A Democratic lawmaker in the Virginia House of Delegates is running for a newly drawn congressional district this year after playing a key role in the state’s redistricting push. State Del. Dan Helmer announced his candidacy for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District on Wednesday. The redrawn district spans across multiple counties in northern and central Virginia. […]
Black Americans abandoned the Democratic Party by significant margins in 2024, helping propel President Donald Trump back into the White House. But, one year in office, the president has few achievements specifically tailored to black America. Trump dramatically increased his share of the black vote in the 2024 election to 15%, up from about 8% […]
President Donald Trump would prefer to settle his dispute with Iran diplomatically, but U.S. officials and Israeli allies are increasingly concerned that there is no way forward without military intervention. Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Geneva, Switzerland, for three hours on Tuesday. Senior […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said on Tuesday he is unsure if President Donald Trump or the media has shown the public why the United States would need to take action against Iran. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that the country’s nuclear industry is “our undeniable right,” as negotiations over […]
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shared that she will not run for president again and that there are “good” Democratic candidates for the 2028 election. Clinton, who lost to President Donald Trump in 2016, said some of the Democrats who are rumored to run were with her at the Munich Security Conference, including Gov. […]
Freshman Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) became the first senator to endorse Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) in the competitive Texas Democratic Senate primary. The endorsement from Alsobrooks, one of two black female senators, comes after early voting in the state began on Tuesday. Crockett is facing Texas state Rep. James Talarico in what is shaping up […]
FBI Director Kash Patel said Wednesday that federal investigators have uncovered what he described as significant funding streams tied to antifa, signaling potential new enforcement actions as the bureau intensifies scrutiny of left-wing violence. Speaking on The Dan Bongino Show, Patel told his former co-deputy director that the FBI under the Trump administration has been conducting […]
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr told reporters he was “highly entertained” by the drama unfolding surrounding The Late Show with Stephen Colbert‘s interview with Texas Democratic state Rep. James Talarico. Carr made his first public statements on Wednesday in the fallout of CBS News not airing Colbert’s interview with Talarico on the late-night broadcast. Colbert […]
The Air Force will soon roll out a new paint job for its presidential and VIP airline fleet. The decision will rid Air Force One and other airplanes used by the executive branch of their light-blue color scheme established during the Kennedy administration in the early 1960s. The new colors are red, white, gold, and […]
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is no closer to convincing Maryland Democrats to draw a new House map after a flurry of meetings with party officials in Annapolis. Jeffries visited Annapolis on Wednesday to lobby Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson to redraw the state’s congressional map so Democrats could pick up an additional House seat […]
