Several Democratic incumbents are seeing their young primary opponents boast impressive fundraising numbers as the party toils between placing its faith in its incumbent establishment or in a future featuring younger, more progressive candidates. As some younger Democratic activists advocate fresher candidates to represent the party, they have gotten caught in the crosshairs of the […]
The Trump administration filed an emergency petition to the Supreme Court on Friday asking it to lift a lower court’s order blocking the deployment of the National Guard to Chicago. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked, in the petition on the high court’s emergency docket, for the justices to pause an injunction blocking troops from […]
Houthi militia leaders are now acknowledging the death of their top military commander, though the timing of his death has not been disclosed. Maj. Gen. Mohammed al-Ghomari, the Houthi militia’s top chief-of-staff, was killed in what his compatriots called an “Israeli-American” airstrike. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took credit for the assassination on Thursday. “The […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) singled out White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Friday while speaking about political violence, leading to verbal blows between the two. Jeffries’s comments come as both parties spar about violence and the ongoing government shutdown. “We’ve already seen a rise in political violence and hatred in America, and […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) believes Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) endorsed New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani out of fear he would mobilize his progressive movement against her. Stefanik made the claim after an undercover video showed a Mamdani campaign staffer saying Mamdani would tell his “60,000 volunteers” to work for Hochul’s opponent, though it’s […]
Washington Examiner Senior Writer Joe Concha said Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), the Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor, has been dropping in the polls “like a lead balloon” since Labor Day. He added that people started paying attention after Sherrill’s poor debate performances against her opponent, Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli. “She gives these like [former […]
(The Center Square) – Two Ohio lawmakers want a local judge removed from office for making public statements about the death of Charlie Kirk. State Rep. Adam Mathews called Judge Ted Berry’s comments egregious and inflammatory, and the second-term Republican has called for the judge’s resignation. With no movement, Mathews introduced a concurrent resolution to start […]
The New York GOP voted Friday to disband the state’s Young Republicans chapter after inflammatory texts involving its vice-chair and chair came out. Peter Giunta, the former chairman of the New York State Young Republicans, wrote in a text group chat that he “loves Hitler,” and said anyone who voted “no” for him to chair […]
The divorce rate in the United States has declined since it reached its peak in 1980, dropping just over 36% in the more than four decades since its summit. The new analysis from the Pew Research Center shows the refined divorce rate, which studies divorces per 1,000 married women over age 15, dropped to 14.4 […]
A federal judge moved up a deadline for the Trump administration to show how they are complying with her order halting layoffs during the government shutdown, as legal battles over the administration’s reductions in force enter a new phase while the congressional fight over government funding remains stalled. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, an appointee […]
