President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday, declaring the Oval Office a “national monument” to prevent future presidents from making substantial changes to the space. The White House proclamation designates the Oval Office, the Outer Oval Office, and the Cabinet Room as a nationally recognized monument. “The White House and its grounds are Federal […]
Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom extended his lead against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) in the Senate race, outpacing her by just over 1,800 ballots. Initially, the election was a lot closer, with Colom leading the incumbent by fewer than 100 votes. As of Friday morning, the Democratic challenger has garnered 49% support, while Hyde-Smith has received […]
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) has become the man of the hour for Democrats looking to launch a 2028 presidential bid, as he revealed that several lawmakers have reached out to him after the party swept up a House and Senate majority in the midterm elections. Clyburn told Politico that he received phone calls from four […]
Jay Rockefeller, a former Democratic governor and senator of West Virginia, has died at age 89. The former politician died at his home in Washington, D.C., on Friday. His family did not provide a cause of death. Rockefeller was a champion of healthcare, tax reform, social welfare, and national security during his decadeslong political career. […]
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s plans to begin construction on a massive triumphal arch near Washington, D.C., hours after a federal planning commission approved a controversial project. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, issued a 14-day temporary restraining order late Thursday, preventing the administration from […]
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) should have listened to his gut feeling. Abbott, in spring 2025, was gearing up for another reelection bid, having first won the governorship in 2014. Per reporting at the time, Abbott balked when President Donald Trump’s political team asked him and Republican lawmakers, who controlled both legislative chambers in Austin, to […]
Amazon Prime Video’s eight-episode take on Stephen King’s Carrie does not open by leering into the girls’ locker-room shower. Glad tidings? That depends, I suppose, on one’s perspective. Whereas Brian De Palma’s 1976 film adaptation was exploitative schlock, it possessed a certain enviable élan vital, not least when exploring the ferality of unsupervised teenagers. Prime’s […]
Some captains are remembered for the risks they took. Others are remembered for the way they made a bridge feel like a place of reason even when the stars were coming apart. Patrick Stewart, who died Oct. 28 at the age of 86, belonged to the second group. Long before he sat in the captain’s […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is seizing on Florida‘s resistance to Tuesday’s Democratic wave to pitch his record as a model for a battered Republican Party, even as narrower GOP victories at home raise questions about the strength of that model. As Democrats dominated statewide in traditional Republican strongholds, including Texas, South Carolina, Kansas, even Mississippi, […]
Vice President JD Vance has created distance between himself and President Donald Trump ahead of a likely 2028 presidential bid. Trump doesn’t seem to mind. At least not yet. Through leaks and public comments, Vance has made it clear that he opposed the Iran war. Unlike Trump, Vance didn’t endorse Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
