# Politics

Section · https://humanevents.com/news/politics

> Elections, Congress, the White House, the courts.

## Latest

- [EXCLUSIVE: Katie Zacharia reveals how she became White House press secretary, details legal background](https://humanevents.com/news/exclusive-katie-zacharia-reveals-how-she-became-white-house-press-secretary-details-legal-background.md) — 2026-10-15 — "They said absolutely, absolutely across the board. You can call yourself a lawyer."
- [DAVID RICHARDSON: FEMA's real job isn't disaster response it's cutting checks and bloating government](https://humanevents.com/opinion/david-richardson-femas-real-job-isnt-disaster-response-its-cutting-checks-and-bloating-government.md) — 2026-10-14 — I ran the place, a job I never sought, and I'll tell you plainly: the cavalry isn't coming. Saving you—regardless of what FEMA employees claim—was never FEMA's job.
- [REP SCHUETTE and POSOBIEC: Dems 'dusting off Barack Obama' to campaign for El-Sayed as he struggles to win black Michiganders](https://humanevents.com/news/rep-schuette-and-posobiec-dems-dusting-off-barack-obama-to-campaign-for-el-sayed-as-he-struggles-to-win-black-michiganders.md) — 2026-10-13 — “It’s a serious issue for the El-Sayed campaign,” he added.
- [KENT HECKENLIVELY: Sirhan Sirhan has agreed to talk to Congress— will lawmakers still be listening after November?](https://humanevents.com/opinion/kent-heckenlively-sirhan-sirhan-has-agreed-to-talk-to-congress-will-lawmakers-still-be-listening-after-november.md) — 2026-10-13 — "Sirhan Sirhan has agreed to come testify before my committee specifically on the RFK assassination," Anna Paulina Luna said.
- [BREAKING: Trump announces US will not launch new attacks on Iran before midterm elections](https://humanevents.com/news/breaking-trump-announces-us-will-not-launch-new-attacks-on-iran-before-midterm-elections.md) — 2026-10-08 — "We are having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran."
- [MIKE BENZ to JACK POSOBIEC: 'The Brazilians are breaking free of the USAID mold'](https://humanevents.com/news/mike-benz-to-jack-posobiec-the-brazilians-are-breaking-free-of-the-usaid-mold.md) — 2026-10-06 — "If you think about it, there’s no single thing that USAID does that any other agency doesn’t do."
- [JACK POSOBIEC: President Trump FCC deregulation plan will keep the airwaves free for independent voices](https://humanevents.com/opinion/jack-posobiec-president-trump-fcc-deregulation-plan-will-keep-the-airwaves-free-for-independent-voices.md) — 2026-10-05 — Wanting America to win is not a blank check for tech giants.
- [Bolsonaro's son bests Lula as nation heads to second round of voting—it's Brazil's 1st election since USAID funding stopped](https://humanevents.com/news/bolsonaros-son-bests-lula-as-nation-heads-to-second-round-of-voting-its-brazils-1st-election-since-usaid-funding-stopped.md) — 2026-10-05 — Lula da Silva called the results of the first round of voting “unexpected,” as Bolsonaro took 56.1 million votes to Lula da Silva’s 53.9 million votes.
- [EXCLUSIVE: JD Vance says H-1B visa program should be eliminated](https://humanevents.com/news/exclusive-jd-vance-says-h-1b-visa-program-should-be-eliminated.md) — 2026-10-01 — “My view is the H-1B program is completely broken, and I’d be very supportive of just eliminating it."
- [Iran's Revolutionary Guard spreads propaganda within the US telling American voters to oppose Trump in midterms](https://humanevents.com/news/irans-revolutionary-guard-spreads-propaganda-within-the-us-telling-american-voters-to-oppose-trump-in-midterms.md) — 2026-09-30 — "Any politician who thinks they can buy your vote for 5,000 dollars is unworthy to lead you. Take back control."
- [MICHAEL SCHWARTZ: Midterms and the socialism of the DSA: Know what's on the ballot](https://humanevents.com/opinion/michael-schwartz-midterms-and-the-socialism-of-the-dsa-know-whats-on-the-ballot.md) — 2026-09-29 — Instead of exaggerating what the DSA believes, Americans should simply read what the organization says for itself.
- [POSOBIEC: Sarah Huckabee Sanders should apologize, take down tone deaf welfare-to-work ad demonizing young white men](https://humanevents.com/opinion/posobiec-sarah-huckabee-sanders-should-apologize-take-down-tone-deaf-welfare-to-work-ad-demonizing-young-white-men.md) — 2026-09-28 — The only group in America that there's no taboo to attack whatsoever is white men, and look, that's what the GOP is now doing.
