Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said Sunday he has “concerns” about Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner undermining Democrats’ chances to defeat incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in the midterm elections. While speaking with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl on “This Week,” Booker answered affirmatively when asked directly if he thinks Platner “may jeopardize Democratic hopes to get […]
Former first lady Jill Biden said her husband was “slowing down” as he sought reelection in 2024 but rejected claims that former President Joe Biden was experiencing cognitive decline before abandoning his bid for a second term following a disastrous debate performance. In an interview aired Sunday on CBS News’s Sunday Morning, Jill Biden acknowledged […]
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on Sunday said Democratic candidate in Maine’s Senate race Graham Platner “made mistakes” after reports that his wife found sexually explicit texts with several women on his phone and brought it to his campaign’s attention. Speaking with CBS News’s Face the Nation, Murphy was asked if Platner passed the “character test” […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said, “This is not the Republican Party, it’s the MAGA party,” arguing that President Donald Trump’s continued success in Republican primaries demonstrates the extent to which the GOP has become aligned with the MAGA movement. Concha highlighted Trump’s success rate in backing Republican candidates and pointed to recent defeats suffered by […]
Democrats are apparently in no rush to defend embattled Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin. After the publication of an error-ridden 2024 election autopsy, a report that was supposed to explain why Democrats so dramatically underperformed that presidential cycle, the Washington Examiner reached out to more than 50 elected or formally elected party members last […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that the Department of Justice’s new compensation fund should be scrapped, calling it “deeply offensive” that it could provide payments to people who assaulted police officers or vandalized the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. Speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press, Pence criticized the Trump administration’s $1.8 […]
Five people infected with a rare strain of Ebola have recovered in eastern Congo, the head of the World Health Organization said Sunday, offering a sign of progress as health officials race to contain an outbreak that has spread across parts of Congo and into neighboring Uganda. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the recoveries […]
Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) is pitching a Southern Democratic revival as part of the party’s path back to national power, arguing that gains in traditionally Republican states could reshape the political map ahead of the 2028 presidential election. Beshear, the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association and a frequently mentioned 2028 presidential prospect, pointed Sunday to […]
Iowa voters head to the polls Tuesday for primary elections that have become one of Democrats’ key focuses in their bid to claw back power in a state that once helped launch former President Barack Obama to the White House but has since become a Republican stronghold. While Republicans still hold an advantage in Iowa, […]
The June 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in one day. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. The program supports people with limited income who are blind, age 65 or older, or have a qualifying disability. The amount beneficiaries receive varies […]
