Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has reportedly split from her longtime fiance, Riley Roberts, ending their relationship of more than 10 years and their 2022 engagement. Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts broke up roughly two years ago and called off their engagement, according to Puck chief Washington correspondent Leigh Ann Caldwell. “Perhaps that’s why she’s freezing her eggs,” […]
President Donald Trump’s approval rating has reached a new low, sitting at 33% approval and 62% disapproval, according to the latest YouGov/Economist poll. The one-third approval standing in early August is the lowest net job approval Trump has seen across his two terms as president, per the pollster. In the wake of the Trump administration’s […]
Xavier Becerra, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in California, urged the state attorney general to settle its antitrust lawsuit with Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery before the case is set to go to trial next year. His plea comes after California Attorney General Rob Bonta suggested he does not want to pursue settlement talks to […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) surpassed her Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman by a 10-point margin in the first poll matching up the gubernatorial candidates since the primary election in June. According to a new poll conducted by Siena University, Hochul led with 49% of likely voters, and Blakeman trailed at 39%. Likely voters also favored Hochul’s […]
A judge ordered the Kennedy Center to pay over $250,000 in legal fees to jazz musician Chuck Redd after he canceled his Christmas concert in protest of President Donald Trump. Redd canceled the annual Christmas Eve performance he hosted at the cultural center in December after nearly 20 years, after Trump added his name to […]
President Donald Trump acknowledged that he would like to seek a third term in the White House but conceded that the law presents a significant obstacle to a 2028 presidential campaign. “Everybody asks me that question, and you know that the law is very strong on that. I’d love to run, but the law is […]
Midwestern progressives pulled mixed results in the 2026 Democratic primary elections on Tuesday evening, as socialist Francesca Hong’s unexpected loss to centrist David Crowley in Wisconsin’s governor’s race dealt a blow to the momentum built by leftists such as Abdul el Sayed and Peggy Flanagan. Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, defied nearly all primary polls […]
President Donald Trump’s nearly perfect endorsement record hit a wall on Tuesday night, as his endorsements lost in the Minnesota gubernatorial primary and failed to win outright in the South Carolina Senate primary. The 2026 Republican primary cycle has been dominated by Trump’s coveted endorsement, deciding elections across the country, with a success rate rarely […]
The Taiwanese government throttled national internet access this week as part of a multilevel military drill testing the island’s resilience in the face of a hypothetical Chinese invasion. Access was restricted for approximately 30 minutes on Monday as part of the annual Han Kuang defense exercises, which are scheduled to conclude on Friday. Taiwanese military […]
AIPAC is pouring an eye-popping $4.4 million into an obscure California special election, spending heavily to defeat a Democratic state senator who won the primary by 26 points for a congressional seat that will be occupied for only a few months. The extraordinary spending against state Sen. Aisha Wahab has transformed the Aug. 18 contest to […]
