Midterm Election

Exclusive — NRCC: Paige Cognetti’s PA Congressional Run Complicated by Simultaneous Mayoral Campaign, Series of Local Scandals

Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti’s (D-PA) decision to pursue a seat in Congress while simultaneously seeking — and ultimately winning — re-election as mayor on November 4, 2025, has raised concerns across Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District where she continues to campaign to unseat freshman GOP Rep. Rob Bresnahan in 2026.

Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti speaks during Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro's visit to Scranton on F

DISSENT: Judge Brown’s ‘Fictional’ Activism Blocked Trump-Texas Redistricting, Gave Soros Short-Lived Victory

Federal Judge Jerry Edwin Smith delivered a blistering dissent against fellow jurist Jeffrey Vincent Brown, condemning Brown’s 160‑page injunction blocking Texas’s 2025 redistricting map as “a Nobel Prize for Fiction” and “the most outrageous conduct” he has seen in nearly four decades on the bench. Smith’s rebuke came as the Supreme Court stepped in with an administrative stay, halting Brown’s ruling that found Texas racially gerrymandered its new congressional districts.

DISSENT: Judge Brown’s 'Fictional' Activism Blocked Trump -Texas Redistricting, Gave Sor