearing-in of senators. Republicans warn that Democrats quickly will try to end the impeachment trial against Mayorkas — the first cabinet secretary to be impeached in nearly 150 years — before the House can formally begin presenting …

Former Democratic Senator and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham has died at 87. Graham’s family announced the death Tuesday evening in a statement posted on X by his daughter Gwen Graham. “As a legislator, Florida’s 38th Governor, and a United States Senator, Bob Graham devoted his life to the betterment of the world around him,” the family announced. “The memorials …

Both articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were deemed unconstitutional by the Senate on Wednesday in two party-line votes. The first of two articles of impeachment alleged Mayorkas engaged in the “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” regarding the southern border in his capacity as DHS secretary. The second claimed Mayorkas had …

Former two-term Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan — who’s aiming to flip a Democrat-controlled open Senate seat in his heavily blue home state — is spotlighting his grassroots fundraising as he works to paint a stark contrast with the multi-millionaire front-runner for the Democratic nomination. Hogan, considered the overwhelming front-runner for the GOP nomination in next month’s primary, is running …

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is planning to propose new legislative action that would threaten to cut National Public Radio’s (NPR) federal funding if passed, prompted by the news that it suspended an editor who went viral for exposing the outlet’s partisan uniformity in its newsroom. The Tennessee Republican is weighing a variety of legislative options to take …

Republicans warned that vulnerable Senate Democrats would be punished in the upcoming November general election for their votes to kill the impeachment trial of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “Every Democrat will pay a heavy price in November for willfully refusing to end this border crisis,” said Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso, R-Wyo., in a statement following the …