The 2026 midterms will prove crucial to Democrats and Republicans as both chambers of Congress hang in the balance.

State officials vowed to sue the Trump administration, calling it an attack on the state’s decadeslong effort to fight pollution.

The bill to exempt tips from federal income tax, an idea that President Donald Trump campaigned on, will now go to the House of Representatives for a vote.

The state Senate remained in session until almost 10:30 pm Wednesday at the insistence of Senate President Cameron Henry, who said immediately afterward that he wanted his chamber to finish its work on contentious car insurance bills. The Senate needs to begin focusing on the annual budget debate next week, Henry, R-Metairie, added.

The Senate voted Wednesday to approve procedural changes that allow it to take up three joint resolutions that would vacate EPA waivers.

The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat said his openness about his mental health issues has been “weaponized” against him, prompting him to start showing up for votes and hearings he considers useless.

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