On Saturday January 14th, Democratic candidate Taylor Rehmet defeated Trump-backed candidate Leigh Wambsganns in a special election for the 9th District in the Fort Worth area. The victory was determined in a 14 point lead, which was a 31 point swing towards the Democrats in comparison to the 2024 election results swinging hard towards President Trump. Trump himself had made a push for Wambsganns, posting support on social media in the last two days of the race. However, when reporters from Florida asked Trump for his reaction to the results, Trump shrugged them off, saying, “I’m not involved in it.…

On Monday, January 5th, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz dropped out of the Minnesota governor’s race. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is considering joining the race to replace him. Walz’s decision to not seek a third term has shocked the Minnesota political world.  Walz, who served as the Democrats 2024 vice president nominee, was facing Republican backlash as they sought to link him to a federal probe into a massive welfare fraud scandal in the state, in which dozens of people were charged for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from Covid-era government programs intended to help feed children. Although Walz was not…

On December 18th, 2025, The Board of Trustees voted to rename the facility Kennedy Center to The Trump Kennedy Center. The decision was unanimous and spokeswoman Roma Daravi added in a statement that the re-name “Honors Trump’s work at the center since taking over early in his second term.” Trump has joked about renaming the performing arts center since he was elected chair in February. By the 18th of December, the center’s website was updated to The Trump Kennedy Center. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a post on X, “Congratulations to President Donald J. Trump, and likewise,…

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, was detained by immigration agents on November 20th at the Boston Logan International Airport when she tried to board a flight to Texas to surprise her family. She was sent back to Honduras two days later. Lopez Belloza, a freshman studying business at Babson College in Massachusetts, is now with her grandparents in Honduras. Her father, Francis Lopez, stated on Sunday that Lopez Belloza nor her parents knew there was an order for her deportation. Lopez Belloza’s lawyer, Todd Pomerleau, explained that while she was about to board a Southwest Airlines flight to Texas, “She…

At 2:15p.m. on November 27th, an unidentified gunman opened fire near the White House, ambushing two National Guard troops who were on patrol. Both soldiers were struck, the suspect was wounded in the crossfire and hospitalized. On Thursday, November 28th, President Trump announced that one of the injured soldiers, Spec. Sarah Beckstrom, had died. The second Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, remains in critical condition. The suspect was later identified as Afghan Rahmanulla Lakanwal, who was charged with firearm possession and three counts of assault with the intent to kill while armed. FBI Director Kash Patel has ordered search warrants executed…

At 2:15p.m. on November 27th, an unidentified gunman opened fire near the White House, ambushing two National Guard troops who were on patrol. Both soldiers were struck, the suspect was wounded in the crossfire and hospitalized. On Thursday, November 28th, President Trump announced that one of the injured soldiers, Spec. Sarah Beckstrom, had died. The second Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, remains in critical condition. The suspect was later identified as Afghan Rahmanulla Lakanwal, who was charged with firearm possession and three counts of assault with the intent to kill while armed. FBI Director Kash Patel has ordered search warrants executed…

During the elections on Tuesday, November 4th, California voters decided to approve Proposition 50 (Prop 50 for short) to allow for the redrawing of congressional maps to favor Democrats in five districts represented by Republicans. According to the Associated Press, early vote returns showed the approval of Prop 50 with 65% of the vote. Governor Gavin Newsom celebrated the victory in a speech that called on other Democrat-led states to redraw their districts as well. He also praised the organization of California in getting the proposition together, saying, “Instead of agonizing over the state of our nation, we organized in…

In September 2025, the City of Wilmington, North Carolina, announced two removed monuments to the Confederacy would be reinstated in the Summer of 2026. The two monuments were a statue of Wilmington native George Davis, who was the attorney general for the Confederacy, and a statue dedicated to unnamed Confederate soldiers. The statues will be displayed at Valor Memorial Park. According to Mary Bradbury from the non-profit group Commemorating Honor Inc., an organization dedicated to restoring monuments and commemorating war heroes, “We are happy to have the Wilmington monuments. We are also thankful to all those involved with helping make…