Former President Barack Obama formally endorsed Democratic nominee Josh Turek for Iowa’s open Senate seat on Wednesday. The former commander in chief backed the state representative, who won the Democratic Senate primary by a 24.8-point margin, in a video of the two playing basketball. Before launching his political career in Iowa, Turek won two Paralympic […]
An advocacy organization is urging donors to seek refunds for contributions they made to Graham Platner’s Senate campaign following the Democratic nominee’s withdrawal from the race after multiple sexual misconduct allegations. Reckoning Action, an organization founded by attorney and activist Cheyenne Hunt, sent text messages to Platner’s donors encouraging them to request refunds for their […]
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Democrats sought to deflect rather than defend Dr. Anthony Fauci from specific accusations from Republicans that he mishandled COVID-19 pandemic policy and misled the public. As Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent in the highly anticipated hearing Wednesday morning, Democrats declined to rebut arguments from […]
The FBI turned to one of the country’s most infamous former mobsters as investigators sought evidence that former bureau director James Comey intended to threaten President Donald Trump with an Instagram photograph reading “86 47,” newly filed court records show. Agents interviewed former Gambino crime family underboss Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano in May, according […]
Minnesota House Republicans are urging federal prosecutors to “stamp out” Somali gang violence in the state after local authorities have identified at least a dozen Minnesota-based gangs brazenly committing shootings, stabbings, and murders. All four members of Minnesota’s GOP delegation — House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, alongside Reps. Pete Stauber, Michelle Fischbach, and Brad Finstad […]
PHILADELPHIA – Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) had nothing but praise for Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) as he kicked off a weeklong barnstorm of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, predicting he would be a “formidable” rival should both men choose to run for president in 2028. “I have a great relationship with Gov. Shapiro,” Khanna told the Washington […]
One of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s lawyers was removed from a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing Tuesday morning after failing to remain silent despite Sen. Rand Paul‘s (R-KY) refusal to recognize him. Paul, the committee chairman, had the lawyer removed after a back-and-forth between the two after the lawyer interrupted during questioning about […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha warns that the Democratic Socialists of America want to make the United States unrecognizable as candidates aligned with the movement continue to gain traction. “What we see here with DSA candidates is that they have to own what they have said,” Concha said on Fox News’s Fox and Friends First […]
Two different polls tell two competing stories about the fight between the Democratic establishment and the far-left candidates who have increasingly been winning the party’s primaries. In Wisconsin, establishment Democrats have been working to deny state Rep. Francesca Hong, a Democratic Socialists of America member, their party’s gubernatorial nomination by luring Milwaukee County Executive David […]
Progressive former public health official Abdul el Sayed is maintaining his lead over establishment-backed Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) in the Democratic primary for Michigan’s Senate seat as primary day inches closer. El Sayed led Stevens by a 10-percentage-point margin in the latest Tavern Research internal poll, which was first reported by Politico. The margin is […]
