MADISON, Wisconsin — Judge Brad Schimel may be on the ballot, but President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s outsized presence in the race has made Tuesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election a nail-biter. Schimel, the state’s former attorney general, is a conservative. He’s running against Dane County Judge Susan Crawford, a liberal, for a seat on the high court. A […]
President Donald Trump’s decision to yank the nomination of Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is the latest sign Republicans have a special election problem. Trump specifically cited in pulling the nomination the need to protect House Republicans’ slim majority rather than any problem with Stefanik herself. The House […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Democrats know they need to escape political purgatory. Finding a leader to steer the way is the party’s most daunting challenge after President Donald Trump won a second, nonconsecutive term. Ambitious Democrats are positioning themselves to seek their party’s 2028 presidential nomination. By then, Trump will be winding down his cumulative eight years […]
As Democrats struggle to gain their footing without a party leader, Republicans are elevating Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) as the new leader. The National Republican Congressional Committee labeled Crockett the “Top Dem Spox” in an email earlier this week following her calling Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) “Hot Wheels.” The Texas governor is paralyzed from the […]
There has been an aspect of “will he, won’t he?” in terms of President Donald Trump introducing long-promised tariffs in recent weeks. It now appears settled that such tariffs are here to stay, at least for now anyway. After a lot of back and forth, the president set 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and […]
Not since 2023’s Barbie have conservatives found a film they so love to hate. Snow White’s press tour was doomed from the start, with lead actress Rachel Zegler first bashing the source material and then proudly endorsing various progressive shibboleths. If all press really were good press, the film probably wouldn’t have had such a […]
The national average price for a gallon of regular gas continued to climb, with five straight days of increases at the pumps. According to AAA, the new price for regular gas on Friday is $3.157 per gallon, nearly three cents per gallon more expensive than a week ago, when a gallon of regular gas cost […]
We are fast approaching the 100th day of President Donald Trump’s second term, which is coming at the end of April. Unlike Trump’s first go-round, his tenure has been focused, energetic, and vigorous. The Trump administration of 2017 was already damaged at this point by useless fights over inaugural crowd sizes and the accusation that […]
The group chat that broke Washington has sparked a weeklong war of words between President Donald Trump’s top staff and Jeffrey Goldberg, the liberal editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. He reported in a March 24 blockbuster story that he had been erroneously added to a Signal group chat of top national security officials. Yet, neither side […]
Controversy continues to build over the use of the Signal social app by top national security officials from President Donald Trump’s administration to discuss an attack against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Questions remain over whether the president’s Cabinet selections and top appointees, made up of less-experienced Washington outsiders, led to such ill-advised communication. The inadvertent […]
