Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) has one “ironclad” rule for Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) to follow at Tuesday’s vice presidential debate against Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH): “Defend the top of the ticket.” Kaine, the onetime running mate of Democrat Hillary Clinton, followed that advice to a fault, according to post-debate analysis from 2016. He interrupted Trump […]
Hurricane Helene was downgraded to a tropical storm on Friday morning after making landfall on Florida as a Category 4 hurricane on Thursday night in the Big Bend region of Florida. The storm left a wake of destruction along Florida’s Gulf Coast late Thursday night. Multiple cities reported severe flooding due to the storm, and […]
Vice President Kamala Harris knows her political weaknesses before November’s election are the economy, crime, and immigration. As former President Donald Trump and other Republicans criticize her record and policy proposals regarding those issues, Harris and her campaign are trying to go on offense, proactively countering concerns, including with a trip to the border on […]
The indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams set off a political storm this week as Republicans believe this will open doors for GOP victories in 2024, while Democrats are downplaying the broader impact. Adams, one of the most high-profile and powerful Democrats in New York, was federally indicted Wednesday on charges of corruption, […]
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump may live in Florida now, but he is embracing his New York roots. The Queens born-and-bred 2024 Republican presidential nominee said he agrees with a bipartisan push by members of New York’s congressional delegation to support expanding federal deductions for state and local taxes paid. That is a reversal of […]
The Republican Party has been sending love letters to labor unions for a few years. The big question now is whether enough union members write back to put the GOP in the White House next January. Former President Donald Trump has always had blue-collar appeal, an attribute largely responsible for his 2016 upset victory over […]
Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned that the enormous system could create a “nightmare” storm surge and bring dangerous winds and rain across much of the southeastern U.S. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Helene roared ashore around 11:10 p.m. EDT near the mouth of […]
Before President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection bid in July, there was a broad consensus about where the 2024 race for the White House was headed. Former President Donald Trump was going to win and Biden was about to lose, with the only remaining questions involving the margin of victory and how many downballot Democrats […]
Hawaii has been in a funk. A huge swath of locals are talking about it, from drivers to barkeeps to wonks to business owners to clergy, the Washington Examiner found early this year while visiting the most populous of the state’s eight main islands, Oahu, home of capital city of Honolulu. Throughout the island chain, […]
Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), who runs the Democratic Senate Committee Campaign, compared its last-minute decision to invest in Florida and Texas to Vice President Kamala Harris’s late entry into the presidential race, arguing it’s not too late to introduce the party’s candidates to voters. “We know the same dynamics as people get to know Kamala. […]
