James Fite

Will he, won't he? President Donald Trump was all set to sign the bipartisan housing bill when he suddenly canceled on Wednesday. Then, by Thursday evening, he was having friendly meetings with GOP lawmakers - now it seems he's going to sign it after all. The legislative rollercoaster goes up, down, and then back up again. But what about the SAVE America Act – or, for that matter, FISA?

Both countries signed the ‘memorandum of understanding,' and both are still fighting.

Socialists hope to radically change America – and they just might get the chance.

President Donald Trump wants to halt vote-by-mail in states that refuse to turn over voter data to the administration. But the courts just don't seem to feel the same way. On June 24, Postmaster General David Steiner confirmed the USPS wouldn't deliver mail-in ballots in states that refuse to comply. A week later to the day, however, Judge Emmet Sullivan of the US District Court for the District of Columbia barred the postal service from going through with that plan.

The Fourth of July semiquincentennial celebrations were every bit as big as expected.

Will the do-nothing Congress of the 21st century inspire voters to replace their lazy lawmakers? Either way, what motivation do they have to work any harder afterward? The lame ducks will be headed home in December for good, and the successful incumbents won't have to face the electorate for another two years. And should Democrats take either chamber come January, President Trump can say goodbye to whatever remains of his agenda.

creating immigration law by presidential fiat. So, could a simple change of venue turn this whole thing around? That's what Rep. John McGuire (R-VA) hopes to accomplish with his Birthright Citizenship Clarification Act of 2026.

Platner, flawed though he certainly was, represented the single greatest threat to Collins' continued reign. By July 1, he was even polling slightly

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) passed away Saturday night, July 11. News broke in the early hours of Sunday, but Graham's office reportedly confirmed he died “from a brief and sudden illness.” The Palmetto State Republican had served more than three decades in Congress, between his four terms in the Senate and four in the House before that, and he worked almost up until the day he died. Sen. Graham passed on Saturday, and on Friday, he returned home from a working trip to Ukraine.

Just another reminder of the danger of an aging Senate. The story, in brief Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) finally speaks again.