Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.) and Democrat Paige Cognetti clashed on the debate stage Thursday night over the ongoing war in Iran, the growing presence of data centers in their district and other hot-button issues.  Cognetti, who has served as the mayor of Scranton, Pa., since 2020, and Bresnahan are vying to represent Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional…

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) launched an investigation Thursday into allegations that Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign sought to recruit candidates to peel votes away from incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) in the state’s Senate race. A New York Times report found that Peltola’s campaign worked with national Democrats to recruit someone with the…

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) recent hints that he intends to remain GOP leader even if Republicans lose the House have rattled the party’s leadership outlook and raised fresh new questions about the GOP’s future heading into the next Congress. Most House Speakers in recent decades have stepped out of Congress after losing the gavel. And…