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Lost Authority: ISIS threat growing in Afghanistan under limited US pressure

America’s allies believe the Biden administration’s credibility is deteriorating on the world stage and that it has lost control of escalation management in conflict zones, namely the Middle East and Ukraine. This Washington Examiner series, Lost Authority, will look at the reasons why. Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. The United States’s counterterrorism landscape has changed in the three […]

Trump’s $563 million in civil penalties could come due before year’s end

Former President Donald Trump stands a substantial risk of having to pay more than half a billion dollars in civil penalties before 2025 — whether he wins or loses the 2024 presidential election. Against the backdrop of Trump’s four criminal cases, which bring with them the threat of years of prison time, the former president […]

Gas prices: Decrease at the pumps headed into Labor Day Weekend

Gas prices dropped again on Friday as the country prepares for Labor Day Weekend.  The average price for a gallon of regular gas in the country decreased to $3.35, according to AAA. This was a slight decrease from the previous two days in which the cost was $3.361 per gallon. It is also less expensive […]

Democrats attack Trump’s character as Republicans urge policy focus

Republicans are urging former President Donald Trump to attack Vice President Kamala Harris exclusively on policy as Democrats take the opposite approach. In the early weeks of her campaign, Harris has made Trump’s character the centerpiece of her campaign while largely skirting around the proposals she would adopt as president. Harris has not avoided policy […]

Harris supporters in Georgia unconcerned about policy ‘flip-flops’

SAVANNAH, Georgia — Voters who planned to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November are not bothered by her recent policy “flip-flops,” viewing it as personal growth. Harris has faced criticism over her shifting support over Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, a mandatory gun buyback program, a fracking ban, expanding the Supreme Court, and a federal job […]

European Union announces it will not recognize ‘legitimacy’ of Venezuela’s president

Foreign ministers in the European Union announced on Thursday they would not recognize Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s “democratic legitimacy.” The decision comes slightly over a month after Venezuela’s controversial presidential election, in which Maduro was declared the winner, even though the opposition candidate provided much evidence suggesting the country’s president was actually defeated.  “We cannot […]

Democratic House hopeful leans into outsider image despite consulting and dark money ties

In her own telling, Rebecca Cooke is running for Congress in Wisconsin as an outsider who doesn’t “come from a career background in politics.” In a recent campaign video, she emphasized how the public “doesn’t see a lot of people” like her in Washington, D.C., a city the Democrat warned is full of “career politicians […]

New Jersey Democrats nominate Nellie Pou to replace Pascrell on November ballot

New Jersey Democrats have decided who they want to replace recently-deceased Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) on November’s ballot: Democratic state Sen. Nellie Pou. Several high-profile state Democrats like Gov. Phil Murphy and the family of Pascrell had rallied around Pou to take his spot on the ballot after his death on Aug. 21. Pou has […]

Six takeaways from Harris CNN interview: VP speaks out on Biden exit and war in Gaza

Vice President Kamala Harris‘s long-awaited sit-down interview, her first as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, will likely leave critics dissatisfied. In particular, critics who have scrutinized Harris for her light-on-substance campaign may have more questions than answers as the vice president comes under pressure to detail her policy positions, including on what issues she differs […]

Trump gives mixed messages on polling in race against Harris

Former President Donald Trump has given conflicting statements on the validity of recent polling in the 2024 race against Vice President Kamala Harris. At a campaign rally Thursday afternoon in Potterville, Michigan, Trump first claimed that he was doing well in presidential polls before casting doubt on their accuracy. “Every time they see me going up […]
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