Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has overtaken Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the latest 2028 presidential odds on prediction market platform Polymarket, adding to speculation that the progressive New York Democrat could emerge as an early favorite for the party’s nomination. Ocasio-Cortez and Rubio have both been floated as possible contenders for their respective parties’ […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said he is taking a hard pass on dining in the nude after a Florida steakhouse began offering customers the chance to enjoy a five-course meal without their clothes. “I hope people aren’t sitting on the chairs completely naked. I hope there’s some sort of, you know, padding between the […]
The Kennedy Center’s Board of Trustees voted Thursday to close the performing arts center to proceed with a planned two-year renovation, bucking concerns from preservationists and Democrats who fought to keep the center open. The results of the vote, reported by multiple outlets, fall in line with President Donald Trump’s February decision to close the […]
Though Democrats and Republicans will contest Senate seats in 35 states this November, nine of those states will make or break each party’s path to an upper chamber majority. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates four states — Alaska, Ohio, Michigan, and Maine — as “toss ups.” It considers Georgia, North Carolina, and New Hampshire […]
EXCLUSIVE — Republicans are betting they can convince their voters to go to the polls this November with beer. Trumpworld pollster John McLaughlin, in a poll published on Thursday, reported that likely voters nationwide support tariffs on Mexican beer by a margin of nearly 3-to-1, 65% to 23%. Even when voters were told that tariffs […]
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley unveiled several changes on Thursday to the company’s nationwide network of automatic license plate readers used by police, amid accusations that the sprawling system creates a surveillance state that violates constitutional rights. More than 6,000 municipalities have contracts with Flock, with over 120,000 cameras active across 49 states, according to […]
Rep. Jared Moskowitz’s (D-FL) prior job as general counsel for a disaster cleanup company is coming under scrutiny just one week before Florida’s congressional primaries. Moskowitz, who is seeking reelection in a GOP-leaning seat, served in the Florida state Legislature from 2012 to 2019, when he joined Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration as the director of […]
Former Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is set to make his first public appearance since suspending his scandal-plagued campaign in June. Platner is slated to speak about the history of unions and organized labor at a Labor Day rally on Sept. 5, according to the Hancock County Democratic Party, marking his first public event […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha accused Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani of attempting to distance themselves from past positions as they seek to appeal to a broader electorate. Concha weighed in on Ocasio-Cortez’s and Mamdani’s efforts to distance themselves from left-wing positions that previously trended among progressives, suggesting their efforts […]
Abdul el Sayed, the Democratic nominee for an open Senate seat in Michigan, neglected to mention his top endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in his first campaign advertisement for the general election. The 30-second spot is largely identical to a previous primary election ad that featured endorsements from the […]
