Gov. Mike DeWine traded the Statehouse for a state fair booth Thursday, greeting visitors and promoting Ohio at the nation's 250th birthday celebration in Washington. Story and photo gallery: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

The Senate has confirmed Michael Hendershot to a federal judgeship in Cleveland on a party-line vote. Democrats objected to his refusal during confirmation hearings to directly answer questions about the 2020 election and Jan. 6. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

NAFTA is gone, but Democrats say its replacement still needs work. U.S. @repemiliasykes.bsky.social and union leaders are pushing for stronger labor and environmental standards as the USMCA comes up for review. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno and Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren have found common ground: They want to lift Social Security's payroll tax cap to help shore up the program's finances. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

Washington has been accused of being a swamp for years. Now the National Mall's Reflecting Pool is looking the part: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

Should the federal government own stock in private companies? Ohio Sen. Jon Husted says no. He has introduced legislation requiring Washington to sell off stakes in companies like Intel within eight years and use the money to pay down the national debt. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

After spending the week promoting his new memoir, JD Vance took the White House briefing room stage today where he pitched President Trump's new Iran deal, joked that Joy Behar of "The View" is tougher than Tehran and prepared for talks in Switzerland. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

Ohio's Benjamin Flowers and Michael Hendershot are headed for Senate floor votes on federal judgeships after contentious confirmation hearings and party-line committee votes. Story: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

Ohio's Rep. Dave Joyce says schools should be as prepared for opioid overdoses as they are for other emergencies. He's introducing bipartisan legislation to help schools stock naloxone and train staff. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

JD Vance is making the rounds as his new memoir, Communion, hits bookstores. On The View, he sparred with the hosts over immigration, inflation, race and Trump's record, while acknowledging his "childless cat ladies" comment was a "boneheaded" mistake. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

The memory of 1976: parades, fireworks and red-white-and-blue everything. The reality: Vietnam, Watergate, inflation and deep divisions over what America stood for. As the nation nears 250, historians see more parallels than contrasts: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

A Cleveland Heights teacher traveled to Capitol Hill to urge Congress to repeal a new federal tax credit for private-school scholarships, arguing Ohio's experience shows voucher programs drain resources from public schools. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

U.S. @repshontelbrown.bsky.social of Ohio is accusing House Oversight Chairman James Comer of making racist remarks after he said her "sole purpose in life" is getting more welfare for "her people." My story: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

More than 120 House Democrats, including Ohio's Emilia Sykes, Shontel Brown and Joyce Beatty, want Speaker Mike Johnson to strip a transportation-bill provision they say could shield Uber and Lyft from liability when passengers are harmed. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

U.S. @repemiliasykes.bsky.social and other House Democrats say Pentagon policies aimed at eliminating DEI programs had an unexpected consequence: the cancellation of an annual wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery to honor women veterans: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

U.S. @repemiliasykes.bsky.social wants HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to answer questions about the new Moms.gov federal website that she misleads pregnant women and puts their sensitive health information at risk. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

Are foreign actors trying to slow America's AI buildout by turning public opinion against data centers? Ohio Rep. Bob Latta is seeking answers from the Trump administration. Story: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

Former House Speaker John Boehner and ex-Ohio Congressman Pat Tiberi were among more than 50 Republicans who urged President Trump to pardon former Indiana Rep. Steve Buyer. Trump granted the request. Story: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

🔗: https://l.cleveland.com/z06grk  Former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and ex-lobbyist Michael Dowling were hit with new charges today after prosecutors say new evidence emerged from a civil lawsuit. Their first trial ended in a deadlocked jury. Retrial set for September.

Can a raise actually leave you worse off? Cleveland manufacturer Jack Schron told a Senate panel that's happening to some Ohio workers because of federal benefit cliffs. U.S. @SenJonHusted hopes to change that: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

As Republicans highlight alleged Medicaid fraud in Ohio, U.S. Rep. Bob Latta introduced bill that would set new federal reporting requirements aimed at tracking waste, fraud and abuse in home-care programs: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

U.S. Rep. Max Miller's comments about Michigan's Rashida Tlaib triggered a rare parliamentary rebuke Wednesday, with House leaders ordering his remarks removed from the official record. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

Ohio's Rep. Jim Jordan used a congressional hearing on Medicaid fraud allegations in Ohio to raise questions about a Somali-American Ohio legislator and businesses tied to a Columbus office building. Democrats called the hearing politically motivated. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

Former House Speaker John Boehner and former Ohio congressman Pat Tiberi are among dozens of ex-GOP lawmakers urging President Trump to pardon former Rep. Steve Buyer, who served prison time after an insider trading conviction. Story: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

Ohio's @repbeatty.bsky.social is claiming victory after a federal judge ordered President Trump's name removed from the Kennedy Center and blocked its planned closure. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06...

