In a rare note of bipartisanship that defied shutdown drama, the Senate passed its annual defense bill Thursday after a voting marathon that became a referendum on Donald Trump’s authority as president. It took weeks and a series of symbolic concessions to Democrats to jump-start the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the Pentagon’s policy […]
The sole debate between Virginia gubernatorial candidates, Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R-VA), quickly devolved into disagreements and personal barbs over the brewing scandal surrounding Democrat Jay Jones. Jones, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, previously sent violent text messages suggesting he would put two bullets into former Virginia Republican House Speaker […]
A district judge barred the deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois for 14 days, issuing a temporary restraining order on Thursday evening. Judge April Perry denied the Trump administration’s request for a stay on the order, which expires on Oct. 23 at 11:59 p.m. The judge said the court would hold a hearing on […]
Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) denounced the deployment of the Texas National Guard to Illinois on Thursday, breaking with national GOP leadership and Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX). Stitt, the chairman of the nonpartisan National Governors Association, said the National Guard deployment violated his idea of federalism. His denouncement comes just days after Govs. JB Pritzker (D-IL) and Gavin Newsom (D-CA) […]
Alex Jones asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to pause the $1.4 billion defamation judgment against him over false claims he made about the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting. Jones appealed the judgment to the high court, which is scheduled to review that petition during its closed-door conference on Friday, but asked the justices to […]
Comedian Trevor Noah said Wednesday it is an “incongruous, funny thing” how Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk was killed “while defending guns.” Noah said comedians in the United States are “shitting themselves” over Kirk’s murder, who was debating students on the Utah Valley University campus when he was shot on Sept. 10. An attendee […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) became the first member of House GOP leadership to call for a vote on a stand-alone bill to fund the military during the government shutdown on Thursday. Stefanik joined other Republicans in calling for a vote on the Pay Our Troops Act, a bill sponsored by Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) that […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) publicly urged Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) not to run for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat, taking to X on Thursday afternoon following reports of her expected candidacy announcement. He wrote in continued support of liberal oyster farmer candidate Graham Platner, whose political outsider, working-class campaign has received national recognition. “Graham Platner is […]
A federal appeals court judge on Thursday cast doubt on Oregon’s challenge to President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in Portland, saying there was no evidence the deployment was unlawful despite state concerns about presidential overreach. Judge Ryan D. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit said he was […]
A new poll granted hope to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s campaign Thursday with Mayor Eric Adams out of the New York City mayoral race. The Quinnipiac survey saw Cuomo up 10 percentage points in support from the last survey, when Adams was still in the race. Cuomo was expected to pick up some of Adams’s […]
