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Democrat Adam Grey defeated Republican incumbent John Duarte one month after the 2024 election in California’s District 13 (central valley) by 187 votes. There was a massive red wave in California after President Trump carried the down ballot in the 2024 election. Californians were so fed up with Democrat policies that led to rampant theft they voted in a 71-21 landslide in favor of Prop 36 to increase penalties for theft and drug trafficking. However, Democrat congressional candidates somehow ousted GOP incumbents in Republican strongholds like Orange County. Democrat Adam Gray pulled ahead of Republican incumbent John Duarte more than...

The House on Thursday failed to pass a measure to fine Attorney General Merrick Garland for being in contempt of Congress. Four Republicans in the GOP-controlled House helped stop the effort, according to Politico. The measure failed in a 204-210 vote. There were Republican lawmakers that were absent.

The House of Representatives voted to kill a resolution to censure progressive Rep. Rashida Tlaib, R-Mich., on Wednesday night. Nearly two dozen Republicans voted along with all House Democrats to table the resolution in a final vote of 222 to 186 in favor of killing the motion without debate. Democrats briefly broke out into applause when the resolution failed.

It all started when California farmer John Duarte plowed a wheat field in Tehama County, about two hours north of Sacramento, and wound up paying a $1.1 million fine to the federal government for his efforts. On Tuesday, Duarte, who was embraced by conservatives nationwide as a victim of government over-reach, got vindication of sorts. In a victory for farmers and land developers throughout the West, the Trump administration announced a broad rollback of rules designed to protect wetlands and other small bodies of water. The decision means regulations put in place in 2015 by the Obama administration will fall...