Wisconsin’s leading Democratic gubernatorial contender on Wednesday reversed her support for canceling Thanksgiving, as she faces a steep path towards winning over more centrist voters in the race. Socialist Francesca Hong is viewed as the favorite to clinch the Democratic primary nomination on Aug. 11, though no polling has been released since her top rival, […]
New Mexico on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, stymying the state’s investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez. Torrez alleges that Blanche and the Justice Department […]
The Senate confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, along nearly partisan lines on Wednesday. Schwartz, who was confirmed 51-43 after a turbulent confirmation hearing in the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions last month, is slated to take office after the agency has […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio came out on top in this past weekend’s nonpartisan straw poll at the Western Conservative Summit, outpacing a packed field of would-be 2028 presidential hopefuls. Hosted by the Centennial Institute, Colorado Christian University’s public policy think tank, the summit ranks among the largest annual gatherings of conservatives in the Western […]
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declined Wednesday to say whether President Donald Trump should fire Jeanine Pirro after the president criticized the U.S. attorney for dropping charges against an Olympic canoeist accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. “If the president chose to fire a United States attorney, it turns out he’s allowed to […]
The National Republican Congressional Committee on Wednesday launched its first joint ad campaign with a GOP candidate, months after a Supreme Court ruling lifted caps on coordinated party spending. The ad campaign, in conjunction with vulnerable Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA), features two ads boosting the first-term lawmaker. Bresnahan, who faced scrutiny over stock trades made […]
Democrats may have a glimmer of hope in deep-red Kansas after election forecaster Sabato’s Crystal Ball shifted the state’s Senate race one notch toward competitiveness following pastor Adam Hamilton’s Democratic primary victory. Sabato’s Crystal Ball moved the race Tuesday from “Safe Republican” to “Likely Republican,” citing Hamilton’s profile as the founder of the nation’s largest […]
Former Los Angeles mayoral candidate and reality TV star Spencer Pratt slammed New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani over a video of Mamdani speaking in an Ugandan accent that resurfaced online on Wednesday. “Look at theater kid commie Mamdani running another fake accent and appropriating African culture,” Pratt posted on X. “Communists are all frauds. EVERY […]
There was a big polling miss in Tuesday’s Michigan Democratic Senate primary that raises questions about how much we really know about the midterm elections, even though the expected candidate ultimately won. Progressive Abdul el Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) by about 1 point with 95% of the vote reported. But the polls predicted […]
The Israeli military renewed its airstrike campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Wednesday as Israeli and Lebanese negotiators met in Rome for a second consecutive day of talks aimed at securing a lasting peace. An Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese town of Tebnine killed one person and wounded 11 others after striking a […]
