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My Political and Opinion News page is dedicated to the latest political news and opinions. The page provides a range of perspectives and analysis of politics and policy from a US and global perspective.

Politico - Congress

Everybody wants to talk to the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee. He says few in GOP leadership actually want to work with him to extend an expiring spy power.
The proposed reauthorization of the so-called Section 702 law includes some new oversight and penalties for abuses of the spy authority.
Key leaders met Thursday morning to assure wary Republicans that another party-line bill is in the offing.
Kid asks Jeffries, ‘Why do voters view Democrats so poorly?’
The Texas Republican said he’d likely need to make a decision “soon” about joining the field — which already includes GOP Reps. Rob Wittman and Trent Kelly.
Sen. Maria Cantwell and other lawmakers want an investigation into whether the agency’s administrator “profited from deliberately violating his ethics agreement.”
“He’s in a bad mood,” one GOP senator said about President Donald Trump.
Approving replacements for Donald Trump’s embattled deputies could get complicated, lawmakers are warning.
An early-morning budget vote sets the stage for a planned $70 billion immigration enforcement bill.
Rep. Tom Kean Jr.'s team said the absence is due to unspecified health issues.
The Senate will kick off a marathon amendment voting session Wednesday night as Republicans aim to adopt a budget blueprint for immigration enforcement funding. The chamber is expected to start the vote-a-rama free-for-all around 8 p.m., according to three people granted anonymity to disclose private scheduling. Senate Republi...
The Senate’s top cybersecurity official is requesting a $2.8 million funding boost to support AI expansion.
Allies say the House Democratic leader’s redistricting counteroffensive showed he’s worthy of stepping into Nancy Pelosi’s shoes.
The only convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein has said she would testify to Congress if granted clemency — a power held solely by the president.

National Review

The lefty streamer repeatedly made clear he is disdainful toward the fundamental rules that keep our society together.
The new Liberal majority in Parliament will continue the Trudeau status quo, with minor modifications.
The nation’s regulatory and commercial environment remains a critical conduit for Tehran.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has been secretly funding ‘informants’ and infiltrators in multiple white supremacist groups around the country, the DOJ charges.
The Meadows Museum in Dallas shows us there’s lots happening in Spanish art between Goya and Picasso.
Why would they cozy up to ‘global progressives’ in a faraway leftist enclave?
The scurrilous left-wing group had to pay for racism to meet demand. But the criminal case may not stick.
Starting today, NR donors who give $250 and up will receive a free, signed copy of my forthcoming book on the subject.
Now it’s time for Congress to do the difficult work.
Virginia barely passed a partisan redistricting that will be hard to undo.
How Secretary Hegseth strategized the war of cultural ownership.
The Times inadvertently illustrates that Barack Obama was the real norm-breaker in the showdown between the Supreme Court and the executive branch.