Harris walks a tightrope during trip to the border Vice President Kamala Harris will head to the border town of Douglas, Arizona, today. The visit is in hopes of addressing her perceived weakness on immigration, but some community members aren’t sure if it’s “too little, too late,” Immigration Reporter Anna Giaritelli wrote. Immigration has been […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s increased focus on immigration as a dominant theme of his 2024 campaign could help replicate his 2016 victory. But in a twist from his first presidential run, Trump is now making the explicit case that illegal immigrants will hurt African American and Hispanic workers disproportionately in a move meant to persuade […]
NEW YORK — Critics are questioning the timing of the Biden Department of Justice’s investigation into New York City Mayor Eric Adams following the mayor’s criticism of the Biden-Harris administration’s immigration policies. Republicans see the indictment of Adams as fitting a pattern of political lawfare against opponents of the Democratic Party. Adams himself appeared to blame the indictment on […]
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) has one “ironclad” rule for Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) to follow at Tuesday’s vice presidential debate against Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH): “Defend the top of the ticket.” Kaine, the onetime running mate of Democrat Hillary Clinton, followed that advice to a fault, according to post-debate analysis from 2016. He interrupted Trump […]
Hurricane Helene was downgraded to a tropical storm on Friday morning after making landfall on Florida as a Category 4 hurricane on Thursday night in the Big Bend region of Florida. The storm left a wake of destruction along Florida’s Gulf Coast late Thursday night. Multiple cities reported severe flooding due to the storm, and […]
Vice President Kamala Harris knows her political weaknesses before November’s election are the economy, crime, and immigration. As former President Donald Trump and other Republicans criticize her record and policy proposals regarding those issues, Harris and her campaign are trying to go on offense, proactively countering concerns, including with a trip to the border on […]
The indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams set off a political storm this week as Republicans believe this will open doors for GOP victories in 2024, while Democrats are downplaying the broader impact. Adams, one of the most high-profile and powerful Democrats in New York, was federally indicted Wednesday on charges of corruption, […]
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump may live in Florida now, but he is embracing his New York roots. The Queens born-and-bred 2024 Republican presidential nominee said he agrees with a bipartisan push by members of New York’s congressional delegation to support expanding federal deductions for state and local taxes paid. That is a reversal of […]
The Republican Party has been sending love letters to labor unions for a few years. The big question now is whether enough union members write back to put the GOP in the White House next January. Former President Donald Trump has always had blue-collar appeal, an attribute largely responsible for his 2016 upset victory over […]
Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned that the enormous system could create a “nightmare” storm surge and bring dangerous winds and rain across much of the southeastern U.S. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Helene roared ashore around 11:10 p.m. EDT near the mouth of […]
