National Guard troops are expected to remain stationed in Washington, D.C., for three months longer than anticipated, as War Secretary Pete Hegseth is extending their deployment through February 2026. The development, reported by multiple outlets, marks the second time an extension has been authorized, after President Donald Trump first ordered troops to the District of […]
Saturday’s looming deadline to fund the government or risk more than 40 million people losing their food benefits is increasing pressure on both parties to end the government shutdown. President Donald Trump returns to Washington on Thursday afternoon following a weeklong tour of Asia that saw him personally removed from the shutdown talks. And though […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will hold a press conference Thursday morning to provide updates on the prolonged government shutdown while the House remains out of session. The shutdown is now on its 30th day, nearing ever closer to the 35-day historic shutdown during President Donald Trump‘s first term. JEFFRIES DOWNPLAYS DISSENSION IN THE RANKS […]
A poll released Thursday handed New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani a wide lead over his closest rival, suggesting the Big Apple is inching ever closer to electing its first-ever socialist mayor next week. Mamdani holds a 16-point lead over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent, according to the Marist […]
Days away from the Virginia gubernatorial election, Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger will host a Latino voter outreach event at a Mexican restaurant, a strategy that some Latino leaders in the state see as out of touch and far too late to resonate with this critical voting bloc. Spanberger is scheduled to rally Latino voters Thursday […]
Federal workers have found something to do with their time as the government shutdown heads for record length — make TikToks. A monthlong shutdown has left many federal workers unable to work and without a paycheck for the time being. Many furloughed workers have, therefore, turned to the social media platform to document their days […]
A recently unsealed court filing shows prosecutors are drawing directly from a 2017 FBI leak investigation to support criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey, reinforcing allegations that he misled Congress about authorizing disclosures tied to the Hillary Clinton email case and sensitive intelligence. The filing, entered Monday by Comey’s legal defense team, confirms […]
With less than one week until Election Day, Virginia residents will head to the ballot box to cast their votes for three statewide offices that will determine whether the executive branch remains under Republican control. Democrats are testing Virginia’s high-stakes election as a bellwether to see if they can wrest power from Republicans in Congress […]
As term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) leaves his spot at the helm of New Jersey this year, his eyes will be on Garden State next week as it is one of just two states with off-year gubernatorial elections. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli will face off on Tuesday, as Sherrill fights […]
President Donald Trump keeps saying that prices, particularly energy prices, are going down, despite data painting a more complex economic picture. That rhetoric could cause political problems for Republicans before next year’s midterm elections if voters express their exasperation at the ballot box after Trump last year promised on the campaign trail, in his own […]
