While Kamala Harris faces off against Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election, a number of important U.S. Senate seats are also up for grabs. Who wins those seats might determine which party controls the Senate — and perhaps all of Congress. As it stands currently, the U.S. Senate has 49 Republicans, 47 Democrats and…

Republicans are urging former President Donald Trump to accept a rematch debate against Vice President Kamala Harris following their initial debate on Tuesday, Sept. 10.Trump expressed hesitance about participating in another debate, stating he is “not inclined to do” one with Harris.He suggested waiting to see how things progress with both campaigns before making a…

Five Republican senators are calling on President Joe Biden to deny visas to the leaders of Iran, Cuba and Venezuela for September’s U.N. General Assembly. The senators called the presidents of those countries a threat to U.S. national security.  “The United States must prevent the U.N. General Assembly from becoming a stage for the most evil…

Arizona voters will decide whether to enshrine the right to an abortion into their state’s constitution this November. The Office of the Arizona Secretary of State announced it certified a ballot measure after the Arizona for Abortion Access coalition submitted a petition with more than 577,971 signatures, surpassing the required 383,932 signatures. The measure is…

Michael Cohen, the one-time lawyer of Donald Trump, is set to take the stand in the former president’s criminal trial. And graduates protesting the war in Gaza walk out on Jerry Seinfeld during Duke’s commencement ceremony. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Monday, May 13, 2024. Michael Cohen expected to take the…

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Ky., announced that he will step down from his position in November. McConnell has been the top Republican in the chamber since 2007 and is the longest serving Senate leader in history. The 82-year-old made clear he plans to finish his elected term which ends in January 2027.  McConnell is…

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Ky., announced he will step down from his position in November. McConnell has been the top Republican in the chamber since 2007, and he is the longest serving Senate leader in history. He said he’ll finish his elected term which ends in January 2027. So who could replace him? There are…

Did the former IRS contractor who leaked thousands of tax returns, including former President Donald Trump’s, get a sweetheart plea deal? That’s what House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, claims, and he’s looking into how the Justice Department decided to charge Charles Littlejohn with one count of disclosing tax return information without authorization. Between…

The new Senate border deal is a 280-page makeover of the country’s asylum, work authorization, and immigration adjudication system. It has the support of President Biden, Senate leaders from both parties and House Democratic leadership. However, the bill appears to be doomed to fail after House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., called it “dead on arrival”…

A group of Republican senators introduced a bill that would make the Supreme Court the sole decision-maker in cases that challenge a presidential candidate’s ballot eligibility under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The move comes after Colorado’s Supreme Court and Maine’s secretary of state determined that Donald Trump incited an insurrection with his actions leading…