Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said on Tuesday he supports a full impeachment trial for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the border crisis. “I think that would be the best way to go forward,” McConnell told reporters after the weekly Senate GOP leadership press conference. Top GOP leader behind McConnell, Republican Whip Sen. John Thune, also called for a full impeachment...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he’s confident in the U.S. military’s leadership to address safety issues related to its aviation programs following a series of deadly helicopter crashes, the Pentagon said Tuesday.  Remarks by the Department of Defense came on the same day the National Guard issued an aviation safety stand down of all Army National Guard helicopter units following two separate helicopter crashes in Mississippi and Utah...

Michigan’s presidential primary was the first time that communities in the state had the ability to count absentee ballots days before the Tuesday election. Absentee voting is a popular way to participate in Michigan since eligibility rules were greatly eased in 2018. But it took another change in law in 2023 to give local clerks more time to handle the flood of envelopes. MICHIGAN PRIMARY PUTS MAJOR BATTLEGROUND...