The effort to create a new GOP-leaning state is part of a broader effort to keep control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.

Ernst, 55, was first elected to the Senate in 2014 and comfortably won reelection in 2020.

The fight over the bill comes with enormous stakes for the party as Republicans race to describe the legislation as spurring the economy and benefiting “working-class” Americans.

The move by Donald Trump, who faced Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, comes as she prepares to travel nationwide for a book tour.

The Republican leaders of the state legislature expressed disagreement with the ruling but said they would nonetheless comply with it.

The decision comes a day after Trump fired Susan Monarez, the Senate-confirmed CDC director, prompting a series of resignations of other top officials at the agency.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Trump’s law enforcement surge to Democratic-led cities is “blatant hypocrisy,” when, he says, there are higher crime rates in some Republican-run places.

Many voters continue to recoil at the tariffs imposed by Trump, leaving his economic policy in dangerous political territory.

Peter Navarro accused the country of funding Russia’s war in Ukraine and harming American taxpayers.

Republicans have a higher approval of several federal agencies under Trump than Biden, while Democrats’ approval rate has dropped.

The request followed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s declaration that a ‘strike team’ of ICE agents would arrive in Chicago soon.

The president accused George and Alex Soros of supporting “Violent Protests,” an accusation their organization called “outrageous and false.”

An upset victory by Catelin Drey flips a seat formerly held by a Republican in the conservative-leaning district that Trump easily won in 2024.

Indiana Republicans remain split, but Trump and Vance directly appealed to state leaders at the White House as part of redistricting fight.

U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East and Russia Steve Witkoff blamed Hamas for holding up a truce. He projected a deal by the end of the year.

It’s a politically dangerous position Democrats have been caught in before: Trying to stand up for civil liberties without being tagged as soft on crime.

Service members say they’re glad to help the National Park Service. But some question if trash removal and groundskeeping are an appropriate use of the military.

For more than three televised hours, Cabinet members heaped praise on Trump in a fashion that analysts say resembled assemblies in authoritarian states.

An upset victory by Catelin Drey flips a seat formerly held by a Republican in the conservative-leaning district that Trump easily won in 2024.

In the 1989 case Texas v. Johnson, flag burning as political protest was ruled to be protected First Amendment speech. Trump’s order could revisit that decision.

The president calls for seeking the death penalty in all D.C. murder cases and wants to extend the current 30 day period of control over the city’s police.

The commerce secretary said there was a “monstrous discussion” among Trump administration officials about taking partial ownership of defense giants days after President Donald Trump announced a similar partnership with Intel.

The nation’s largest civil rights organization argues the newly redrawn boundary lines, which the Texas state legislature voted to adopt last week, are “racially motivated.”

A Democratic National Committee panel is set to take up two resolutions that reflect the split, which looms over future elections.

What President Donald Trump’s deal to hold a 10 percent stake in Intel means for the future of the U.S. government’s relationship with private companies.

The commerce secretary said there was a “monstrous discussion” among Trump administration officials about taking partial ownership of defense giants days after President Donald Trump announced a similar partnership with Intel.

A judge ruled that Republican lawmakers in Utah illegally drew a congressional map that gave their party all of the state’s congressional seats.

In a new op-ed, Bolton argued Trump’s Ukraine policy is “no more coherent today than it was last Friday” when the raids happened.

The result of the Trump administration’s weaponization of mortgage filings, experts say, is an escalation in the way his officials seek to penalize, remove or even jail adversaries.

Trump moves to fire a Federal Reserve governor he has accused of mortgage fraud.

The president said Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) told him at last year’s Army-Navy football game that he was “the greatest president” of his lifetime. Moore said, “That conversation never happened.”

He became a symbol of the opaque and ultra-clubby diamond market. He also drew attention as former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s longtime companion.

The president’s possible legal action comes after he urged Texas Republicans to pursue a similar redistricting strategy to create GOP-friendly congressional maps.

At least three of the five members of the Norwegian prize committee have criticized Trump publicly, making his path to winning their votes far from clear.

The New Democratic Coalition unveiled a plan to win back voters on immigration but they need the party’s support.