Murphy deflects question on Schumer’s future as Senate leader

Fact-checking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on the effects of the SAVE America Act

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said the SAVE America Act would require in-person voter registration, "something only 5% of Americans do today." The act would require that, but the rate of in-person registrations is higher than Schumer said.

Senate Dem Leaders Are Trying to Sink Graham Platner. Voters Aren’t Convinced.

Despite his high-profile controversies, Platner is still popular with Mainers. But leadership isn’t budging from its centrist pick. The post Senate Dem Leaders Are Trying to Sink Graham Platner. Voters Aren’t Convinced. appeared first on The Intercept .

Still trailing by 23 votes, NC Senate leader asks for hand recount

The leader of North Carolina’s upper legislature is requesting another recount after a machine tally showed him losing a contested Republican primary for his state Senate seat by 23 votes. North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger (R) asked the state’s Board of Elections in a letter on Friday to grant a hand recount at a…

Who leads Iran? Assassinations leave leadership and command in question

Analysts question Tehran’s power dynamics as younger hardliners may rise after killing of leaders Khamenei and Larijani.

Still trailing by 23 votes, NC Senate leader asks for hand recount - The Hill

New questions arise over TikTok sale

<p>Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has questions about a $10 billion fee that TikTok's buyers reportedly are paying the U.S. Treasury Department, on top of what they spent <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/23/tiktok-deal-trump-app-ban" target="_blank">to buy the actual business</a> from China's ByteDance.</p><ul><li>But those involved are keeping silent.</li></ul><hr><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Warner yesterday sent <a href="https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/d/1/d1b54661-3604-41d4-8549-965647ccb662/90B2101C3CF59FF7177BD59E68366ACDBF7BBDCA24BB4C0A5BE445B6A04C7ECB.warner-bessent-tiktok-treasury-fee.final.signed.pdf" target="_blank">a letter</a> to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, asking about how the fee was determined, approved and how the money would be spent without violating the Anti-Deficiency Act — a rule that prohibits federal agencies from spending money without Congressional appropriation (unless used for deficit reduction).</p><ul><li>His office seem...