Politics

Jay Clayton testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing to be the next Director of National Intelligence on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, arrives at the Capitol after President Donald Trump said he was delaying Jay Clayton's nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence community, in Washington, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

FILE - Elon Musk hands over a million dollar check to Nicholas Jacobs during a town hall in Green Bay, Wis., March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)

FILE - Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, walks through the Capitol, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)

FILE - Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., listens during a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington,, July 11, 2017, during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services committee. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Michigan U.S. Sen. candidate, Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., speaks with media after a debate at WoodTV studios on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Kristen Norman)

FILE - Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., speaks at a news conference at the Capitol, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)

FILE - Voters head to the polls at the Enterprise Library in Las Vegas, Nov. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Joe Buglewicz, File)

A tour bus carrying retired judges on a tour through the Rust Belt to defend judicial independence is parted outside the Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg, Pa., on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (Keep Our Republic via AP)