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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

Sen. Andy Kim latest Democrat to eschew Schumer leadership endorsement

Claire Carter · March 29, 2026 2:36 pm

Airline passengers make their way through the security lines, next to a closed screening area, in Terminal C at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Houston. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)

TSA officers to be paid as early as Monday, Homan says

Claire Carter · March 29, 2026 12:12 pm

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

What the CPAC straw poll says

Byron York · March 29, 2026 11:22 am

People take shelter as Iran launched missiles and drones towards Israel following the US-Israeli attacks, in Jerusalem on February 28, 2026. Israeli air defence systems destroyed some of the missiles launched by Iran, as sirens are heard in the city. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Latin patriarch of Jerusalem says Israeli police blocked him from Palm Sunday service

Claire Carter · March 29, 2026 10:34 am

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Paxton dominates CPAC as GOP frets over Texas Senate runoff

Mabinty Quarshie and Samantha-Jo Roth · March 29, 2026 9:58 am

Domestically built Iranian missiles are displayed as part of a permanent exhibition in Tehran.

Top diplomats meet in Pakistan for talks on ending Iran war as strikes continue

Claire Carter · March 29, 2026 9:43 am

Social Security money 13.

April Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in three days

Asher Notheis · March 29, 2026 9:00 am

Two years ago, seven babies and a mother lost their lives in a Philadelphia clinic at the hands of Dr. Kermit Gosnell -- an individual sworn to do no harm. (AP Photo)Â

Kermit Gosnell, post-birth abortionist

Timothy P. Carney · March 29, 2026 8:00 am

Social Security money 7.

First round of April Social Security payments goes out in 10 days

Asher Notheis · March 29, 2026 7:00 am

Michael Baumgartner listens as Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies.

Republican AI push hits internal resistance over data centers

Rachel Schilke · March 29, 2026 7:00 am

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool)

Fairness and Justice

Virginia Democrats turn themselves into pretzels to ‘stop Donald Trump’ with gerrymander

Jenny Beth Martin · March 29, 2026 7:00 am

A Ukrainian soldier tinkers with drones in a military workshop

Ukraine views Iran war as an extension of its war against Russia, even if Trump doesn’t

Mike Brest and Timothy Nerozzi · March 29, 2026 7:00 am