Washington Examiner chief political columnist Byron York said “we’ve learned a lot about the DSA” recently and have identified the “sweet spot” for the party. On Tuesday, Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) triumphed over his Democratic Socialists of America-backed opponent Kai Newkirk for Arizona’s 4th Congressional District. “It would have been a huge story if the […]
Republicans are gaining ground in recent generic ballot polling, with the narrowing gap suggesting a likely majority will be decided at the margins, even as Democrats maintain an advantage. Democrats are favored to reclaim the majority for the first time since 2022, but a slew of new surveys show Republicans with some momentum. The generic […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tapped former Biden-era Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan as the next board chairwoman of the city’s Economic Development Corporation on Wednesday. Mamdani’s appointment of the staunch antitrust advocate represents a significant leadership change for the corporation overseeing economic growth in New York City’s business community. In a city […]
President Donald Trump threatened to destroy one bridge or power plant for every new munition fired by Iran at shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, bringing forward the potential of the largest electrical system in the Middle East being destroyed. Slightly over three weeks before the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, Iran’s Tavanir state grid […]
French health officials estimate that the country’s historic June heat wave contributed to more than 5,700 excess deaths, according to preliminary research released Wednesday. The heat wave, which gripped much of France from June 17 to July 2, coincided with 21,674 deaths from all causes in the affected regions, compared with an estimated 15,910 deaths […]
A House Democrat likened the White House’s investigation into the Smithsonian Institution’s alleged left-wing rewriting of American history to an Orwellian takeover by a “fascist” government. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) attacked President Donald Trump’s executive order to “restore truth” to the Smithsonian’s telling of American history at its National Museum of American History during a […]
President Donald Trump may be campaigning in Georgia, but one of the candidates he is supposed to be stumping for, Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA), won’t be. Collins, who is the Republican nominee running to unseat incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), will remain in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as the House barrels toward several votes on […]
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) defended her amendment to the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, arguing that “chopping off body parts does not make a better soldier,” and saying the U.S. military should focus on producing “the toughest warfighters in the world.” “We want the toughest warfighters in the world, not a military gutted by […]
Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) asked Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig to explain a past LGBT exhibit with a “crotch harness” in a tense Wednesday hearing on Capitol Hill. Miller chimed in with other GOP lawmakers criticizing the Smithsonian museums’ administration by displaying images of sexually explicit exhibits, including “Illegal to be […]
Zendaya, one of the stars of The Odyssey, is facing backlash for a recent fashion choice. The 29-year-old, who plays the Greek goddess Athena in Christopher Nolan’s IMAX epic, was pictured wearing 3,000-year-old Iranian gold artifacts while at a London photocall promoting the blockbuster. The gold medallions were obtained from Barron London, a jewelry dealer […]
