FARRINGTON REPORT

The Senate on Thursday is scheduled to vote on whether to pay some federal employees, including service members, as the government shutdown stretches into its fourth week.  The plight of military families has been central to the GOP’s shutdown strategy, and Republican leaders hope to put Democrats on the spot with the bill sponsored by…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is downplaying outrage against Graham Platner, who he is backing in the Democratic Senate primary in Maine, over Platner’s controversial posts on Reddit and a tattoo that resembles a Nazi “totenkopf.” Sanders said there are “more important issues” than Graham’s decision to get a tattoo while serving in the Marines. “He went…

Ken Paxton’s baggage will drain the GOP war chest and cost the Senate majority in 2026.

The Senate on Thursday afternoon is set to vote on the Shutdown Fairness Act — a bill introduced by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) that would provide pay for service members and excepted workers as the government shutdown stretches into a fourth week. Democrats have also weighed their own version of a bill that would include…

Harvard College has released admissions data for the class of 2029 showing a decrease in Black and Hispanic students while the share of Asian American students at the university has gone up.   The class of 2029 has a makeup of 11.5 percent Black students, 11 percent Hispanic and 41 percent Asian American. In the class of…