The Democratic National Committee is forgoing a party convention for the midterm elections this year, opting for a different strategy than its Republican counterpart. The Republican National Committee is proceeding with its planned convention after President Donald Trump floated the idea last year. Democrats appear confident the move will backfire on Republicans when it comes […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said he “broadly” supports Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for reelection despite their past disagreements over certain issues, including housing and homelessness. “I’ve known her for years,” he said in a new interview released by Puck News on Tuesday. “We have a great collaborative relationship. She has a remarkable career. She’s […]
The State Department is preparing to deploy military aircraft to transport U.S. citizens out of the Middle East, as commercial flight complications prevent Americans from heeding evacuation calls. Iran successfully struck airports in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha in retaliation for the weekend operations by the United States and Israel. Those three airports are major […]
A shortage of funds in two central Michigan counties could have widespread implications in a special election for a state legislature seat, potentially handing Democrats a decisive advantage in a race that could decide control of the state’s upper chamber. Democrats currently control the Michigan Senate by a margin of one seat. That could change […]
Several Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee joined their Democratic colleagues in grilling Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a congressional hearing on Tuesday, calling into question — even, at times, condemning — her leadership of the department and deportations nationwide. The rare criticism of a Trump Cabinet official from GOP lawmakers comes amid outrage […]
President Donald Trump bashed Keir Starmer over his lack of cooperation in Operation Epic Fury, unfavorably contrasting him with another British prime minister, Winston Churchill. Starmer apparently declined to allow U.S. heavy bombers to use the U.K.’s base in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Speaking to reporters next to a visibly uncomfortable German Chancellor […]
Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is optimistic that Paramount Skydance will ultimately have its merger agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery approved by federal regulators after Netflix scrapped its attempt at a deal last week. In fact, he believes Netflix would have had a harder time going through the regulatory process […]
A Georgia jury on Tuesday convicted the father of a school shooter of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in a landmark case that held a parent criminally responsible for the actions of his child in a deadly school shooting. The verdict delivered to Colin Gray marks one of the few times in the United States […]
President Donald Trump threatened to cut off all U.S. trade dealings with Spain in response to the European nation’s opposition to increasing NATO defense spending and its refusal to allow the United States to use its base during strikes against Iran. “Spain has been terrible. In fact, I told Scott (Bessent) to cut off all […]
A man accused of fatally shooting two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to newly added terrorism charges in a case that could carry the death penalty. Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, […]
