Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico on Wednesday backtracked on his support for transgender athletes playing in women’s sports, as his campaign fights to coalesce support in the red state ahead of the general election this fall. The state representative has long pushed for athletes to play on teams that correspond to their gender identity, […]
DALLAS — Attendees, candidates, and party operatives poured into 95-degree Fahrenheit heat for the first-ever GOP midterm convention, bringing with them high energy and a clear focus on President Donald Trump. In the days leading up to the party’s first midterm convention, many political experts and members of the press billed it as a Trump […]
The Houthis seized a strategic Yemeni port city on Thursday, bringing the Iranian-backed militant group closer to controlling a key stretch of the Red Sea coast and threatening a critical trade and energy route. The port city of Mokha, a historic coffee-trading hub that gave its name to the popular coffee drink “mocha,” came after […]
Welcome to Thursday’s Washington Secrets, coming to you from Day 2 of the midterm convention in Dallas. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. First, we meet the head of the House Republican campaign arm, who is not as gloomy as you might think. Then we hear about a […]
Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday sought to deflect criticism that President Donald Trump’s newly proposed $5,000 dividend would further bankrupt the United States, arguing the handout would be offset by tariff revenue. Trump promised “every adult citizen” would receive the dividend if the Republican Party preserves majorities in the House and Senate in the […]
The Supreme Court granted an emergency petition on Thursday to reinstate Missouri’s previous congressional map, marking the third time the map has changed in the past week and likely costing Republicans a seat in the House of Representatives. The high court issued a brief, unsigned ruling halting a federal district court’s Tuesday order, which had […]
Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the state’s Democratic nominee for Senate, is touting cross-party endorsements he’s received from 21 current and former Republican officials in his campaign against the GOP nominee, state Attorney General Ken Paxton. “We’re bringing Texans together onto one team to take power back for working people. Because the real fight in […]
EXCLUSIVE — Charles Koch’s grassroots network is spending $5.3 million on a new digital ad campaign boosting Republican candidates in five critical 2026 U.S. Senate races. The ads first debuted on Wednesday, as Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, gathered in Dallas, Texas, for the party’s first-ever midterm convention. The campaign features 11 ads blanketed […]
Republicans are heading into the second and final day of the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention Thursday, with Vice President JD Vance, President Donald Trump, and several of the party’s top congressional figures set to take the stage as the GOP looks to charge full speed ahead into a challenging 2026 election cycle. Trump spent […]
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Gov. Gavin Newsom believes it’s time for fellow Democrats to get out of their comfort zone. The California governor has made a point of doing just that — but critics question whether he is breaking out of the party’s echo chamber or building a new national brand. In an exclusive interview […]
