President Donald Trump and the White House are delivering on another promise: To make November’s midterm elections about him. This week’s Republican midterm convention, dubbed “Trumpapalooza,” comes almost a year after White House chief of staff Susie Wiles promised Trump and his political apparatus would put the president “on the ballot” in 2026. The strategy […]
Republicans are taking a calculated risk with their first-ever midterm convention that embracing President Donald Trump and nationalizing competitive races across the country will help them defy history in November. It is the exact opposite of the strategy usually employed by an embattled majority party and its most vulnerable incumbents, who often wish to distinguish […]
A federal appeals court will consider on Wednesday whether to restore restrictions on mailing the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone, testing a Biden-era policy that judges have faulted for inadequate safety analysis and the Trump administration has declined to defend on its merits. The hearing before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans comes […]
Polls show Republicans struggling this midterm cycle to hold onto President Donald Trump’s historic gains with Latino voters, yet the party’s most prominent Hispanic surrogate is sitting on the sidelines. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a close Trump ally and potential 2028 presidential contender, has largely avoided campaigning for GOP candidates in 2026 and is […]
HONOLULU (AP) — Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell pelted Hawaii’s western islands Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands and ripping up stretches of beachside roads. Along the Southern California coast, dangerous surf conditions kicked up by the remnants of Hurricane Marie were expected to stick around for several days. In Hawaii, fierce winds downed trees and […]
The United States responded to Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on Tuesday as the White House announced it was banning multiple Canadian products from being imported into the country. It marks the latest action taken in the trade war between the neighboring North American countries. The bans were announced by the White House in two separate proclamations […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Tuesday questioned the sincerity of Vice President JD Vance’s “kind words” about the senator’s previous statements that he was eyeing a 2028 presidential bid. Speaking with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Cruz was asked about statements Vance made last week when asked about Cruz and other Cabinet members eyeing the Oval Office. […]
President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that his account of visiting ground zero with construction workers after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was “exactly accurate,” pushing back against a wave of fact checks examining his recollection. Trump defended the story in a lengthy Truth Social post hours after recounting it during a Tunnel to Towers […]
President Donald Trump celebrated the far-right Alternative for Germany party Tuesday after it scored a landslide victory in a regional election, praising the party’s rise and tying its success to voter frustration over immigration. “Wow! The Populist Party in Germany just had a really big night,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “They finally […]
Republican John E. Sununu was declared the winner of Tuesday’s New Hampshire GOP Senate primary, teeing up a battleground general election with Democratic nominee Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH). The race was called for Sununu, a former New Hampshire senator and the brother of former New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, at 8 p.m. by the […]
