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Trump talks 2026 midterm strategy with House GOP

President Trump has been talking with House Republicans on how to maintain their majority in the 2026 elections. Speaking at the annual GOP House Retreat, the president said healthcare should be a winning issue for Republicans. He said congressional candidates need to remind voters that his administration has lowered prescription drug prices. And he wants to bypass insurance companies. He also said if Republicans lose the midterms, Democrats will impeach him.

Wyoming Supreme Court Strikes Down Laws Banning Abortion Pills

Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down laws that include the country’s first explicit ban on abortion pills, ruling Tuesday that they violate the state constitution. The justices sided with the state’s only abortion clinic and others who had sued over the bans passed since 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. Wellspring Health Access in Casper, the abortion access advocacy group Chelsea’s Fund and four women, including two obstetricians, argued that the laws violated a state constitutional amendment ensuring that competent adults have the right to make their own health care decisions. Attorneys for the state, however, argued that abortion can’t violate the Wyoming constitution because it is not health care. Voters approved the constitutional amendment in 2012 in response to the federal Affordable Care Act. The justices recognized that the amendment wasn't written to apply to abortion but said it's not their job to “add words” to the state constitution. “But lawmakers could ask Wyoming voters to consider a constitutional amendment that would more clearly address this issue,” the justices wrote in summarizing their 4-1 ruling. Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, said in a statement that he was disappointed by the ruling and called on state lawmakers meeting this winter to pass a proposed constitutional amendment banning abortion that would go before voters this fall. “This ruling may settle, for now, a legal question, but it does not settle the moral one, nor does it reflect where many Wyoming citizens stand, including myself. It is time for this issue to go before the people for a vote,” Gordon said. Such an amendment would require a two-thirds vote to be introduced for consideration during the monthlong legislative session devoted primarily to the state budget. But it would have wide support in the Republican-dominated statehouse. One of the laws overturned Tuesday sought to ban abortion except to protect a pregnant woman’s life or in cases involving rape or incest. The other law would have made Wyoming the only state to explicitly ban abortion pills, though other states have instituted de facto bans on abortion medication by broadly prohibiting abortion. Abortion has remained legal in this conservative state since Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens in Jackson blocked the bans while the lawsuit challenging them went ahead. Owens struck down the laws as unconstitutional in 2024. Wellspring Health Access and attorneys on both sides of the case didn't immediately reply to requests for comment. Last year, Wyoming passed additional laws requiring abortion clinics to be licensed surgical centers and women to get ultrasounds before having medication abortions. The Supreme Court ruling means those limitations could take effect, although a judge in a separate lawsuit has blocked them from taking effect while the case proceeds.

Indiana U.S. Rep. Jim Baird & Wife Hospitalized After Car Crash

Indiana U.S. Rep. Jim Baird is expected to make a full recovery after his vehicle was struck in a car accident that hospitalized him, the Republican's office said Tuesday. “He is extraordinarily grateful for everyone’s prayers during this time,” Baird's congressional office said in a statement. The statement did not include further details about the crash. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the congressman's wife was also hospitalized. “They’re going to be okay, but they had a pretty bad accident, and we’re praying that they get out of that hospital very quickly,” Trump said while speaking to House GOP members at a retreat at the Kennedy Center. “He’s going to be fine. She’s going to be fine.” Baird, who represents the 4th Congressional District in west central Indiana, was first elected to congress in 2019. He is 80 years old.

America First Empire?

Toppling the Maduro Regime

CBS News Debuts New "Anti-Woke" News Programing

CBS News' new anchor, Tony Dokoupil, debuts the networks new angle of reporting the news from an "Anti-woke" perspective.

CNN ATTACKS Trump over Maduro capture

Mike reacts to CNN attacking Trump Over Maduro Capture.

House GOP Rep. Doug LaMalfa Dies at 65

House Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California has died at the age of 65, according to information released Tuesday. Details surrounding his death were not immediately provided. LaMalfa represented a large portion of Northern California and served as chair of the Congressional Western Caucus, where he was a leading voice on agriculture, land use and rural policy issues. His death further narrows the Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, bringing the balance to 218 Republicans and 213 Democrats. House leaders are expected to announce arrangements and next steps in the coming days.

Ayatollah Flees To Russia As Iran Tries To Pay Citizens To Stop Protesting

Ayatollah Flees To Russia As Iran Tries To Pay Citizens To Stop Protesting With ALIREZA JAFARZADEH, Deputy Director of the U.S. office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI-US).

America First In Foreign Policy And A Surgical Military Operation

America First In Foreign Policy And A Surgical Military Operation With Wesley Hunt, U.S. Congressman (R, TX-38), candidate for U.S. Senate in TX (John Cornyn’s seat).

Steven Miller's Hot Take On The 'Donroe Doctrine'

What Venezuela's Post-Maduro Economy Could Look Like

What Venezuela's Post-Maduro Economy Could Look Like With Steve Moore, Committee to Unleash Prosperity, former economist at the Trump White House, author of the daily “Hotline” newsletter from the Committee to Unleash Prosperity.

Trump Administration Plans Talks With U.S. Oil Executives on Venezuela

The Trump administration is planning to meet with executives from U.S. oil companies later this week to discuss boosting oil production in Venezuela, according to a source familiar with the matter. The discussions would come in the wake of the U.S.-led operation that ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and could mark a major shift in American energy involvement in the South American nation. The administration is exploring ways to bring U.S. oil companies back into Venezuela after the government there took control of U.S.-led energy operations nearly two decades ago. The White House declined to comment directly on the planned meetings but said it believes U.S. industry is prepared to move into Venezuela.

Breakdown of Maduro's capture

Breakdown of Maduro's Capture

U.S. Works To Maintain Measles-Free Status

U.S. health officials are investigating ongoing measles outbreaks in South Carolina and other states to determine if they are unrelated to last year’s major outbreak in Texas. The country must show the cases are unconnected to retain its World Health Organization measles elimination designation.

Trump, Democrats mark Jan. 6 anniversary separately

On the fifth anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, there will be no official government memorial. President Donald Trump is meeting privately with House Republicans for a policy forum at the Kennedy Center, while Democrats are holding a hearing and gathering on the Capitol steps to mark the day. The events come as lawmakers and the public reflect on the deadly attack that left five people dead, including law enforcement officers.