Matthew Wilson

The scion of a prominent family of supermarket store owners is leaving Congress after losing his bid for reelection to a Trump-backed primary challenger on Tuesday night.

Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) was defeated by John Gibbs, a former senior official in the Department of Housing and Urban Development during the Trump administration, in the Republican primary for Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District. Considered the underdog by most political observers going into Tuesday's primary, Meijer trailed

As House Democrats reportedly prepare to introduce legislation prohibiting members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks, some lawmakers from their own party are raising questions about the bill and downplaying its chances of being enacted.

Top House Democrats, led by House Administration Committee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), are set to unveil a sweeping bill as soon as next week that would compel members of Congress to place their assets in blind trusts and relinquish personal c

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would codify same-sex marriage into federal law on Tuesday, with large numbers of Republican lawmakers joining all Democrats in supporting the legislation.

Forty-seven Republicans joined all Democrats in voting for the bill, named the Respect for Marriage Act, after House GOP leadership announced that it would not be whipping rank-and-file lawmakers to oppose it. The final vote tally was 267-157, with all no votes coming from Republ

As Republicans set their sights on recapturing a majority in the House, much of the focus of party leaders, activists, and political players is on battleground seats in states such as Nevada, Ohio, Michigan, and Virginia. But could an upset be brewing in the Democratic stronghold of New England?

Very few opportunities abound for Republicans in the Northeast despite the fact that Democrats have a monopoly on congressional seats in the region. Outside of perennially competitive races in New Hamps

The Supreme Court’s landmark decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and return decisions over abortion access to the states has upended the political map, diverting, if only temporarily, the electorate’s attention away from economic problems such as inflation, gas prices, and the cost of living.

But as Democrats stare down a precarious political environment in this November’s midterm elections, party leaders are attempting to reset the narrative by keeping the public’s attention fixed on abortion. An

As national Democrats attempt to turn the electorate’s focus to abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Florida’s Senate race seems poised to put the viability of that strategy to the test.

Rep. Val Demings, the likely Democratic nominee to challenge GOP Sen. Marco Rubio for his seat in November, is attempting to reset her struggling campaign by putting Rubio’s views on abortion front and center. Demings's campaign is the first, but likely not the