Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire will not run for re-election in 2026, bringing an end to a long and singular political career and further complicating Democrats’ efforts to regain a majority in the Senate. Her decision not to seek a fourth term will immediately set off a high-stakes race in a state whose voters
Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin was ripped by conservatives on social media on Tuesday after an interview where she likened President Donald Trump’s election to the “angry teenage years” of the United States where voter brains are still being formed. “Representing a state here, people voted for Trump and voted for me, I have a responsibility
Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and one of President Trump’s top advisers, on Monday accused Senator Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona, of being a “traitor” after he visited Ukraine and said the United States should keep supporting its war against Russia. Mr. Kelly, a former NASA astronaut and Navy pilot who flew combat missions during
Longtime Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire is the last remaining Democrat up for re-election in the 2026 midterms in a competitive seat who has yet to publicly announce her intentions. But that decision may be coming shortly. Shaheen is expected to announce later this month whether she will seek a fourth six-year term representing
Martina Navratilova has been outspoken about transgender athletes in women’s sports for a long while, and earlier this week, she attacked a Democrat senator who voted against the bill. Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Mastro was one of the 45 Democrats to vote against the bill, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order. In a statement, Cortez
Nigerian lawmakers have suspended a senator for six months, after she submitted a petition alleging she had been sexually harassed by the senate president. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan first made the accusations against one of the country’s top politicians, Godswill Akpabio in an interview last Friday. After dismissing her petition on procedural grounds, the ethics committee recommended
Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, has spent the last few months cozying up to the Trump administration, attending his inauguration and launching a data-center project that President Trump mentioned in Tuesday’s address to Congress. Some conservative critics of Mr. Altman, though, have sought in recent weeks to highlight his past ties to Democrats.
Senator Elissa Slotkin, a first-term Democrat from Michigan, will deliver her party’s response to President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, stepping in at a moment when Democrats are struggling to find an effective messenger and message for pushing back on a president unbound. In Ms. Slotkin, 48, Democrats have
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Friday called for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to resign after a disastrous Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, after which the president asked him to leave. “He either needs to resign and send somebody over that we can do business with, or he needs
FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Tom Cotton, chair of the Republican Conference and Select Committee on Intelligence, revealed his plans to run for re-election in Arkansas in 2026, telling Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview how he plans to help build on the GOP majority for the next Congress and sharpen his focus on national