Rachel Schilke

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Rachel Schilke

Former Republican Rep. Mayra Flores was hospitalized hours after she announced a run for embattled Rep. Henry Cuellar‘s (D-TX) House seat in Texas, her campaign said in a Tuesday statement. Flores’s team did not provide any detail on the hospitalization in a message posted to X but asked supporters for “prayers and support.” A spokesperson for Flores did not respond to a request for comment.

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Rachel Schilke

Congressional Republicans are weighing how to go on offense over tax reform as Democrats accuse them of crafting a bill that amounts to a handout to the rich. For months, Republicans have warned that voters will face the “largest tax hike in U.S. history” if President Donald Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is not extended at the end of the year, but the party is searching for new and more granular ways to sell the legislation’s benefits for the working class.

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Rachel Schilke

House Democrats and Republicans are campaigning on a GOP budget resolution, as conservative lawmakers accuse Democrats of wanting tax hikes and liberal members claim the GOP will undo Medicaid benefits. The Republican-led budget blueprint was adopted along party lines on Thursday in the first step for lawmakers to write and pass marquee legislation for President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda, which includes extending tax cuts and spending on immigration enforcement.

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Rachel Schilke

Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA) is not running for reelection in 2026, opening a door for several members of Congress to seek to fill the vacant governorship. In a video to X, Reynolds said she has decided she will not seek another term as governor, a position she’s held since 2017. She is the first female governor in Iowa history.

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Rachel Schilke

A shadow primary for Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-IL) Senate seat could soon spill into the open as Democrats wait with bated breath to see whether he runs in 2026. Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, is weeks, perhaps days, away from announcing if he will retire at age 82 or pursue a sixth term that would put the aspirations of a younger crop of Democrats indefinitely on hold.