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Mooney gets boost from Ted Cruz and plots upset in West Virginia Senate race: ‘People are in denial’

KEARNEYSVILLE, West Virginia — With less than two weeks until the West Virginia Senate primary, Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV) is downplaying recent polling showing his opponent, Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV), leads consistently by double digits, saying they don’t reflect the reality in the state. “A lot of people are in denial here. A lot of […]

A new Koch? RFK Jr’s running mate is a key campaign funder

LOS ANGELES, California — California is often referred to as an ATM of politics for the frequency with which candidates of both parties jet in to scoop up campaign cash from well-heeled donors. In the case of Nicole Shanahan, the running mate to independent presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the candidate is also effectively […]

The tributaries of Lou Reed

Once, all albums were collections of covers. Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley didn’t just record songs written by other people. They had hits with songs that other acts had already recorded. Then came the Beatles. Performers were now expected to write their own songs, and songs were meant to be authentic reflections of the performers, […]

Challengers double-faults

A good tennis movie is hard to find. Match Point (2005), Woody Allen’s smoldering drama of elite manners, was beautifully wrought but preferred the sport’s metaphoric richness to its actual gameplay. Wimbledon, the 2004 Kirsten Dunst rom-com, CGI’d the occasional backhand but was too timid to hoist any trophies. If nothing else, Challengers, the new […]

Howie Schwab, 1960-2024

Do you know who hit the most home runs in 1962? Or who won the NBA title in 1979? Or who led the NFL in rushing in 2003? There was a man who knew the answers to all these questions — and who could even tell you every fact of that NFL rushing leader’s career, […]

Top RFK Jr. adviser spent months airing dirty laundry on candidate while trying to get him elected president

A senior campaign adviser to independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been critical of the man he is working for on a personal website while maintaining his commitment to the campaign. Charles Eisenstein, a public speaker known for environmental activism, has been working on the Kennedy campaign for about a year despite being […]

Schumer plans to join Johnson in inviting Netanyahu to address Congress

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) gave his clearest indication yet that he will invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver a joint address before Congress.  He intends to sign on to an invitation Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) drafted around a month ago, Schumer’s office confirmed to the Washington Examiner.  “The timing is being […]

Trump delivers pizza to FDNY station in another NYC campaign stop

After a day spent in a Manhattan courtroom for his criminal hush money case, former President Donald Trump visited a New York City Fire Department station to deliver pizza. Trump is required to be in court Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday for the next five or so weeks, but he has been campaigning around the […]

Republicans raise national security threat concerns over admitting Gazan refugees

Republican senators pushed government intelligence officials to better guard Americans from national security threats, including Hamas terrorists, who could seek to enter the United States under the Biden administration. Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) raised significant concerns during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday that the Biden administration’s reported plan to […]

Halle Berry celebrates taking the ‘shame’ out of menopause in new legislation

Actress Halle Berry was on Capitol Hill on Thursday to share her support for a new bill from the Senate set to provide further research into menopause. Berry, 57, addressed a crowd outside of the Capitol to share her own story of menopause, the phase of life after a woman no longer has a menstrual […]
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