Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) secured former President Barack Obama’s endorsement and participation in a brand new ad campaign as polling shows her senate ambitions are on shaky ground. Obama nominated Slotkin to be an assistant secretary of Defense during his presidency. On Friday, he threw his weight behind her again as she races against Republican nominee […]
Former President Donald Trump and Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) will make their first joint appearance in four years at a briefing on Hurricane Helene’s destruction. Trump severed ties with Kemp after the swing-state governor refused to assist him in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. In August, Trump criticized Kemp’s wife […]
Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) announced he and his partner organizations are making progress in their efforts to help North Carolinians devastated by Hurricane Helene, saying the storm victims were abandoned by the Biden-Harris administration. “There’s been a complete pattern of abandonment under Biden-Harris,” Mills told Laura Ingraham of Fox News. “You have to shame them […]
Former President Donald Trump defended his wife after her support for abortion rights attracted backlash from social conservatives. In a promotional video for her memoir, as well as in excerpts of the book obtained by the Guardian, former first lady Melania Trump has shocked some conservatives by breaking with the GOP on abortion. During a […]
Maryland Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan acknowledged he isn’t winning over Democrats the same way he did during his two successful election campaigns as governor. Hogan initially looked like he could build on his popularity and flip the seat long held by Democrats, but polls increasingly show Democratic candidate Angela Alsobrooks putting more and more […]
SAGINAW, Michigan — Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) has simple advice for his successor in Congress, steeped in six terms representing mid-Michigan and three more decades watching his uncle, the late Dale Kildee, walk the same halls. “Treat people, even your opposition — treat them with respect,” Kildee said in a recent interview with the Washington […]
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)’s campaign against Republican challenger Dave McCormick to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate has been largely fought on the airwaves and online, with McCormick in particular developing a reputation for viral social media posts. But the two men met in-person in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Thursday for the first of […]
Bribery, insurrection, and official acts Just because former President Donald Trump doesn’t call New York home anymore doesn’t mean he can escape the connection to the Empire State — for good or for bad. While the myriad legal fights that were projected to be the wrench in Trump’s reelection plans haven’t been as damaging as expected […]
YORK, Pennsylvania — If Vice President Kamala Harris is to have any shot at beating former President Donald Trump this November, she needs to make inroads with the forgotten “Pennsyltucky” voter. Beyond the liberal enclaves of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Harris is making a play for conservative voters in the rural Appalachian region that runs from Pennsylvania to Kentucky. Harris’s campaign has […]
Former President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, each facing serious criminal charges, share at least one commonality as they fight their cases in federal court. Both politicians similarly stand to benefit from separate Supreme Court rulings from earlier this year, which defense lawyers have eagerly pointed to in recent court filings. […]
