Straight Arrow Illustration/Getty Images Media 5m read When the ‘victim’ is made with AI, child pornography cases get complicated Are AI depictions of child abuse free speech? Experts weigh in on a narrow court ruling that prompted broad backlash.
The White House Government Oversight 3m read Trump defends using taxpayer-funded ads but says MAGA super PAC will now pick up the tab President Trump is still defending using taxpayer money for the ads saying it’s “a rather standard thing to do.”
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Aug 8 3m read Todd Blanche confirmed as attorney general after Cassidy breaks deadlock
Finn Gomez/Getty Images, AP Photo/Jae C. Hong/File Aug 5 9m read Michigan Senate primary too close to call; Armed man arrested at Trump golf club
AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein Aug 3 3m read Trump warns $1.8B fund could return if Blanche nomination fails
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Jul 31 3m read Trump says he may yank Blanche nomination, but he’d still lead Justice Department
Social media via Reuters, Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Jul 30 11m read US hits Iran after promised retaliation; GOP senators delay Blanche nomination
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc; Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images Jul 30 2m read Sens. Cornyn and Tillis block committee vote on Blanche’s appointment
Eric Lee/Getty Images Jul 15 3m read Todd Blanche’s attorney general bid opens with key GOP votes still in play
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Jun 6 6m read Is Graham Platner Democrats’ Ken Paxton? Some hope they don’t have to find out
Stewart F. House/Getty Images May 27 2m read Trump-backed Paxton topples Cornyn in major Texas GOP shakeup, will face Talarico
Maggie Gordon/Straight Arrow May 26 4m read The AI campaign season is here. Ready to see a MAGA candidate with AOC?
Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters, Apu Gomes/Getty Images May 26 9m read US strikes Iran again; California chemical threat keeps thousands out
Elías Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News, Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images May 26 4m read Texas voters to decide Cornyn-Paxton Senate fight after Trump steps in
Ron Jenkins/Getty Images May 19 3m read Trump endorses Ken Paxton over John Cornyn in tight Texas Republican Senate runoff
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images May 19 3m read Tillis could derail budget bill over White House ballroom funding
Richard Rodriguez/Brandon Bell/Getty Images Mar 18 4m read As critical deadline passes, Trump withholds endorsement in Texas runoff
Sara Diggins/ The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images Feb 20 4m read The Colbert effect: Is national drama driving Texas voter turnout?
Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Dec 8, 2025 3m read Rep. Jasmine Crockett files to run for US Senate after Texas redistricting
Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Nov 6, 2025 3m read Nuclear option more attractive to some shutdown-tired Senate Republicans
Tasos Katopodis via Getty Images Oct 16, 2025 4m read IRS seeks to investigate Democratic donors, senior official made a target list
AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli Aug 8, 2025 4m read Newsom announces plans for a special election to redistrict California
ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP/Getty Images Aug 5, 2025 3m read Sen. Cornyn calls on FBI to find Texas House Democrats
Wong Yu Liang via Getty Aug 1, 2025 4m read ‘Fire with fire’: Politicians won’t take high ground on mid-decade redistricting
