Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson suggested that his move to leave the Democratic Party last fall should have served as an early warning that a political reckoning was coming for the party of his youth. Many political pundits were stunned when President-elect Donald Trump led Republicans to sweeping wins earlier this month, breaking apart traditionally Democratic […]
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday nominated Brooke Rollins to lead the Department of Agriculture. A policy adviser to Trump during his first term in office, Rollins is the president of the American First Policy Institute, a conservative think tank she co-founded in 2021 that has proposed plans for the president-elect’s second and final term in […]
Republicans have flipped the script on Democrats, according to Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chairman Ken Martin. Long criticized as the party of the rich, Martin, the Democratic National Committee vice chairman, admitted the public now sees the GOP as the party of the “working class and the poor.” He told Jake Tapper on Friday that the […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James reminded retailers on Friday that pet stores will no longer be allowed to sell dogs, cats, or rabbits anymore starting on Dec. 15. The Puppy Mill Pipeline Act aims to undermine the puppy mill industry, where pets are mass-bred, mistreated, diseased, and then sold for cheap. Signed into law […]
While most of the country took President-elect Donald Trump’s victory calmly, California has emerged as something of an exception. Shortly after Trump’s victory, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) called a special session of the state legislature to “safeguard California values and fundamental rights in the face of an incoming Trump administration.” Others took their own initiatives […]
President-elect Donald Trump‘s decision to tap Sebastian Gorka to serve in his new administration as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism has raised eyebrows. Gorka faced an untimely exit from the first Trump administration over disagreements with former White House chief of staff John Kelly amid allegations of his ties to […]
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is leading a new caucus to carry out President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government of Efficiency’s agenda in the upper chamber. The Senate DOGE Caucus, announced on Friday, is set to play an integral role in aiding Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s efforts to reclaim power from unelected civil bureaucrats, target unconstitutional […]
Democrats are putting aside their criticisms of President-elect Donald Trump now that he’s returning to the White House and they want to deliver wins for their voters. After slamming Trump as a “dangerous fascist” and “wannabe dictator,” some Democrats are looking to find “common ground” with Trump on issues they think he might be soft […]
This week’s White House Report Card finds President Joe Biden fast fading on the world stage but seemingly eager to go out with a bang by edging the United States closer to war. At the G20 economic summit in Brazil, Biden appeared to be a bit player, relegated to the back row of the stage. […]
The Arctic was once defined by its lack of potential conflict — encapsulated in the saying “high north, low tension.” Countries that struggled to cooperate closer to the equator have, for decades, found diplomacy more relaxed among the icebergs, where military considerations took a back seat to environmental research and shipping policy. Russia’s invasion of […]