Democrats are turning a fight over immigration funding into a chance to needle Republicans on the cost of living, making “affordability” their narrow focus as the Senate begins its fifth “vote-a-rama” of President Donald Trump’s second term. Senate Democrats are powerless to stop Republicans from advancing roughly $70 billion in funding for immigration enforcement, part […]
Prediction market platform Kalshi on Wednesday said it penalized three political candidates across three states for betting on their own races. Kalshi said it was cracking down on “political insider trading,” weeks after the platform rolled out an initiative designed to target such activity, and a day after Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) led Illinois in […]
The Georgia Democratic Party is running full speed ahead into the 2026 gubernatorial election, releasing a new so-called Peach State Gubernatorial War Room focused on “holding Republican candidates accountable.” The bullish PR move from state party Chairman Charlie Bailey, reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, comes less than one week before early voting for the state’s […]
A federal appeals court struck down California’s law banning federal immigration officers from wearing masks, finding the Golden State overstepped its authority by attempting to regulate the federal government. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found California’s law violates the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, saying it “attempts […]
Virginia House Republicans are hanging their hopes for survival on the state Supreme Court blocking the new congressional map approved by voters on Tuesday night. Approved narrowly via referendum, the new map nixes four GOP House seats, creating a likely 10-1 Democratic lock. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-VA), John McGuire (R-VA), Jen Kiggans (R-VA), and Ben […]
A Virginia court ruled on Wednesday that Virginia’s redistricting referendum was unconstitutional, freezing the results of a special election that would boost Democrats’ power in Congress. The Tazewell Circuit Court ruled that the state’s redistricting referendum held on Tuesday and the bill that triggered the special election were unconstitutional and had failed to follow the […]
Centrist House Republicans warned Wednesday that the redistricting war between both parties had backfired on President Donald Trump and the GOP. Democrats have claimed victory in the escalating map battle after voters approved new congressional lines in Virginia via referendum. The result shifts the state’s map, which has a 6-5 Democratic edge, to 10-1. Gov. […]
Kyiv and Budapest have buried two hatchets this week, swapping a restart of oil supplies for approval of critical wartime loans. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Tuesday that the Druzhba pipeline — a transnational system that transits Russian oil to Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, and a slew of other European nations — has been repaired after […]
Extensive water damage, steel rusting to the point it feels like “tissue paper,” and industrial chillers over three decades old. These are some of the many structural problems at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts that led to the decision for a two-year renovation of the grounds and a temporary closure beginning […]
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced Wednesday that he is seeking the public’s input on whether controversial gender identity content in children’s programming should be added to issues flagged by the television rating system. Carr expressed concern that while the current rating system flags language, sex, and violence for parents, it does not flag […]
