Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), a potential 2028 candidate for president, whiffed on another endorsement Tuesday night as his former House colleague, 78-year-old Rep. John Larson (D-CT), fell to a younger challenger. It’s his third high-profile loss of the cycle as he tests his political influence ahead of a potential bid. In addition to Larson, Rep. […]
Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is going all in to help Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) defeat President Donald Trump’s handpicked candidate in South Carolina’s Senate race, reigniting political battle lines from their bitter 2024 presidential primary. Trump’s early and loud endorsement of Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) to permanently replace her brother, Sen. Lindsey […]
Republicans’ drumbeat on fraud is only set to grow louder in Minnesota after Democrats nominated a candidate for Senate who is finishing up her second term as Gov. Tim Walz’s (D-MN) top deputy. Throughout her campaign, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D-MN) has distanced herself from Walz and the systemic fraud uncovered in Minnesota’s social service […]
President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama have both put their political weight behind candidates in the 2026 midterm elections, but their endorsements reflect two markedly different approaches to shaping their respective parties. Both presidents have moved to back candidates in key races across the country, but Trump often casts his net wide and […]
A report that the Justice Department has convened a rare special grand jury in Washington has raised questions about how the little-used investigative tool works and what, if anything, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro plans to use the rare investigative move to advance. Special grand juries can investigate alleged federal crimes, much like ordinary grand juries, […]
EXCLUSIVE — The National Republican Senatorial Committee is targeting five Democratic Senate candidates with new messaging guidance over their alleged opposition to corruption despite their own mounting ethics questions and ties to corporate special interests. According to a memo obtained by the Washington Examiner, the NRSC is targeting Democrats who “claim the moral high ground […]
A former police officer from North Carolina was released from custody after being accused of plotting to kill black people in a mass shooting in New Orleans. Christopher Gillum is no longer facing charges after a Louisiana grand jury in June declined to indict him on a state terrorism charge that could have carried up […]
The Trump administration on Wednesday slammed Washington, D.C.‘s council members for seeking to end the National Guard‘s mobilization in the district, accusing them of making “politically motivated demands.” The Department of Justice said the Council of the District of Columbia sent letters to 10 governors whose National Guard members are deployed to the capital, requesting […]
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 […]