Readers have asked why we didn't report domestic abuse allegations against U.S. Rep. Max Miller earlier and why we reported them this week. @Cleveland.com editor Chris Quinn explains: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

A year after telling Naval Academy grads there would be “no more open-ended conflicts” under Trump, Vice President JD Vance told Air Force Academy grads on Thursday that “no plan survives first contact with the enemy” as the U.S. continues operations in Iran: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

Emily Moreno says her former husband, U.S. Rep. Max Miller, “is attempting to crush his critics” through a defamation lawsuit she argues violates Ohio’s anti-SLAPP law. Her filing includes photos of injuries and an alleged handwritten apology note. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

Ohio lawmakers spent years pushing rail safety legislation after East Palestine. Now, with backing from the Trump White House and bipartisan committee support, the bill may finally be on track. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

Bipartisan support for a Smithsonian women’s history museum unraveled Thursday over GOP-added language that would let President Trump pick its location and limit inclusion to "biological women." www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

GOP congressional candidate Carey Coleman filed his overdue personal financial disclosure this week after Summit County Democrats sought a DOJ investigation Here's what's in it. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

A Senate panel examined alleged Medicaid fraud in Ohio with @SenJonHusted calling for more oversight: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

Democrats are using a rotating series of war powers resolutions to repeatedly force votes on Trump’s Iran conflict — and Ohio’s Shontel Brown is now taking the lead. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05/rep-shontel-brown-introduces-war-powers-resolution-in-bid-to-force-trump-to-stop-fight-in-iran.html

“You’re no Justice Jackson.” A Senate confirmation hearing for Ohio judicial nominee Benjamin Flowers turned combative as Democrats pressed him on abortion rights and the 2020 election. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

Financial disclosure fight in Ohio’s 13th District: Democrats allege GOP nominee Carey Coleman failed to file required paperwork. Coleman’s campaign says the disclosure will be public soon. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

Vice President JD Vance took the podium at the White House and defended a nearly $1.8B compensation fund for alleged political prosecutions. Even Hunter Biden, he suggested, could apply: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

A bill to establish the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum had strong bipartisan support — but House Democrats say Republicans rewrote it to give Trump new authority over the site and insert culture-war language. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

A new Scioto Analysis study finds Ohio’s income inequality is deeper than the headline numbers suggest — and warns the flat tax + property tax proposals could widen the gap. 📉https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05/income-inequality-ohio-study-predicts-state-policies-will-worsen-disparities.html

Vice President @jd-vance-1.bsky.social honored fallen Lorain officer Phillip Wagner at the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service — and used the moment to tout Trump-era crime stats and its policing policies. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

U.S. Rep. Max Miller has sued his ex-wife, her attorney and his law firm for defamation, saying they falsely portrayed him as a domestic abuser to national media. His former wife says he's running "the same playbook" he used against a previous ex. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

Trump’s already floating 2028 chatter — and JD Vance insists it’s just jokes. But his “Apprentice” line raised eyebrows: 👀https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05/jd-vance-invokes-the-apprentice-while-discussing-trump-succession-drama.html

VP JD Vance is escalating the Trump administration’s anti-fraud push — deferring $1.34B in Medicaid reimbursements to California and launching a national freeze on new Medicare hospice/home health enrollments: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

Ohio's Democrats in Congress are raising alarms about voter privacy after Frank LaRose confirmed he provided statewide voter registration data to the DOJ. They’re demanding details on what was shared — including whether confidential info was included. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

Ohio’s U.S. Senate race is officially in attack-ad season. Jon Husted is launching a $1.2 million TV spot hitting Sherrod Brown on the border, inflation and culture-war issues. Story from @annastaver.bsky.social : www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

The House passed a new bill targeting organized retail theft networks — including cargo theft, gift card fraud, and reselling stolen goods across state lines. Ohio's U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce is behind it. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

U.S. Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio defended Trump’s Iran strategy — and dismissed concerns about damage to NATO — in a sharp exchange with top Armed Services Democrat Adam Smith. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

ICE’s training program got shorter — U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes @repemiliasykes.bsky.social wants it longer, tougher, and mandatory. Her COOL IT Act would require annual scenario-based training in use-of-force and de-escalation. 👇 www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

Nearly 1 million Ohioans still lack broadband access. Sen. Jon Husted and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks have introduced a bill that could open the door to satellite internet funding for rural Appalachian communities: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

HHS Sec. Kennedy tells Cleveland audience he's "deeply concerned" about health impacts of data centers — but says the White House executive order fast-tracking their construction is outside his authority: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

A doctor with 40 years of experience used a Cleveland City Club forum to challenge HHS Sec. Kennedy on his rollback of the newborn hepatitis B vaccine recommendation: www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...