DC

DC | Frank Corder •

January 3, 2025

Johnson retains gavel in dramatic Speaker vote

All three Mississippi GOP Congressman backed the Louisiana Congressman for Speaker while Bennie Thompson, the state's lone Democrat, supported his party leader.

DC | Colleen Long •

January 2, 2025

Biden is giving the 2nd highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional committee

Trump has said that Cheney and Thompson should be jailed for their roles in the inquiry Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal to 20 people on Thursday.

DC | Michelle L. Price, Associated Press •

December 30, 2024

Trump endorses Mike Johnson to stay on as House Speaker after government funding turmoil

Trump said Monday in a post on his social media network that Johnson “is a good, hard working, religious man.”

DC | Frank Corder •

December 23, 2024

Guest, others dissent in release of Gaetz House Ethics report, call it a “dangerous departure”

Gaetz had been under a yearslong investigation for allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, which he had publicly denied.

DC | Frank Corder •

December 23, 2024

Wicker, Hyde-Smith retain key U.S. Senate committee assignments in next Congress

Republicans will control the U.S. Senate come January 3rd when the 119th Congress is sworn in. Yet, the GOP is 7 seats from the desired 60-seat filibuster-proof threshold.

DC | Mark Sherman, Associated Press •

December 18, 2024

Supreme Court will hear arguments over the law that could ban TikTok in the US if it’s not sold

The law, enacted in April, set a Jan. 19 deadline for TikTok to be sold or else face a ban in the United States. The popular social media platform has more than 170 million users in the U.S.

DC | Frank Corder •

December 18, 2024

House Ethics Committee appears set to release Gaetz report after all

Mississippi Congressman Michael Guest chairs the evenly divided House panel. No statement has yet been released from Guest or the Committee.

DC | Kevin Freking, Associated Press •

December 17, 2024

Congress nears funding deal with more than $100 billion in disaster aid

Congressional leaders are nearing the unveiling of an agreement that will keep the federal government funded through March 14.

DC | Colleen Long •

December 12, 2024

Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency

Biden is under pressure from advocacy groups to pardon broad swaths of people before the Trump administration takes over in January.

DC | Michael Sisak, Associated Press , Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press •

December 10, 2024

DA suggests unusual idea for halting Trump’s hush money case while upholding his conviction

The proposals included freezing the case until he’s out of office, or agreeing that any future sentence wouldn’t include jail time.

DC | Frank Corder •

December 9, 2024

Trump says Thompson, others on House Select Committee “should go to jail”

The President-elect made the remarks in an interview on NBC when asked about potential preemptive pardons by outgoing President Biden.

DC | Rebecca Santana, Associated Press •

December 5, 2024

Secret Service director vows overhaul as Congress presses him on Trump assassination attempt

During the hearing Rowe was repeatedly asked by flabbergasted lawmakers how problems so obvious in hindsight were allowed to happen.

News

News | Jeremy Pittari •

July 10, 2025

Rates of whooping cough are rising, while syphilis cases are declining in Mississippi

News | Matthew Lee, Associated Press •

July 10, 2025

Rubio says U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks

News | Daniel Tyson •

July 10, 2025

Natural gas pipeline project in Mississippi, Alabama winding its way through approval process

Business

Business | Frank Corder •

July 9, 2025

Nissan delays EV production at Canton plant until 2028

Business | Lynne Jeter •

July 8, 2025

Mississippi tech companies featured at premier national defense innovation event

Business | Lynne Jeter •

June 27, 2025

Howard Industries announces $237 million expansion in Clarke, Jones and Simpson counties

Culture

Culture | Susan Marquez •

July 10, 2025

Mississippi restaurants included on prestigious list

Culture | C.H. Spurgeon •

July 10, 2025

How are you fighting sin?

Culture | Meredith Biesinger •

July 9, 2025

Where Stories Live: Inside USM’s de Grummond collection and the magic of the Children’s Book Festival

Opinion

Opinion | Haley Fisackerly •

July 10, 2025

AWS: Good for Mississippi, great for Entergy customers

Opinion | Sid Salter •

July 9, 2025

State’s modest gas tax hike is only a good first step to modernize our roads and bridges

Opinion | Susan Crabtree •

July 8, 2025

DC

Johnson retains gavel in dramatic Speaker vote

Biden is giving the 2nd highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional committee

Trump endorses Mike Johnson to stay on as House Speaker after government funding turmoil

Guest, others dissent in release of Gaetz House Ethics report, call it a “dangerous departure”

Wicker, Hyde-Smith retain key U.S. Senate committee assignments in next Congress

Supreme Court will hear arguments over the law that could ban TikTok in the US if it’s not sold

House Ethics Committee appears set to release Gaetz report after all

Congress nears funding deal with more than $100 billion in disaster aid

Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency

DA suggests unusual idea for halting Trump’s hush money case while upholding his conviction

Trump says Thompson, others on House Select Committee “should go to jail”

Secret Service director vows overhaul as Congress presses him on Trump assassination attempt

News

Rates of whooping cough are rising, while syphilis cases are declining in Mississippi

Rubio says U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks

Natural gas pipeline project in Mississippi, Alabama winding its way through approval process

Business

Nissan delays EV production at Canton plant until 2028

Mississippi tech companies featured at premier national defense innovation event

Howard Industries announces $237 million expansion in Clarke, Jones and Simpson counties

Culture

Mississippi restaurants included on prestigious list

How are you fighting sin?

Where Stories Live: Inside USM’s de Grummond collection and the magic of the Children’s Book Festival

Opinion

AWS: Good for Mississippi, great for Entergy customers

State’s modest gas tax hike is only a good first step to modernize our roads and bridges

OMB: States used education grants for ‘left-wing agenda’

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