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Ernst Will Not Run Again, Putting a Competitive Senate Seat in Play  The New York Times Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst won’t seek reelection to third term, sources tell CNN  CNN Republican Sen. Joni Ernst won’t seek re-election in Iowa in 2026  NBC News Joni Ernst won’t seek reelection to Senate in 2026, sources say  CBS News US Republican Senator Joni Ernst will not run …

Exclusive | Senate Democrats Warn Trump IPO Plan for Fannie, Freddie Could Push Up Mortgage Rates  The Wall Street Journal Trump’s Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac restructuring to create billion-dollar private credit opportunities  Pensions & Investments Fannie Ticket, Custom Software; Stratmor CX, Industry Events; Trump Shapes the Fed  Mortgage News Daily Democrats Urge White House to Pause Fannie, Freddie Share Sale  Bloomberg.com Gaming Out the …

Scoop: Fed fight revives Senate showdown over Trump nominees  Axios Trump wants to shake up the Fed. Stephen Miran has a playbook.  Politico Trump’s Fed pick Miran to get Senate hearing Sept 4  Reuters Trump Pick Miran Is on Track for Confirmation Before Fed Meeting  Bloomberg.com Determining the “independence” of the Federal Reserve! Next week, the U.S. Congress will face a crucial vote, “This …

RFK Jr. will testify before Senate panel next week  PoliticoView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Catelin Drey hugged her young daughter when she won a special election for a spot in the Iowa Senate. A crowd of supporters, including family, friends and volunteers, erupted into applause upon hearing the news. The 37-year-old Democrat won by 11 percentage points in a state Senate district that President Donald Trump carried by 10 points in 2024. Her win …

Democrat wins Iowa Senate race, upending Republican supermajority  The Washington Post Democrats break GOP’s supermajority in Iowa after flipping state Senate seat  Fox News Joni Ernst Issued Warning After Democrats Flip Iowa Seat  Newsweek Iowa Democrat Appears to Flip State Legislative Seat in Upset Victory  The New York Times Key takeaways from Tuesday’s special elections in Iowa and Georgia  The Hill Source link

Facebook Tweet Email Link Democrat Catelin Drey will win an Iowa state Senate special election, CNN projects, flipping the seat and breaking the Republican supermajority in the chamber. President Donald Trump won the Sioux City-area 1st senate district by 11 percentage points in November, so Drey’s margin of victory, currently about 10 points, represents a significant overperformance for Democrats. An …

Iowa Democrats scored a significant victory Tuesday by flipping a Republican seat in a special election and breaking the GOP supermajority in the state Senate. Catelin Drey won the Sioux City-area district with 55% of the vote to Republican opponent Christopher Prosch’s 44%, according to unofficial results with all precincts reporting. Democrats will now hold 17 seats in the Senate, …

President Donald Trump says the Senate’s century-old tradition of allowing home state senators to sign off on some federal judge and U.S. attorney nominees is “old and outdated.” Republican senators disagree. Trump has been complaining about what’s called the blue slip process for weeks and has pushed Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to abandon the practice. But the …

State Representative Matt Morgan (R-TX) holds a map of the new proposed congressional districts in Texas, during a legislative session as Democratic lawmakers, who left the state to deny Republicans the opportunity to redraw the state’s 38 congressional districts, begin returning to the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, U.S. August 20, 2025. Sergio Flores | Reuters The Republican-controlled Texas …