JP Cooney and Molly Gaston, who previously worked for former special counsel Jack Smith at the Department of Justice, are bringing their legal expertise against President Donald Trump to Democracy Forward. The legal advocacy organization hired the two veteran federal prosecutors to build a team focused on fighting the Trump administration’s “corruption and weaponization of […]
The Justice Department on Wednesday made its first individual arrest in its fraud case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, charging former Intelligence Project Director Heidi Beirich with helping to conceal donor-funded payments to informants embedded in white supremacist groups. Beirich was arrested Wednesday in California, according to a person familiar with the arrest. The 26-page […]
Francesca Hong’s narrow loss in Wisconsin has sparked a progressive blame game, with some on the Left arguing that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) could have tipped the Democratic gubernatorial primary in the socialist candidate’s favor. Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders have campaigned heavily for antiestablishment Democrats this cycle, with their endorsements helping […]
Left-wing commentator and streamer Hasan Piker went off after Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidate Francesca Hong lost Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary to establishment candidate David Crowley. Piker, an avid socialist, has weighed in on several progressive and DSA-backed candidates throughout the 2026 midterm election cycle, with Michigan Democratic candidate Abdul el Sayed benefiting from Piker’s […]
The latest polling released Wednesday indicates Wisconsin‘s new Democratic gubernatorial nominee holds a fighting chance at keeping the governor’s seat blue in November. Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, the establishment-backed favorite, became the Democratic Party’s nominee this week after narrowly beating socialist Francesca Hong in Tuesday’s primary. The race is now set for Crowley to […]
Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed that his wife, Rama Duwaji, would not be taking a New York City Police Department security detail with her when she travels to Syria and Lebanon in September. The possibility of New York City’s first lady getting a security detail for her travels on the taxpayers’ dime first caused a stir […]
Left-wing commentator Hasan Piker said Wednesday that Francesca Hong’s loss in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary shows that he should not be the “biggest surrogate” for a campaign. Piker, an avowed socialist and streamer, has backed a number of anti-establishment Democrats during the 2026 cycle, including Hong and Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed. Republicans and […]
EXCLUSIVE — Steve Bannon has a blunt assessment of MyPillow founder and Trump ally Mike Lindell’s upset loss in Minnesota’s GOP gubernatorial primary on Tuesday. “Simple: amnesty,” the former Trump adviser told the Washington Examiner, referencing Lindell’s July proposal to give illegal immigrants a one-time, six-month deportation “moratorium” to apply for a visa to stay in […]
President Donald Trump was joined only by a single cabinet member when he was secretly whisked onto a second plane, with two cabinet members remaining behind, according to a new report. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joined Trump on the C-32A after he snuck onto it with aides Natalie Harp, Dan Scavino, and Walt Nauta, people […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, a long-term aide to President Donald Trump, will be departing the administration at the end of August. “Our wonderful White House Press Secretary, and one of my most trusted aides, Karoline Leavitt, will be departing her role at the end of the month so she can spend more time […]
