Jamie Dupree

WASHINGTON — If you closed your eyes at the U.S. Capitol, you might think you had suddenly been transported to the state Capitol in Tallahassee. Democrats on Capitol Hill erupted in anger on Monday as details of a new Congressional district map for Florida finally became public, the latest exchange in an increasingly bitter national redistricting fight.

Answering questions publicly before Congress for the first time since the Iran war began in late February, Pentagon officials kicked off two days of hearings by taking a defiant tone with critics in Congress, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stood by President Trump's decision to attack the Tehran regime.

One week after it was revealed that three candidates for Congress had wagered on themselves in the growing arena of worldwide betting markets, the U.S. Senate approved a plan from U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno to ban senators and their staff from making any such wagers in the future.

The message of support for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base was a familiar one, but that didn't make it any less important as business and civic leaders from the Miami Valley reminded Congress and the Pentagon this week that the region is more than ready to support the base and see its operations expand for the future.

Taking the first step on government funding for 2027, the U.S. House has approved a bill to fund military construction projects for the Pentagon which specifically includes $21 million for a new Human Performance Wing Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, a Democrat, is favored to win an 11th term representing Georgia's 4th Congressional District in DeKalb County.

While U.S. military forces remain poised for action in a fragile ceasefire with Iran, lawmakers in Congress are also in a holding pattern — waiting to see what's next from President Donald Trump and the Tehran regime — with most Republicans not willing to get in the way of the White House.

President Donald Trump doesn't like it when GOP lawmakers in Congress go against him. And this week was no different when a group of four Republicans — including U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Troy — voted for a resolution ordering the end of military action against Iran.

For most of his 17 months in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio has stayed below the radar on Capitol Hill. But with the 2026 midterm elections in full swing, that's been changing in recent days, as the pressure builds on the Ohio Republican to keep his Senate seat in GOP hands this November.

The details are still to be worked out. No one is quite sure what Iranian leaders will agree to on their nuclear program in negotiations over the next 60 days. But for now, Ohio Republicans in Congress remain fully behind President Trump's deal to end the war with Iran — even without any concrete concessions by the Tehran regime.