National Politics
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This Wisconsin firefighter plans to ride Independent wave into Congress
Meet firefighter Mike Thurow, an Independent candidate challenging six-term Republican Rep. Glenn Grothman in Wisconsin’s 6th congressional district.
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This former Wisconsin US Attorney has a message for Trump’s plan to ‘nationalize’ elections
From the US Constitution to nearly 2,000 local clerks, Wisconsin has what it needs to conduct secure elections despite President Trump continuing to spread his “Big Lie” about widespread fraud.
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Here’s the phony reason the US Senate hasn’t voted to restore ACA tax credits
ACA funding is already covered by the 1977 Hyde Amendment, yet some Republicans want any bill restoring the expired enhanced premium tax credits to include the same language.
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says
Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press.
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Sean Duffy claims credit for infrastructure bucks that actually came from Biden
Trump’s transportation secretary changed the name on federal grants, but they still came from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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Wisconsin immigrant advocates say violence ‘must stop now,’ after ICE agent kills Minnesota woman
A Minneapolis woman observing immigration enforcement was shot and killed, raising criticism that ICE raids are “fueled by politics of racism, not public safety.”
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Parents deported, children left behind: WI advocates warn of growing crisis
New research is shedding light on the issue of parent-child separation among immigrant families, which has become more pervasive in Wisconsin and across the country under heightened federal immigration enforcement. Migrant advocates called it a crisis in need of urgent attention.
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Wisconsin leaders react to Trump’s regime change in Venezuela
Republicans in Congress say they support the president even though he failed to notify the legislative branch of government with the power to declare war.
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These were Wisconsin’s biggest political stories of 2025
Wisconsin top stories of 2025. A governor decides not to run. A judge is prosecuted by the president. Schools’ pleas are ignored, pushing property taxes higher. Farmers and families get rolled by Trump’s Washington.
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As energy-hungry data centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1 billion on shuttered power plants
As energy-hungry data centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1 billion on shuttered power plants.
