U.S. Representative for New Mexico’s 1st District since 2021
Progressive Abdul El‑Sayed has won the Democratic nomination for the open US Senate seat in Michigan, defeating establishment-backed Rep. Haley Stevens in a close contest. The result has handed a high-profile victory to the party’s left flank and will set up a November general election against Republican Mike Rogers for a seat critical to control of the Senate.
President Donald Trump has proposed renaming the Strait of Hormuz to "Trump Strait" in a Truth Social post and has repeated earlier moves to relabel bodies of water. His post follows an executive order renaming Lake Ontario and earlier declarations renaming the Gulf of Mexico; officials have not explained how a change to an international waterway would be implemented.
Representative Thomas Massie has filed privileged articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, forcing the House to consider the measure within two legislative days. Speaker Mike Johnson has moved to end the pre-election session early, delaying any vote past the midterms and complicating Massies parallel effort to force release of Epstein-related files.