President Donald Trump is trying to thread the political needle of addressing economic concerns while keeping important and powerful constituencies happy before November’s midterm elections. Proposals, from a temporary, limited beef tariff suspension to a U.S. diesel export ban, are an attempt to decrease consumer prices amid polling that indicates inflation is voters’ top priority […]
Behind the glamor of red carpets, military bands, and a state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping, the tension between press freedoms in the two nations — and the underlying battle of President Donald Trump’s own war on the media — punctuated Thursday’s White House state visit. Xi’s 10 a.m. White House arrival on Thursday […]
CARMEL, Indiana — Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) should be coasting to reelection in the House district to which she was first elected in 2020, covering northern Indianapolis suburbs and part of central Indiana. Instead, Spartz is facing what appears to be a surprisingly tough race against Democrat J.D. Ford, Indiana’s first openly gay state senator. […]
The Nov. 3 midterm elections look to be another desultory election cycle for Republicans. Democrats are poised to, again, win every statewide office. Redrawn House maps endanger up to five GOP incumbents. And the legislature is set to remain a deep shade of blue. But California Republicans have one bright spot, a bit over a […]
It may seem premature to look ahead to the 2028 presidential race before the midterm elections are over, but jockeying for party nominations to the White House will start almost immediately after control of Congress is settled later this year. In fact, campaign staff hiring and early decision-making for prospective presidential candidates have already started. […]
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) is heading into November without a concrete threat to his leadership of Senate Republicans or even talk of a token challenge from anyone in his conference. That does not mean Thune is out of the woods entirely, however, as his colleagues wait to see the outcome of the midterm elections and whether they […]
President Donald Trump is trying to strike a balance between domestic political fights and diplomatic demands as he rolls out the red carpet for Chinese President Xi Jinping while, at the same time, hammering Democrats for embracing communist candidates. Trump became the first U.S. president since John F. Kennedy in 1962 to greet a foreign […]
Not being a fan of video games, gore, or jolts administered by the sudden appearance of reanimated corpses, I did not particularly wish to review the new movie Resident Evil, but since I had already written about the other movies occupying the top five at the box office last weekend, when the video game adaptation […]
We laughed! We screamed! Or that’s the hope, anyway, when one watches the strangely chimeric genre that is comedy-horror. Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay, winner of a mostly deserved 14 Emmys earlier this month, is the rare example of the form that actually pulls off each half of the trick. Viewers will surely have seen both […]
A former police officer and Republican candidate for a competitive New Mexico House seat featured a man who pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges in a campaign ad last week as he centers his campaign on public safety and law enforcement. Greg Cunningham, a former Albuquerque police officer, appeared in an ad produced with the […]
