The Democratic attorneys general of New York and New Jersey subpoenaed FIFA on Wednesday over high ticket prices for the World Cup and reports of soccer fans not receiving the seats for which they paid. New York’s Letitia James and New Jersey’s Jennifer Davenport are leading the investigation. FIFA is preparing for eight World Cup […]
Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton wasted no time appealing to Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) supporters after the longtime incumbent was ousted in a Senate primary runoff against Trump-backed Paxton. Democrats see a moment ripe for the taking to win over Cornyn-backers after party leaders, save for Trump, openly trashed Paxton as a morally […]
Win It Back PAC, a conservative super PAC, released an ad torching James Talarico, saying the Texas Democratic Senate nominee “fights for 6 genders and all species.” The ad is a compiled video of Talarico’s past posts and bits from his campaign speeches with comments calling him a “Texas trailblazer” and referring to him as […]
President Donald Trump claimed that 10 dumpsters of garbage were removed from the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool during a Wednesday afternoon Cabinet meeting. “We cleaned it. We fumigated it” Trump said of the Lincoln Memorial. “We had 10 major truck dumpsters of garbage taken out. Can you believe it?” He also claimed the reflecting pool […]
The bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus announced Wednesday a new anti-gerrymandering working group aimed at restoring electoral fairness amid a nationwide, mid-decade redistricting war. Problem Solvers Caucus Co-Chairs Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) tapped Reps. Jeff Hurd (R-CO) and Ed Case (D-HI) to lead the task force, which will seek to address “extreme partisan […]
President Donald Trump hosted the 12th Cabinet meeting of his second term on Wednesday, where he claimed that the White House’s anti-fraud task force may balance the federal budget and save Social Security. Trump opened by praising Vice President JD Vance, who leads the task force, and said he was “very proud” of the initiative. The president […]
Alabama filed a pair of emergency petitions to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, urging it to lift a lower court’s block of a new congressional map that could help the GOP flip a Democratic seat in the 2026 elections. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court tossed a three-judge panel’s previous finding that the map was […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) weighed in on the national conversation surrounding the American Israel Public Affairs Committee donating to and endorsing American political candidates, calling the “cynical” use of anti-AIPAC sentiments “a danger for our system.” AIPAC endorsements and donations from its associated PACs have become a central conversation in the 2026 midterm elections, as […]
The chairman of the Republican National Committee touted President Donald Trump’s recent primary victories amid declining approval ratings within the president’s own party. RNC chairman Joe Gruters (R-FL) was asked about a recent Fox News poll showing that just over 60% of respondents disapproved of Trump’s job performance. Gruters, a Republican state senator from Florida, […]
Billionaire Tom Steyer, a Democrat who’s running for governor of California, broke the record for the most money spent on a political campaign this year with an advertising buy worth at least $195 million. However, the campaign spending isn’t entirely translating to poll performance. Steyer has recently made some gains, but he generally remains behind […]
