New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday followed the lead of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in distancing himself from left-wing positions that trended among progressives at the start of the decade. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests that marked 2020, many Democrats espoused left-wing views on race, defunding the police, censorship, […]
Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) on Wednesday was hit with a lawsuit by his ex-wife over a photo of their toddler that was published online. The lawsuit is the latest challenge Miller’s reelection campaign has faced from his ex, Emily Moreno, over allegations that he abused her and their 2-year-old daughter. Miller has rigorously denied domestic […]
The FBI ran a secret operation to discredit corruption allegations against the Biden family as “Russian disinformation,” including allegations that Hunter Biden accepted money from Ukrainian interests in exchange for influence, according to intelligence documents declassified by the Trump White House. A newly released summary report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence […]
President Donald Trump’s announcement that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is departing the administration at the end of the month has sparked speculation regarding a possible replacement. Although Trump could decide to do something nontraditional and not replace Leavitt, as the White House did not replace her during her maternity leave this summer, here […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is flexing her political muscle beyond her own House seat, hitting the campaign trail and backing Republican candidates in contests across the country during the monthlong August recess. Luna has issued a slew of endorsements this cycle, wading into competitive general elections, open-seat primaries, and even races pitting fellow Republicans […]
Two media groups on Wednesday sued to block President Donald Trump’s social media company from offering high-paying clientele real-time access to posts on the platform, alleging the subscription plan is unconstitutional. Truth Social began offering Truth API, or application programming interface, on Aug. 1 to users who pay up to $100,000 a month for instant […]
JP Cooney and Molly Gaston, who previously worked for former special counsel Jack Smith at the Department of Justice, are bringing their legal expertise against President Donald Trump to Democracy Forward. The legal advocacy organization hired the two veteran federal prosecutors to build a team focused on fighting the Trump administration’s “corruption and weaponization of […]
The Justice Department on Wednesday made its first individual arrest in its fraud case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, charging former Intelligence Project Director Heidi Beirich with helping to conceal donor-funded payments to informants embedded in white supremacist groups. Beirich was arrested Wednesday in California, according to a person familiar with the arrest. The 26-page […]
Francesca Hong’s narrow loss in Wisconsin has sparked a progressive blame game, with some on the Left arguing that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) could have tipped the Democratic gubernatorial primary in the socialist candidate’s favor. Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders have campaigned heavily for antiestablishment Democrats this cycle, with their endorsements helping […]
Left-wing commentator and streamer Hasan Piker went off after Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidate Francesca Hong lost Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary to establishment candidate David Crowley. Piker, an avid socialist, has weighed in on several progressive and DSA-backed candidates throughout the 2026 midterm election cycle, with Michigan Democratic candidate Abdul el Sayed benefiting from Piker’s […]
