Tuesday - May 26, 2026
News Tipoffs - Mississippi Editors Newsletter for Sunday May 17, 2026 ( 3 items )  

DSCC FRIDAY TAKEAWAYS: REPUBLICANS ARE CLUELESS, HUSTED'S POWER TRIP, AND PEACH STATE PANDIMONIUM
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on May 15, 2026: * * * DSCC FRIDAY TAKEAWAYS: REPUBLICANS ARE CLUELESS, HUSTED'S POWER TRIP, AND PEACH STATE PANDIMONIUM REPUBLICANS ARE CLUELESS: As families in Senate battleground states across the country struggle with rising costs across the board, surging inflation, gas price spikes in every single state, and a worsening and more costly health care crisis, Donald Trump says he doesn't "th  more

House Armed Services Subcommittee Chairman Kelly Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on FY 2027 Budget Request for USAF
WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Mississippi, chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, released the following opening statement from a May 13, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request for the U.S. Air Force: * * * Good afternoon. I'd like to thank the witnesses for being here at today's hearing as we discuss the Air Force's Fiscal Year 2027 budget request. I look forward to hearing how this budget will get at the challenges of our inc  more

House Ethics Committee Leaders Issue Statement Regarding Rep. Edwards
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Michael Guest, R-Mississippi, and Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-California, chairman and ranking member, of the House Ethics Committee, issued the following statement on May 14, 2026, regarding Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina: * * * Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined to release the following statement: The Committee, pursuant to Committee Rule 18(a), is reviewing allegations that Representat  more