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Congress is moving forward with plans to send a multi-billion dollar weapons package to Taiwan in an effort to ward off a potential invasion from China. Bipartisan congressional leaders are seeking to avoid another Ukraine situation and hope to preemptively arm Taiwanese forces, the Washington Post reported. The plans come …

As Republicans are now one seat away from capturing a majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, there are still 13 races yet to be called that will determine how close the margins could be for the GOP should it ultimately prevail. A party must win 218 seats …

Republicans on Sunday picked up one of several seats that they’ll need to secure in order to gain a majority in the House of Representatives, which is still not guaranteed five days after the midterm elections were held. Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer bested Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner to take the House seat …

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott cruised to a re-election victory in Tuesday’s midterms, dealing another blow to Democratic aspirations of taking control of the longtime Republican stronghold. Abbott defeated Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke by 11 percentage points in Tuesday’s election, according to The Associated Press’s unofficial results, only about two points …

President Biden has now twice referred to Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit host Cambodia as Colombia, including Saturday during remarks opening the talks. “It was an honor to host at the White House in May, and now that we are back together in Cambodia,” Biden said as he opened …

Authorities did not discover any substance in the “suspicious” items mailed to Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s campaign headquarters. This comes after Lake’s campaign alleged last week that a staffer was exposed to a “suspicious” white powdery substance sent in an envelope to her office. Phoenix Police said Friday …

The results of about two dozen congressional races across the country are still outstanding and all Republicans need to successfully flip the chamber (and retiring House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) are seven of them. So far, after Tuesday’s midterm elections results, Republicans have secured 211 seats of the chamber’s 435 members …

Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker forced Sen. Raphael Warnock into a runoff election, but former President Donald Trump’s expected 2024 run and an abbreviated runoff period to turn out voters could pose challenges for the candidate. Walker, who may have a chance to win a Senate majority for Republicans, …

Businessman Rick Caruso’s lead over Democrat Rep. Karen Bass has now shrunk to just around 2,000 votes in the Los Angeles mayoral race, as county officials there are sifting through hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots.  Caruso, a Republican-turned-Democrat, has so far captured 273,941 votes – about 50.25% – compared …

Nevada Democrat U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is inching closer to overtaking the lead that Republican Adam Laxalt has.  Following the latest updates from Clark County, Laxalt’s lead over Cortez Masto shrunk to 798 votes after the county tallied 27,229 votes, resulting in a pickup of 8,190 votes for the …