With less than a month to go before the general election and early voting set to begin in just 10 days, the two candidates in Texas’s closely watched Senate race are facing unique challenges. Democratic nominee James Talarico has canceled at least two campaign events after coming down with the flu, and Republican state Attorney […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said Republicans were unlikely to lose control of the House of Representatives after the midterm elections, but the future remains uncertain in the Senate. “I don’t think Republicans will be able to hold the House,” York said Tuesday on The Hugh Hewitt Show. “For the Senate, I think […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Athens, Greece, on Wednesday. At 11:30 a.m. Eastern, he will deliver remarks urging countries to join the United States in fostering the revitalization of Western countries. RUBIO SAYS REPORTED RUSSIAN LAB LEAK IS A ‘CAUSE FOR FOCUS’ BUT NOT ‘ALARM’ Rubio will deliver remarks at the ruins of […]
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has introduced a bill directing the Smithsonian Institution to display the Trump administration’s “propaganda” in the National Museum of American History. The legislation would require the Smithsonian to preserve the banners featuring President Donald Trump outside several federal buildings around the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and any other artifacts “reflecting […]
Washington Examiner executive editor Bob Cusack said Republican candidates face a conundrum in the midterm elections: They need President Donald Trump’s base to turn out, but his “abysmal” numbers make him a liability. “If he goes to Maine, the chances of Susan Collins winning plummets,” Cusack said Tuesday on CNN’s Laura Coates Live. “That’s why […]
President Donald Trump is seeking to turn his Palm Beach, Florida, golf course into a presidential retreat for use by future presidents, modeled in part on the famed Camp David compound. The proposal calls for a portion of Trump International Golf Club to be designated as a permanent presidential retreat and provide lodging for foreign […]
Former President Barack Obama endorsed Deb Haaland in the New Mexico gubernatorial race, in which she is running against Republican Gregg Hull. Obama is typically reserved in his campaign endorsements, but has a long track record of boosting Haaland. Haaland has openly boasted about her start in politics organizing for Obama’s 2008 campaign, something she […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged “the horrific war crimes” of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel on its third anniversary, but added that “the suffering did not begin nor end that day” while calling Israel’s actions in Gaza “genocide.” “On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. […]
The November 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 23 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. If the first day falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the payment is sent on the last business day of the previous month […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) declared a state of emergency in 25 counties in western Florida in preparation for Tropical Storm Isaias, which was upgraded from a tropical depression on Wednesday. The system first formed as a tropical depression on Tuesday, and intensity models show it could become the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season’s first hurricane. The […]
