On Wednesday evening, Democratic leaders from across the country will speak at the Democratic National Convention before Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) delivers the keynote address a day before Vice President Kamala Harris accepts her party’s nomination. Here’s a rundown of who will speak on the third night of the high-profile Democratic event in Chicago. Multiple […]
Anti-Israel protesters interrupted former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during a discussion on the hostage situation between Israel and Hamas. Pelosi appeared on the show Tuesday night to promote her new book, The Art of Power, during which she recounted how she watched President John F. Kennedy’s […]
Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), are delivering remarks focused on national security in Asheboro, North Carolina. Trump is expected to begin speaking at 2 p.m. from the Tar Heel State, a key swing state for his campaign. The rally will be Trump’s first outdoor rally since the assassination attempt against […]
A new report on crime in the nation’s capital investigates what can be done to address the issue and make Washington, D.C.’s inhabitants safer. The Manhattan Institute took a deep dive into public safety in the District of Columbia and released its findings in August. Although some crime is dropping in 2024, criminal activities such […]
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have so far not disclosed their top campaign fundraisers, also known as bundlers, ahead of the November election. Though bundler disclosure is not required under federal law, transparency advocates have long pressed candidates to release information on their bundlers — typically wealthy and well-connected people who […]
Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah engaged in a new round of cross-border attacks on Wednesday as negotiators push for Hamas to accept the latest ceasefire proposal. An Israeli airstrike in Sidon, Lebanon, killed Khalil al Maqdah, who the Israel Defense Forces said was a terrorist with ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. His brother Mounir […]
Longtime Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ) died on Wednesday morning, his family announced after more than a month of in-and-out hospital stays. “It is with deep sadness that we announce that Bill Pascrell Jr., our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away this morning,” Pascrell’s family said in a post to the congressman’s X account. […]
As both Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) have been thrust into the national spotlight over the last few weeks, voters have warmed up to the Democratic vice presidential candidate more so than his Republican counterpart, according to recent polling. Roughly 36% of voters say they have a favorable view of Walz […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis‘s (R-FL) goal of electing conservative school boards across Florida hit several roadblocks Tuesday night, with nearly half of his endorsed candidates suffering defeat. DeSantis, who has made national headlines for his stance on education in the Sunshine State, endorsed 23 candidates for Tuesday’s elections, and 11 appear to have lost, per Florida’s […]
The Arizona Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block an abortion ballot measure that claimed the 200-word summary of the initiative had misled those who signed the petition to get the measure on the ballot. Arizona Right to Life, an anti-abortion group, had sued to remove the ballot measure, which would enshrine abortion through […]
