Beijing expressed hope on Thursday that lengthy trade negotiations with the United States will be resolved soon, issuing a tentatively optimistic outlook ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month. The U.S. and China have been in talks looking to redo trade deals ever since Trump first slapped Beijing […]
Washington Examiner executive editor Bob Cusack said crucial independent voters may not be watching the GOP’s midterm convention, and it may be too late to turn their vote anyway. “A lot of people, like the independents, have turned against the Republicans,” Cusack said on C-Span’s C-SPAN Primetime Wednesday. “You want to win them, of course,” […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted President Donald Trump’s proposal to give every U.S. adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of Congress, accusing the president of trying to turn taxpayer money into an election-year incentive. “After making you sicker and poorer with his war, Donald Trump now wants to buy your vote with $5,000 in taxpayer-funded […]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is headed to Georgia in October to campaign with Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) at the Fulton County Democratic Party Committee’s annual dinner, despite some Democrats stiff-arming her support in the midterm elections. Harris is set to give the keynote address at the 2026 Fulton Forward Dinner on Oct. 30. The […]
Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul el Sayed are hitting each other hard in the lead-up to Friday’s 25th remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as Rogers plans to focus on the anniversary in his speech before the GOP convention. Throughout the campaign so far, Rogers has ripped el Sayed over […]
The National Cryptologic Museum is taking visitors through history in an up-close look at artifacts and declassified items from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The exhibit sheds light on the National Security Agency’s pivotal role in tracking down al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, including a jar of honey with a telefax number on […]
Sen. Mark Warner (R-VA) declined to commit to a debate against Virginia’s GOP Senate nominee, retired Maj. Gen. Bert Mizusawa, canceling the only debate on the calendar so far between the two nominees. The three-term incumbent cited scheduling conflicts as the reason he declined AARP Virginia’s debate, which had been scheduled for Oct. 7 at […]
A divided federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s policy of holding certain immigrants without access to bond hearings, with the majority invoking Japanese internment during World War II as a warning against mass detention. The 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit deepened a split among appeals courts […]
Twitch Streamer Hasan Piker reacted to a “meat pic” of himself featured in an advertisement aired during the Republican National Committee’s first-of-its-kind midterm convention. An image of Piker posing in his underwear was included in a video played during the event that characterized Democrats as communists and made the streamer appear as representative of the […]
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico on Wednesday backtracked on his support for transgender athletes playing in women’s sports, as his campaign fights to coalesce support in the red state ahead of the general election this fall. The state representative has long pushed for athletes to play on teams that correspond to their gender identity, […]
