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Trump and Vance to Headline First Midterm GOP Convention in Dallas
US NewsPoliticsAugust 26, 2026

Trump and Vance to Headline First Midterm GOP Convention in Dallas

By Tommy Flynn

President Trump and Vice President JD Vance will headline the Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention Sept. 9–10 in Dallas, a two-night production the RNC is billing as a primetime showcase of the administration’s record and a turnout machine for November. Vance...

White House Sends Saudi Nuclear Deal to the Hill — Uranium Enrichment Fight Begins
US NewsPoliticsAugust 26, 2026

White House Sends Saudi Nuclear Deal to the Hill — Uranium Enrichment Fight Begins

By Tommy Flynn

The Trump administration has transmitted a 30-year civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia to Congress, starting a 90-day review that will decide whether U.S. firms can build reactors in the kingdom and whether Riyadh gets a path to enrich uranium on its own soil....

Barron Trump and family attending President Trump's State of the Union address, Tuesday, February 24, 2026
US NewsPoliticsAugust 26, 2026

IRGC-Linked Video Puts $10 Million Bounty Talk on Barron Trump; Secret Service Investigating

By Tommy Flynn

The U.S. Secret Service confirmed Tuesday it is aware of an Iranian state-media video that frames Barron Trump as a target and claims a $10 million bounty, and said it investigates any perceived threat to its protectees. “The U.S. Secret Service is aware of the video and...

Trump’s All-In Play Pays Off: Darline Graham Holds Lindsey Graham’s Seat
US NewsPoliticsAugust 26, 2026

Trump’s All-In Play Pays Off: Darline Graham Holds Lindsey Graham’s Seat

By Tommy Flynn

Sen. Darline Graham defeated five-term Rep. Ralph Norman in Tuesday’s Republican Senate runoff in South Carolina, securing the nomination to succeed her late brother Lindsey Graham after President Trump put more political and financial capital behind her than any other Senate...

The Supreme Court building in Washington D.C.
In the CourtsPoliticsAugust 24, 2026

Supreme Court Clears Path for Trump Mail-Ballot Restrictions Ahead of Midterms

By Tommy Flynn

The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a key lower-court injunction that had blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in ballots in 23 states and the District of Columbia, allowing the administration to proceed with implementation while the underlying legal...

Scott Jennings speaking in the spin room following the CNN Republican Presidential Debate at the Olmsted Center at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
US NewsPoliticsAugust 24, 2026

Scott Jennings Downplays Speculation He Is Contender for White House Press Secretary

By Tommy Flynn

CNN political commentator and longtime Republican strategist Scott Jennings on Sunday shrugged off reports naming him a leading contender to succeed outgoing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, declining to engage the speculation while lavishing praise on her...

USPS Finalizes Rule Requiring States to Hand Over Mail-In Voter Lists—or Risk Ballots Going Undelivered
US NewsPoliticsAugust 23, 2026

USPS Finalizes Rule Requiring States to Hand Over Mail-In Voter Lists—or Risk Ballots Going Undelivered

By Tommy Flynn

The U.S. Postal Service published its final rule Friday requiring states that use the agency to transmit mail-in or absentee ballots in federal elections to submit lists of those voters or face non-delivery of the ballots. The rule implements President Donald Trump’s March 31...

The Mid-Term Circus is on, Welcome to OZ
Opinion
PoliticsAug 21, 2026

The Mid-Term Circus is on, Welcome to OZ

By Rick Hallman

The Wisconsin Illusion, bad polls, profoundly stupid media conclusions, mentally unstable voters and the effect it could have on our Republic.

A black wooden gavel rests on its block atop a judge’s bench in an empty courtroom.
US NewsPoliticsAugust 21, 2026

Missouri Judge Delivers Major Redistricting Win for Trump and GOP Ahead of Midterms

By Tommy Flynn

Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green ruled Wednesday that Missouri’s referendum process cannot be used to challenge the state’s Republican-drawn congressional map, preserving a Trump-backed redraw that strengthens the GOP’s position and targets a Democratic-held seat for the...

X screenshot of Swalwell's video statement.
US NewsPoliticsAugust 21, 2026

Federal Agents Seize Swalwell’s Devices and Search Home in Expanding Sexual Misconduct Probe

By Tommy Flynn

Federal agents seized electronic devices from former Rep. Eric Swalwell at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday and executed a search warrant at his Washington, D.C., home the following day as part of a criminal investigation into multiple allegations of sexual...

Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks at a Sports Council announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, July 31, 2025.
US NewsPoliticsAugust 21, 2026

Vance: Handful of GOP Senators Blocking SAVE America Act as Administration Eyes Parliamentarian Override

By Tommy Flynn

Vice President JD Vance told Newsmax that the Trump administration has examined using his constitutional authority as President of the Senate to overrule the parliamentarian and clear a path for the SAVE America Act, but a small group of Republican senators continues to stand in...

Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida
US NewsPoliticsAugust 21, 2026

DOJ Investigators Seek Interviews with FBI Officials Over 2022 Mar-a-Lago Raid in Expanding Conspiracy Probe

By Tommy Flynn

Justice Department investigators working with longtime Trump ally Joseph diGenova have requested voluntary interviews with FBI officials who participated in the August 2022 search of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, expanding a Florida-based inquiry that aims to...