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 Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville, Tennessee
US NewsPoliticsMay 14, 2026

Tennessee House Speaker Removes All Democrats from Committees and Subcommittees After Redistricting Protests

By Tommy Flynn

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton stripped every Democratic lawmaker of their committee and subcommittee assignments Tuesday as punishment for disruptive protests during the special session on congressional redistricting. In a letter dated May 12...

A black wooden gavel rests on its block atop a judge’s bench in an empty courtroom.
PoliticsIn the CourtsMay 14, 2026

Trump Lawyers Enter Settlement Talks With IRS Over $10 Billion Tax Leak Lawsuit

By Tommy Flynn

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for President Donald Trump, his two eldest sons and the Trump Organization have begun discussions with the Internal Revenue Service aimed at resolving a $10 billion lawsuit filed over the unauthorized leak of the president’s confidential tax records to news...

The Georgia State Capitol, in Atlanta, Georgia.
US NewsPoliticsMay 14, 2026

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Calls Special Session for Congressional Redistricting

By Tommy Flynn

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp called the Georgia General Assembly into a special session starting June 17 to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative maps for the 2028 election cycle and resolve a looming deadline on voting equipment changes. The move follows the U.S....

CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard meet in the Situation Room of the White House, Saturday, June 21, 2025
US NewsPoliticsMay 14, 2026

DNI Denies Reports CIA Raided Tulsi Gabbard’s Office to Seize JFK and MK-Ultra Files

By Tommy Flynn

WASHINGTON — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence flatly denied Wednesday night that the CIA raided Director Tulsi Gabbard’s office and seized boxes of classified documents related to the John F. Kennedy assassination and the CIA’s MK-Ultra mind-control program....

Merrick Garland and Jack Smith
US NewsPoliticsMay 13, 2026

FBI and Jack Smith Team Secretly Preserved Evidence to Enable Prosecution of Trump After He Leaves Office

By Tommy Flynn

WASHINGTON — Newly obtained FBI documents reveal that agents working with Special Counsel Jack Smith deliberately closed their investigation into former President Donald Trump while preserving all evidence and materials until at least February 2030 — long after Trump’s second...

Congressman Bennie Thompson
US NewsPoliticsMay 13, 2026

Bennie Thompson, January 6 Committee Chairman, Faces Potential Loss of Seat if Mississippi Adopts 2022 Congressional Map

By Tommy Flynn

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Republicans are pushing to approve the state’s 2022 congressional map during an upcoming special legislative session, a step that could dismantle the majority-Black 2nd District and cost longtime Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson his House seat....

A black wooden gavel rests on its block atop a judge’s bench in an empty courtroom.
In the CourtsPoliticsMay 13, 2026

2nd Circuit Halts $83.3 Million E. Jean Carroll Payment to Trump While Supreme Court Appeal Proceeds

By Tommy Flynn

NEW YORK — The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted President Donald Trump a temporary stay Tuesday on the $83.3 million defamation judgment awarded to E. Jean Carroll, pausing any payment requirement until the Supreme Court decides whether to take up his appeal or reject...

Supreme Court of Missouri Building in Jefferson City, Missouri in 2025
PoliticsIn the CourtsMay 13, 2026

Missouri Supreme Court Upholds Republican Redrawn Congressional Map for 2026 Midterms

By Tommy Flynn

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously upheld the state’s 2025 Republican-drawn congressional map Tuesday, clearing it for use in the November 2026 elections. In two separate opinions, the court affirmed lower-court rulings that the “Missouri First Map”...

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary Resigns After 13-Month Tenure
PoliticsHealthMay 12, 2026

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary Resigns After 13-Month Tenure

By Tommy Flynn

WASHINGTON — Dr. Marty Makary, President Donald Trump’s Food and Drug Administration commissioner, resigned Tuesday after roughly 13 months leading the agency. A White House official confirmed the departure. President Trump, speaking to reporters before departing for China,...

Screenshot from C-span coverage of Kevin Warsh’s Senate confirmation hearing (April 21, 2026)
PoliticsEconomyMay 12, 2026

Senate Confirms Kevin Warsh to Federal Reserve Board, Paving Way for Chairmanship

By Tommy Flynn

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors on Tuesday, positioning the former Fed official to succeed Jerome Powell as chairman once his nomination for the four-year chair term receives final approval. Lawmakers voted...

Democrats Float Radical Proposals to Bypass Virginia Supreme Court Redistricting Ruling
PoliticsIn the CourtsMay 12, 2026

Democrats Float Radical Proposals to Bypass Virginia Supreme Court Redistricting Ruling

By Tommy Flynn

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Democrats are rejecting the state Supreme Court’s May 8 ruling that voided a voter-approved constitutional amendment on congressional redistricting and are advancing multiple strategies to overturn or sidestep it, including an emergency appeal to the...

A black wooden gavel rests on its block atop a judge’s bench in an empty courtroom.
PoliticsIn the CourtsMay 12, 2026

Supreme Court Clears Path for Alabama to Use 2023 Republican-Drawn Congressional Map

By Tommy Flynn

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated lower-court orders blocking Alabama’s 2023 congressional redistricting map, clearing the way for the state to use the Republican-led legislature’s plan for the 2026 midterm elections. In an unsigned order, the justices...