- [Xi Jinping CRACKS UP when President Trump shows him Biden autopen portrait](https://humanevents.com/news/xi-jinping-cracks-up-when-president-trump-shows-him-biden-autopen-portrait.md) — 2026-09-24 — Trump said, "Trump, and another Trump, and then this is the autopen."
- [ANGELA STANTON KING: Trump's pardon changed my life, now I fight for second chances for others](https://humanevents.com/opinion/angela-stanton-king-trumps-pardon-changed-my-life-now-i-fight-for-second-chances-for-others.md) — 2026-09-14 — On February 18, 2020, President Donald Trump granted me a full presidential pardon. That pardon did not erase my past. It did something far more powerful.
- [NEVER GIVE UP: Charlie Kirk's example still lives](https://humanevents.com/opinion/never-give-up-charlie-kirks-example-still-lives.md) — 2026-09-11 — How quickly time passes.
- [HUMAN EVENTS: It's been one year since the assassination of Charlie Kirk and America is way worse off](https://humanevents.com/opinion/human-events-its-been-one-year-since-the-assassination-of-charlie-kirk-and-america-is-way-worse-off.md) — 2026-09-10 — It's been ugly. It's been bad for friendships. It's been horrible for the movement.
- [BRYAN POSTHUMUS to JACK POSOBIEC: Michigan Senate race is a battle of 'common sense versus socialism'](https://humanevents.com/news/bryan-posthumus-to-jack-posobiec-michigan-senate-race-is-a-battle-of-common-sense-versus-socialism.md) — 2026-09-10 — "We are in a battle of common sense versus socialism. Common sense versus terrorist sympathizing. That’s the battle we’re in here in Michigan."
- [LIBBY EMMONS: Boomers just won't quit—but they should](https://humanevents.com/opinion/libby-emmons-boomer-just-wont-quit-but-they-should.md) — 2026-09-07 — What happens when these Boomers can no longer hold on to the reigns of power? When they are just too old and need to hand it off? Will there be anyone to take their place?
- [ANGELA MCARDLE: Republicans can win in the midterms but they've got to listen to Ross Ulbricht](https://humanevents.com/opinion/angela-mcardle-republicans-can-win-in-the-midterms-but-theyve-got-to-listen-to-ross-ulbricht.md) — 2026-09-01 — While I still support President Trump, most libertarians are frustrated with the war in Iran, high fuel costs, and a federal government that has kept Bitcoin and crypto pioneers in prison.
- [POSOBIEC: Josh Shapiro is trying to start a measles panic to swing the midterms](https://humanevents.com/news/posobiec-josh-shapiro-is-trying-to-start-a-measles-panic-to-swing-the-midterms.md) — 2026-08-27 — “He’s demonizing religious freedom and he’s demonizing medical freedom.”
- [BRADLEY A. THAYER: Americans must wake up to encroaching communism](https://humanevents.com/opinion/bradley-a-thayer-americans-must-wake-up-to-encroaching-communism.md) — 2026-08-25 — The worse things are in the U.S., the better as far as the communist left is concerned.
- [LISEC to POSOBIEC: The battle against the socialist left 'is an all-out battle for Western civilization'](https://humanevents.com/news/lisec-to-posobiec-the-battle-against-the-socialist-left-is-an-all-out-battle-for-western-civilization.md) — 2026-08-24 — "There is no second place. It's winner-take-all.”
- [POSOBIEC: DSA member Angie Nixon's win in Florida shows the socialist revolution is here](https://humanevents.com/news/posobiec-dsa-member-angie-nixons-win-in-florida-shows-the-socialist-revolution-is-here.md) — 2026-08-19 — “These Bolsheviks will kill us all. And they will take our children and trans them and do unspeakable things to our children."
- [Nigel Farage wins special election, returns to Parliament](https://humanevents.com/news/nigel-farage-declares-victory-in-clacton-by-election.md) — 2026-08-14 — “Yeah, very convincingly, I’ve managed to beat the establishment candidate.”
- [EU demands Europeans bring their own takeout containers under sweeping new reuse, refill and return rules](https://humanevents.com/news/eu-demands-europeans-bring-their-own-takeout-containers-under-sweeping-new-reuse-refill-and-return-rules.md) — 2026-08-13 — The regulation replaces EU packaging legislation dating back to 1994 and applies across member states.
