EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) faces a competitive reelection campaign against Henrico County’s top prosecutor, but he’s betting that her biggest asset — a background in law and order — might instead be a liability on the campaign trail. Shannon Taylor, considered a top recruit for Democrats, has leaned into her background on the […]
Norwegian King Harald V died on Friday at 89 after 35 years on the throne, with his son Haakon VIII becoming king. Harald was a figure of stability in a time of tremendous change and challenges in Norway, including drastic demographic change, an oil boom, and the 2011 terrorist attacks by Anders Breivik. At the […]
Will Freeman wasn’t looking to start a national movement when he launched DeFlock after noticing Flock Safety’s automatic license plate readers along the side of the road. The software engineer was driving across the country in 2024 when the cameras began catching his attention. They appeared at interstate exits, along city streets, and, in one […]
Abdul el Sayed has lambasted dark money super PAC spending during his Michigan Senate bid and indicated he won’t support Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for Democratic leader, but he’s been boosted by millions of dollars from Schumer-aligned groups in the weeks since winning the primary. Candidates cannot coordinate with super PACs. But the battleground nominee […]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement granted a $16.7 million contract to Kentucky-based manufacturer Compliant Technologies to purchase 6,000 electric shock gloves over the next six months. The Department of Homeland Security said the devices would be distributed to Enforcement and Removal Operations officers and Homeland Security Investigations agents. The electric shock gloves would act as […]
One of the defining questions of the 2026 midterm elections is whether voters will still cross party lines in prominent statewide races or whether polarization has made straight-ticket voting the default. Maine and Georgia offer near mirror-image tests. In Maine, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Hannah Pingree is running well ahead of Republican nominee Bobby Charles, while […]
Democrats are gearing up for a potentially close and contentious midterm election by hiring lawyers, building out a nationwide “voter protection infrastructure,” and deploying tens of thousands of election observers across the country. The preparations include, for the first time, an internal Democratic National Committee litigation department designed to fight election-related legal battles as President […]
House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has emerged as one of Democrats’ most in-demand national surrogates ahead of the midterm elections, campaigning for candidates across the party’s ideological spectrum and in some of the most competitive districts in the country. Raskin has campaigned with more than a dozen Democratic candidates during the August […]
In countless American minds, Brexit and President Donald Trump are linked, and not in a good way. The term Brexit is shorthand for “British exit.” The vote of more than 17 million U.K. citizens on a referendum to leave the European Union and Trump’s shock election to the presidency both happened in the same year, […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety Friday as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that killed more than 470 people and left more than 1,500 missing. Nepal authorities said the death toll there rose to 469, injured people were […]
