Alex Plechash, chair of the Minnesota Republican Party, intensified criticism of Democrat leadership in the state on Tuesday amid a sprawling fraud scandal that has reshaped Minnesota politics and drawn federal law enforcement action. Plechash said the fallout from multiple fraud investigations has eroded confidence in Gov. Tim Walz’s administration…

By James Morley III | Tuesday, 06 January 2026 02:16 PM EST Democrats face growing internal divisions as they condemn President Donald Trump’s operation to arrest Nicolas Maduro while also acknowledging the Venezuelan leader’s record as a brutal dictator. A new poll showed that a majority of Americans support bringing…

Senate leader and retired Navy captain Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., has vowed to challenge Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s decision to downgrade his military retirement rank and pay in a move he called an attack on constitutional rights. Kelly issued a strong statement Tuesday after Hegseth announced the issuance of a…

By Brian Freeman | Tuesday, January 6, 2026 A recent poll released Tuesday reveals that 43 percent of registered U.S. voters support President Donald Trump’s military action targeting Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro, while 36 percent oppose the intervention. The survey, conducted by J.L. Partners with a sample of 999 registered…

By Nicole Weatherholtz | Tuesday, 06 January 2026 07:51 PM EST The mother of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s newly appointed tenants’ rights chief—a figure who has sparked outrage for describing homeownership as “a weapon of white supremacy”—is a professor at Vanderbilt University and owns a home valued at…

House Democrats marked the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach Tuesday with a hearing focused on democratic norms and political violence, while Republicans announced a new, GOP-led investigation that will begin hearings next week and shift attention toward unresolved security failures. House Democrats convened a forum Tuesday to…

By Nicole Weatherholtz | Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 11:01 a.m. EST President Donald Trump touted soaring U.S. markets in a new Truth Social post, celebrating what he called record highs across the board. “The USA markets just hit another ALL TIME HIGH – ALL OF THEM!!!” Trump wrote Tuesday…

Senate Democrats are moving to block any potential U.S. military action involving Greenland, setting up a debate over presidential war powers following recent overseas operations ordered by President Donald Trump. Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona plans to introduce a War Powers resolution that would require congressional approval before any U.S….

By Charlie McCarthy | Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 10:55 AM EST President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning expressed “tremendous sorrow” and condolences to the family of the late Republican California Rep. Doug LaMalfa. Speaking to House GOP members at the Trump Kennedy Center, Trump said the nation had suffered “tremendous…