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GOP candidates aren’t worried about potential record-low Iowa caucus temperatures, saying that they think their supporters are uniquely motivated to come out.

Legal woes that would have buried a candidate have become a feature of Trump’s 2024 run as other Republicans hit campaign trail in Iowa Four candidates were on the campaign trail, meeting and greeting voters in frigid Iowa. A fifth was sitting in a courtroom in rainy Washington, trying to fend off a criminal case … Read more

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December and underwent a minimally invasive procedure to treat and cure it, according to a statement from Walter Reed National Military Center officials on Tuesday.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves was inaugurated for his second term on Tuesday. The 49-year-old Republican is the fourth Mississippi governor to win two consecutive terms. Reeves campaigned by focusing on tax cuts, job creation, low unemployment and improvements in education. He also cast his Democratic opponent as a liberal backed by out-of-state donors who were … Read more

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Roger Marshall, R-M.D., will lead a resolution on the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon calling for a vote of “no confidence” of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Republican lawmakers have been critical of Mayorkas’s handling of the southern border, as illegal immigrant crossings reached a record high last month.  The … Read more

The Florida Legislature opened its annual 60-day session Tuesday and prepared to hear Gov. Ron DeSantis give his State of the State address before he heads back to Iowa for next week’s crucial presidential caucuses. TRUMP TAKES NO CHANCES AS IOWA’S REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CAUCUSES APPROACH The Senate and House began the largely ceremonial proceedings, with … Read more

It is becoming increasingly obvious to lawmakers that the only way to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of next week is to do a stopgap spending bill known as a CR – short for continuing resolution. Such a bill simply renews all spending at current levels. There simply isn’t enough time to … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: House Republican hardliners who criticized ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s government funding compromise with President Biden are now concerned that Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will usher in “more of the same” leadership despite promising a fresh start. “I think this contributes to the fiscal harm to our country and is consistent with what has happened for … Read more

A border deal that was anticipated to be finalized in text this week has hit a roadblock but is still progressing, according to Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla. “There’s too many unanswered issues” for officials to sort through still, Lankford, one of the key negotiators, told reporters Monday.  One of those “unanswered issues” lawmakers are stuck … Read more

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday announced that the state has now sent over 100,000 migrants to “sanctuary” cities across the United States, over a year and a half since he started the program to relieve what he says are overwhelmed border states. “Texas has transported over 100,000 migrants to sanctuary cities to relieve overwhelmed … Read more