Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R-VA) is the underdog in the November showdown against Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger to succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA). But the lieutenant governor has never been one to back down from a tough fight. It’s what helped propel her and Youngkin to victory in 2021 when they flipped Virginia’s governor’s mansion for the first time since 2009. Now […]
MACKINAC ISLAND, Michigan — Amir Hassan, a Republican running for the House in one of Michigan’s most competitive districts, is emphasizing his Flint roots as he attempts to build upon the inroads President Donald Trump made with black voters in 2024. In an interview, Hassan said Republicans failed to “change some minds and votes” in […]
LONDON — The Royal Family and 10 Downing St. pulled out all the stops for President Donald Trump‘s lavish state visit this week, even in the face of significant opposition from England’s left-of-center politicos. The aim was incredibly straightforward — stay on Trump’s good side to help negotiate favorable trade terms for the United Kingdom and […]
Cardinal Timothy Dolan called the late Charlie Kirk a “modern-day St. Paul” during an interview with Fox News on Friday. Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, sits on President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission. He drew a prominent spot in the public eye when he hosted a charity dinner with Trump, with Vice President Kamala […]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris wrote that she’s “no longer sure” if she wants to be in the “system” that she deemed as “failing” in her forthcoming book, 107 Days. Harris lost the 2024 presidential election to President Donald Trump, and it’s unclear if she will run for elected office again. “When I decided to […]
A top Virginia prosecutor resigned Friday after pressure from President Donald Trump to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James with mortgage fraud. Trump had said that he wanted U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert “out” of office earlier Friday because he was confirmed by Virginia’s two Democratic senators. “When I saw that he got two senators, two […]
President Donald Trump portrayed his visa reforms as an opportunity for foreign students to remain in the United States if a company is willing to pay. Trump on Friday took two executive actions, signing one presidential proclamation that increased the fee for H1-B visa applicants to $100,000 and an executive order creating the Gold Card […]
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger appeared confident that she would succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin (D-VA) as the next chief executive of the Old Dominion on the first day of early voting. At a campaign rally outside the Fairfax Government Center, Spanberger encouraged a group of supporters to cast their ballots […]
President Donald Trump’s first-term labor secretary, Alex Acosta, told congressional investigators on Friday that he never saw the then-businessman’s name appear in any records related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, according to a summary readout of his transcribed interview before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Acosta, who served as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida when Epstein […]
The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to sentence the man who tried to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to a minimum of 30 years in prison, calling the plot a politically motivated and “disturbed” attempt to alter the makeup of the nation’s highest court. In a sentencing memorandum filed Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland cited […]
