Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), a rising star in a Democratic Party desperate for fresh leadership, insists he is not running for president in 2028. But on Sunday, he will speak at the NAACP’s 70th Annual Fight for Freedom Fund dinner, which just so happens to be held in Michigan, a battleground state that Democrats will […]
Lawmakers’ love-hate relationship with a little-known but powerful Senate official is in full swing as Republicans scramble to advance President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill. But Senate leaders and aides in both parties see only downside to sidelining Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, even as conservatives call for her ouster for vetoing myriad provisions in […]
After months of tension between President Donald Trump and the Supreme Court, the country’s high court ended its term by delivering its biggest win for Trump in his second administration, deciding to decrease the power of lower courts while increasing the president’s own. The Supreme Court’s decision curtailing nationwide judicial injunctions from federal courts comes […]
President Donald Trump fumed over Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s declaration of victory over the United States and Israel, saying it showed ingratitude after sparing him from a “very ugly” death. Upon the conclusion of the “12 Day War” on Tuesday, following a ceasefire agreement brokered by the Trump administration, Iran, Israel, and the […]
President Donald Trump is putting the pedal to the metal this weekend, optimistically looking to parlay a string of recent successes into another legislative victory Saturday afternoon. Trump had planned to depart the White House Friday for his private club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he frequently spends summer weekends golfing and attending fundraisers. However, […]
New York City mayoral Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa is under pressure to drop out of the race to consolidate support behind incumbent Mayor Eric Adams against socialist Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani’s victory has sent shock waves throughout the country. His opposition is currently split between Sliwa, Adams, who is running as an independent, and […]
The foreign ministers for Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo signed a U.S.-brokered peace deal to end the bloodiest conflict of the 21st century. The peace agreement, signed on Friday by Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe and Congolese Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, is intended to end fighting between Kinshasa and the Rwandan-backed […]
The Senate failed to pass a resolution intended to curb President Donald Trump’s use of military force in Iran on Friday. The proposal from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) was one of at least three in Congress aimed at resolving a power struggle between lawmakers and the White House over who has the authority to authorize […]
The Senate is working to tie up loose ends on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” ahead of a high-stakes vote planned for Saturday. Republicans left a Friday lunch telling reporters the Senate would vote at noon to advance the legislation, an aggressive timetable that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) later called “aspirational.” Senators […]
Two days after state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, Republicans at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference are casting the 33-year-old socialist as the new face of a “radical” Democratic Party, a bogeyman they hope will rally evangelical voters ahead of 2026. With plans to raise taxes on the […]
