Sen. Darline Graham Nordone’s (R-SC) narrow special election runoff victory is giving South Carolina political strategists reason to believe the critical early presidential primary state could be wide open in 2028. Graham Nordone defeated Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) 52.5% to 47.5% Tuesday in the Republican runoff to permanently replace her late brother in the Senate, […]
A Maryland judge on Wednesday struck down a November ballot question for a state constitutional redistricting amendment that would pave the way for Democrats to net one seat in 2028, delivering a major blow to Gov. Wes Moore‘s (D-MD) agenda. Moore signed a measure this month passed by the Democrat-led Maryland General Assembly to place […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Wednesday affirmed he wants to be president as the Republican Party‘s field of contenders in 2028 begins to take shape, setting up an intense race to determine who will seek to succeed President Donald Trump. While Vice President JD Vance is viewed by some to be Trump’s heir apparent, Cruz […]
Bobby Charles, the Republican nominee for Maine governor, is coming under fire from Democrats after the candidate revealed he would personally ask White House border czar Tom Homan to dispatch federal officers to the state’s polling locations for the midterm elections. Speaking at an Aug. 20 meeting with Maine Young Republicans in Arundel, Charles indicated […]
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Minnesota’s attempt to force Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) to extradite an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent facing criminal charges stemming from the nonfatal shooting of an immigrant earlier this year. U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. ruled that Minnesota’s lawsuit was premature, finding that Abbott had not actually denied […]
The Justice Department on Wednesday said it shut down several platforms linked to China that hacked the Senate and multiple government agencies. Officials said a Chinese company linked to the Beijing government hacked into multiple federal agencies, including the Federal Reserve, National Institutes of Health, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Departments of Justice, […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Wednesday sent a letter to Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley, raising concerns about the company’s “unprecedented national surveillance network.” Hawley’s letter comes as Flock faces national pushback over its automatic license plate readers, powered by artificial intelligence, that allow police to better track cars that have been stolen or used […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is urging Democrats to “stop wasting time attacking Hasan Piker” to ensure progressives aren’t “demotivated” to stay home this election cycle. “Too many demotivated Democrats stayed home in 2016 and 2024. We can’t repeat past mistakes,” Khanna posted on X. “Quit calling @BernieSanders an ‘antisemite.’ Stop wasting time attacking Hasan Piker […]
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) has lost her appeal to toss federal charges over her congressional oversight visit to the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, last year. In a split 2-1 decision on Wednesday, the Philadelphia-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit determined the congresswoman’s legislative immunity defense did not […]
A coalition of 24 Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., sued the U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday, seeking to block new mail-in ballot safeguards from taking effect before November’s midterm elections. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, argues that the rule exceeds executive authority, conflicts with federal law, and intrudes on states’ constitutional power […]