- [POSOBIEC: Michigan's Dem candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed clearly hates Christians and covers up for trans violence](https://humanevents.com/news/posobiec-michigans-dem-candidate-for-senate-abdul-el-sayed-clearly-hates-christians-and-covers-up-for-trans-violence.md) — 2026-08-11 — "That's your candidate for Senate, a guy who clearly hates Christians, a guy who covers up for trans violence, and a guy who wants to take your guns away."
- [BREAKING: Human Events' Kenny Cody WINS TN GOP primary in 11th District after Trump endorsement](https://humanevents.com/news/breaking-human-events-kenny-cody-wins-tn-gop-primary-in-11th-district-after-trump-endorsement.md) — 2026-08-07 — Trump backed Cody in a Truth Social post earlier this year, calling him a "MAGA Warrior" and praising his background.
- [RICH BARIS to POSOBIEC: 'You will never make people more afraid of socialism than they are of not paying their bills'](https://humanevents.com/news/rich-baris-to-posobiec-you-will-never-make-people-more-afraid-of-socialism-than-they-are-of-not-paying-their-bills.md) — 2026-08-05 — "We don't live in 1980 anymore, okay? Reagan's not coming back, and the Reagan electorate is not coming back."
- [Portugal encourages those who don't like the public ban on Islamic burqas to go back to their home countries](https://humanevents.com/news/portugal-encourages-those-who-dont-like-the-public-ban-on-islamic-burqas-to-go-back-to-their-home-countries.md) — 2026-08-05 — Chega said the legislation was intended to protect "liberty, equality and human dignity" and protect women from "situations of exclusion and inferiority."
- [POSOBIEC: The DSA are Marxists who hate you and your culture, this is why they attack holidays](https://humanevents.com/news/posobiec-the-dsa-are-marxists-who-hate-you-and-your-culture.md) — 2026-08-05 — "Why do Marxists hate our culture and hate our holidays, you ask? Because they want to subvert our history and subvert our culture. It's so obvious. Of course they will attack your culture."
- [LIBBY EMMONS to JACK POSOBIEC: Fauci was pardoned, he is not entitled to plead the Fifth](https://humanevents.com/news/libby-emmons-to-jack-posobiec-fauci-was-pardoned-he-is-not-entitled-to-plead-the-fifth.md) — 2026-07-29 — "Once you are pardoned, you are not entitled to take the Fifth."
- [LIBBY EMMONS to JACK POSOBIEC: Shiloh Hendrix is the 'canary on the playground' of the Minnesota Somali fraud situation](https://humanevents.com/news/libby-emmons-to-jack-posobiec-shiloh-hendrix-is-the-canary-on-the-playground-of-the-minnesota-somali-fraud-situation.md) — 2026-07-23 — "She's sort of the canary on the playground of the Minnesota Somali fraud situation, and there are so many different elements to this case."
- [TYLER BOWYER: Katie Hobbs' corruption scandal has Arizona Democrats in 'disastrous place'](https://humanevents.com/news/tyler-bowyer-katie-hobbs-corruption-scandal-has-arizona-democrats-in-disastrous-place.md) — 2026-07-22 — Bowyer said he believes Hobbs and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes have competing political ambitions and suggested the investigation could continue after the election.
- [Killer bashed Ann Widdecombe in the head with a hammer 21 times: prosecutor](https://humanevents.com/news/killer-bashed-ann-widdecombe-in-the-head-with-a-hammer-21-times-prosecutor.md) — 2026-07-21 — The provisional cause of death was listed as blunt force injuries to the head.
- [MARK MECKLER: The Supreme Court just broke the Constitution—but the States can fix it](https://humanevents.com/opinion/mark-meckler-the-supreme-court-just-broke-the-constitution-but-the-states-can-fix-it.md) — 2026-07-10 — No contested history. No robes rewriting the compact. A bright-line rule set by the people, acting through their states. Photo: Joe Ravi CC-BY-SA 3.0
- [JACK POSOBIEC: 'There's was only one person on that roof—and prosecutors tracked him all day'](https://humanevents.com/news/jack-posobiec-theres-was-only-one-person-on-that-roof-and-prosecutors-tracked-him-all-day.md) — 2026-07-09 — “They've tracked that person meticulously and methodically throughout the day to be this one individual of Tyler Robinson.”
- [ROD THOMSON: Dems freak out over USPS plans to for ensure mail-in ballot integrity](https://humanevents.com/opinion/rod-thomson-dems-freak-out-over-usps-plans-to-for-ensure-mail-in-ballot-integrity.md) — 2026-07-07 — Americans buy hundreds of billions of dollars worth of items online every year, plopping down their money, tracking their packages and trusting they will receive them. But a barcode like that on a…
- [LIBBY EMMONS: A tale of two speeches: Trump's America at 250 v Mamdani's](https://humanevents.com/opinion/libby-emmons-a-tale-of-two-speeches-trumps-america-at-250-v-mamdanis.md) — 2026-07-06 — It matters what story we tell each other about ourselves and our nation.
