Secret Service Director Sean Curran said the agency has used decoy aircraft before, following President Donald Trump’s transfer to a second plane during a July trip to Turkey. “Look, that’s not the first time we’ve done that,” Curran said on CBS News’s 60 Minutes. “We wish that wasn’t reported because that takes some of our […]
The White House has picked Republican commentator Katie Zacharia to be President Donald Trump‘s next press secretary. “She has been offered the position,” a White House official told the Washington Examiner. If she accepts, Zacharia will join the White House from Truth Social, Trump’s social media company, where she is a senior communications adviser. Zacharia […]
Maryland Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox isn’t courting President Donald Trump’s support in his second campaign against Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), despite the conservative former firebrand state lawmaker being warmly embraced by the president in 2022. Cox, in a nod to The Old Line State’s blue voting tendencies and a symbol of how he’s moderated […]
Vice President JD Vance broke with top Trump administration officials Friday by casting doubt on whether the execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, scheduled for early December, will actually be livestreamed. Vance’s comments came during a return trip to his hometown of Cincinnati to vote early in the 2026 midterm elections. The vice […]
Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) told reporters Friday that her administration is “looking into” the possibility that it restored the voting rights of deceased individuals when reinstating voting rights for Virginians with prior felony convictions. Spanberger announced in July that her office restored voting rights for 66,085 previous felons in Virginia. The commonwealth’s constitution automatically and […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) withdrew the death warrant for an elderly inmate before he was set to be executed by lethal injection next week. DeSantis did not say why he revoked the death penalty for William Thompson, 74, in a signed letter on Thursday, but the move is likely related to the fact that the […]
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) on Thursday downplayed his move to distance himself from President Donald Trump during his gubernatorial campaign in Florida, arguing the press tried to push a “hot take” on his relationship with the White House. Last month, Donalds, who is running in what could be an unexpectedly tight race against Democrat David […]
The Republican redistricting juice may not be worth the squeeze after all, as a worsening political environment portends likely modest gains in the eight states that redrew congressional maps this cycle to produce 13 favorable new districts. Nonpartisan race raters estimate Republicans could flip two to five seats under the new maps, which include redraws […]
Israeli officials are voicing outrage at the Nobel Foundation for honoring former U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay with its annual Nobel Peace Prize. Pillay, 85, presided over the U.N. Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, which ultimately found Israel guilty of committing genocide in Gaza following the […]
House Democratic candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier is calling for New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to step down after a suspected illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic was shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the city on Thursday. The shooting, which took place around 4 p.m. in the Marble Hill neighborhood, sparked a […]
