Cody Balmer, the suspect charged with setting fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion, was allegedly motivated by anger at Gov. Josh Shapiro‘s (D-PA) position on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Balmer, 38, allegedly had plans to beat the governor with a sledgehammer if he found him. He called 911 shortly after the arson attack, telling […]
Kyle Sweetser is a Democrat in deep red Alabama, after voting for President Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020 before switching to former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. The Trump-voter-turned-critic said he was pushed by the president’s tariffs to launch his bid to unseat Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) in 2026. It’s a […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced Wednesday that California will file a lawsuit against the Trump administration to challenge President Donald Trump’s authority to issue tariffs without congressional approval. The suit will argue that Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which grants the president increased powers during an economic emergency, to impose tariffs […]
Sports journalist Stephen A. Smith pushed back against the idea of seeking the White House in 2028, citing other endeavors and “a lot of things” he is pursuing instead. Speculation over Smith running for president in 2028 has grown as the Trump administration nears its first 100 days in office. Smith said Sunday that he has “no choice” […]
Two years after Gallup said that more Americans identified as Republicans than Democrats for the first time in over three decades, the trend has expanded as the GOP has won over more support from Hispanic and black voters. The one-point edge Gallup discovered in January 2023 has grown to five points in a new Napolitan […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi escalated the Trump administration’s war with Maine on Wednesday, announcing a lawsuit over the state’s decision to continue allowing boys to compete in girls sports. Bondi said during a press conference flanked by young female athletes, including activist Riley Gaines, that the legal action was a result of the state defying […]
The Trump administration removed the news wire spot from its daily White House press pool, stripping the daily, intimate access to presidential activities the Associated Press and other legacy outlets have enjoyed for decades. The White House announced the plan on Tuesday after losing a legal battle in an effort to ban the AP from […]
A group of centrist House Republicans sent a letter to GOP leadership warning about adjustments to the Medicaid program, urging them to tread lightly on reforms that could affect “vulnerable populations.” The budget resolution that passed the House calls on the House Energy and Commerce Committee to identify $880 billion in cuts for the next […]
The Los Angeles Times is offering dissenting opinions generated by artificial intelligence for its opinion pieces. This is a tool of owner Patrick Soon-Shiong’s bias meter on the paper’s editorials and opinion pieces. With his previous experience in biomedicine, Soon-Shiong created the “Reasoning Engine” patent to facilitate the technology. When readers scroll to the bottom of an opinion […]
If he had his way, Joe Biden would be in the White House today. Instead, the former president is searching for newfound relevance in the second Trump era, making occasional speeches to remind the public that he’s still around and lashing out at his old rival. “What makes us distinct from the rest of the […]
