When members of the Democratic Socialists of America win a local election, they fly into office on the wings of soaring rhetoric. Whether it’s New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani calling for the “warmth of collectivism” or Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson urging her public sector employees “to do big, new things,” the DSA-connected players (like […]
AUSTIN, Texas — The Lone Star State is home to some of the most competitive, high-profile, and expensive races of the 2026 midterm elections, but with early voting set to begin Monday, voters have yet to see candidates in several key contests face off on a debate stage. Democrats have increasingly seized on the absence […]
President Donald Trump may have just had his worst week in Washington of his second term. White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is out after mere days on the job, making first-term Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci’s 11 days in his post look like a Robert Byrd-length tenure by comparison. This comes just days after […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) has spent months insisting he’s focused on winning reelection and helping Democrats in his state. But a new federal political action committee gives him a way to start building beyond Pennsylvania. Shapiro’s New Path PAC is not a presidential campaign. Its stated purpose is to help Democrats win competitive Pennsylvania House […]
The second round of October Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in four days. When will payments arrive? The second round will go out on Oct. 21 to those born between the 11th and 20th of a month. Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month received […]
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s move to her third job within the Trump administration is just the latest shake-up in a week of spring cleaning at the State Department. Noem, who was fired from Trump’s Cabinet in March, has been serving inside the State Department as a special envoy for “The Shield of the […]
The Kremlin is nodding along with President Donald Trump’s recent campaign calling for new Ukrainian leadership, assuring the White House they “fully agree” with his frustrations as they seek to use the U.S. midterm elections to their advantage. Trump repeatedly expressed his contempt for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, calling the leader “not a […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that waived the sweeping Russian sanctions and tariffs enacted by the bill championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham. Trump signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act into law last month, but he decided to put the legislation on hold indefinitely, saying that […]
BIDDEFORD, Maine — The Dropkick Murphys paid tribute to Maine Senate nominee Troy Jackson on Friday night with a rendition of their most famous Celtic punk rock song, singing that “Troy’s shipping up to D.C.” to a crowd of supporters. The song, a riff on the Massachusetts-based band’s “I’m Shipping Up To Boston,” was part […]
President Donald Trump promised there will be severe punishment for California election officials who intentionally count ballots cast by alleged noncitizens in the midterm elections. “They will all go to jail for a long period of time,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Friday. Beneath his brief message was a letter from the […]
