#political-maneuvering

#political-maneuvering

The president is pushing a plan this summer that would tilt the all-important 2026 midterm elections in Republicans' favor by ordering Texas Republicans to redraw the state's congressional maps to tip five more House seats to the GOP.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has shifted his position on the Epstein files, initially supporting their release but later cancelling votes and claiming it was to avoid political games.

The three Cuban American lawmakers finally agreed late Wednesday to go along with the package after Trump agreed not to extend a Treasury Department license allowing energy giant Chevron to continue to produce and export Venezuelan oil.

The House passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 by the smallest margin imaginable (one vote) was always the likeliest outcome.

A day after the US Copyright Office dropped a bombshell pre-publication report challenging artificial intelligence firms' argument that all AI training should be considered fair use, the Trump administration fired the head of the Copyright Office, Shira Perlmutter.

"The California Legislature often operates as a political game of Whac-A-Mole, where legislation reappears despite previous failings through tactics like gut-and-amend."

The Seanad election is a complex process, often reliant on luck, as revealed by the contrasting outcomes for candidates Clifford-Lee and Chu, who, despite requesting recounts, ultimately faced defeat.