- [POSOBIEC: Mamdani's 250 speech signals plan to 'start something new' and reject America’s founding](https://humanevents.com/news/posobiec-mamdanis-250-speech-signals-plan-to-start-something-new-and-reject-americas-founding.md) — 2026-07-02 — "They’re gonna say, we need a new American founding, an America that's better, an America that is better than 1776."
- [DANIEL HAYWORTH: SCOTUS made US citizenship cheaper than a tourist visa—we Americans know how valuable it really is](https://humanevents.com/opinion/daniel-hayworth-scotus-made-us-citizenship-cheaper-than-a-tourist-visa-we-americans-know-how-valuable-it-really-is.md) — 2026-06-30 — The Supreme Court handed the keys of citizenship to anyone with a plane ticket and a due date.
- [CONNIE HAIR: Why the US Census needs an accurate count of citizens, not just population](https://humanevents.com/opinion/connie-hair-why-the-us-census-needs-an-accurate-count-of-citizens-not-just-population.md) — 2026-06-29 — Counting non-citizens is only one of several major problems affecting the accuracy of the Census.
- [Colombia hand-counts 30 MILLION ballots to secure election results within 3 HOURS](https://humanevents.com/news/colombia-hand-counts-30-million-ballots-to-secure-election-results-within-3-hours.md) — 2026-06-22 — In the most recent election held yesterday, preliminary results were made publicly clear roughly 2 to 3 hours after polls closed.
- [Nigel Farage demands snap election after Keir Starmer resigns](https://humanevents.com/news/nigel-farage-demands-snap-election-after-keir-starmer-resigns.md) — 2026-06-22 — "Westminster wants to crown Andy Burnham off the back of a single by-election."
- [PEACE BUMP: Baris tells Posobiec Trump approval spiking as 'neocon narrative' fades](https://humanevents.com/news/peace-bump-baris-tells-posobiec-trump-approval-spiking-as-neocon-narrative-fades.md) — 2026-06-18 — “I think I'm looking at like a 10-point bump right here, Jack."
- [ADAM B. COLEMAN: Transportation Sec Duffy prioritizes saving American lives on highways](https://humanevents.com/opinion/adam-b-coleman-transportation-sec-duffy-prioritizes-saving-american-lives-on-highways.md) — 2026-06-18 — “I can fight with Democrats all day long. There’s a whole bunch of things we could fight about, but not this. This is just good government, like do the right thing governors.”
- [CHAMBERLAIN to POSOBIEC: Prosecutors gave Lance Twiggs immunity because he was ready to plead the Fifth](https://humanevents.com/news/chamberlain-to-posobiec-prosecutors-gave-lance-twiggs-immunity-because-he-was-ready-to-plead-the-fifth.md) — 2026-06-17 — "If I were Twiggs' lawyer, I would have told my client that he needed to plead the Fifth in relation to any testimony in the absence of some sort of immunity," Chamberlain said.
- [ROD THOMSON: California should take a lesson from Florida and learn to count](https://humanevents.com/opinion/rod-thomson-california-should-take-a-lesson-from-florida-and-learn-to-count.md) — 2026-06-16 — Consider how easy it is for anyone in the world to register to vote in L.A. The forms of ID include items easily forged such as prescription cards or gym cards. Try getting on a plane or buying…
- [KENNY CODY: The Senate must confirm Bill Pulte as DNI](https://humanevents.com/opinion/kenny-cody-the-senate-must-confirm-bill-pulte-as-dni.md) — 2026-06-09 — Pulte, whom Trump already trusts to lead the department temporarily, reflects the current state of affairs in America and in the MAGA movement.
- [VIVA FREI to JACK POSOBIEC: A shove would not be justification for a knife through the heart of Austin Metcalf by Karmelo Anthony](https://humanevents.com/news/viva-frei-to-jack-posobiec-a-shove-would-not-be-justification-for-a-knife-through-the-heart-of-austin-metcalf-by-karmelo-anthony.md) — 2026-06-08 — "This was intended to be lethal force, and for what?" Frei said. "For what could at best be described as battery, if that?"
- [LARRY WARD: Trump’s AI executive order strikes the right balance between innovation and security](https://humanevents.com/opinion/larry-ward-trumps-ai-executive-order-dominate-responsibly.md) — 2026-06-04 — This Executive Order promotes advanced AI innovation while directing agencies, particularly CISA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the federal government's lead civilian…