Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) now has his general election opponent for the 2026 New Jersey Senate race: Republican Justin Murphy, whose cash-on-hand balance is currently in the red. Murphy, an attorney, former local politician, and 2024 Senate candidate, has -$23.71 in cash on hand, according to Federal Election Commission data from May 13. After previously […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading back to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for his second day of back-to-back testimonies before House and Senate committees. Rubio will testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee at 10 a.m. about the State Department’s budget for fiscal 2027, which requested 30% less discretionary spending funds than last year. RUBIO TAKES ISSUE WITH ROSEN SAYING IT’S ‘EMBARRASSING’ […]
Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin is testifying before Congress for the second day in a row regarding his department’s budget request for the upcoming fiscal year. The Department of Homeland Security is requesting $118.4 billion in overall funding for fiscal 2027, starting Oct. 1, as proposed by the White House. Nearly $23 billion of […]
MAHA-backed farmer Zach Lahn dealt President Donald Trump his first major endorsement loss of the 2026 primaries as he bested the president’s pick, Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA), in the Iowa GOP gubernatorial primary. Lahn defeated Feenstra by approximately 1,600 votes in the Tuesday night showdown, with Lahn receiving about 37.79% of the vote and Feenstra […]
Iran launched one of its most damaging drone and missile attacks since the April ceasefire, hitting Kuwait and Bahrain and dealing extensive damage to a Kuwaiti airport, triggering a round of retaliatory U.S. strikes. U.S. Central Command said Iran fired two missiles at Kuwait and three at Bahrain, claiming all five broke apart or were […]
Democrats picked their candidates for two competitive House districts on Tuesday that will be vital to the party’s efforts to flip control of the chamber this November. Democrats nominated former state Rep. Christina Bohannan to run against GOP Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in Iowa’s first congressional district. Bohannan has taught at the University of Iowa College […]
President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to elevate Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte to serve as acting director of national intelligence is raising a new question on Capitol Hill — whether the appointment helps resolve growing tensions inside the intelligence community or makes them worse. The move comes as a bitter internal dispute between […]
Jill Biden’s book tour has not been helpful to her husband’s legacy. The former first lady was on ABC’s The View Tuesday, touting View from the East Wing: A Memoir, her account of former President Joe Biden’s single term in the White House, and her husband’s age-related decline came up as it does in most […]
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass advanced to November’s general election on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. She is in a very competitive race for a second term as mayor, facing Democratic Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman and Republican Spencer Pratt, best known for his role on the reality television series The Hills. […]
The first round of June Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in seven days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on June 10. The second round will go out on June 17 to those born between the […]
