Zach Lahn says Rob Sand “wants to raise your taxes by $7,500 per year.” Sand says he would not reverse Iowa’s recent income tax cuts. We looked at Sand’s positions and the math behind Lahn’s claim.

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, who is seeking to retain his Georgia seat, has been airing TV ads aimed at older Americans that say his Republican opponent U.S. Rep. Mike Collins wants to cut their retirement ...

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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Florida Republicans billed their party’s June 27 gathering in South Florida as the “Sunshine State Showdown.” But for U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, the event’s headliner and GOP ...

On July 22, the U.S. House passed the annual National Defense Authorization Act — which sets funding and policy for the U.S. Defense Department — for fiscal year 2027. The Senate hasn’t taken it up.

As cities across the United States put their own spin on the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations, New York City and Mayor Zohran Mamdani also honored the Big Apple’s place in American history.

Neither federal nor state data backs up Trump’s assertion, either on the number who voted or their legal status. The Department of Homeland Security has said there “may be” as many as 35,152 ...

Evoke George W. Bush, his income tax cuts and the war in Iraq, and you’re sure to arouse some liberal ire. Suggest that Bush financed those projects by plundering Social Security’s retirement coffers, ...