A state judge dismissed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against veteran Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register on Wednesday over a 2024 poll that inaccurately showed then-Vice President Kamala Harris in the lead. Trump claimed the newspaper’s poll was “deceptive” and violated Iowa’s consumer fraud law, but Iowa District Judge Scott Beattie […]
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) holds a narrow lead over Democratic challenger Troy Jackson in Maine, according to a new poll that also found Democrats with leads in two key Senate races as the party seeks to retake the chamber in November. The New York Times/Siena College poll found Collins, a longtime staple in Maine politics, […]
President Donald Trump is hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House for a state visit. Trump and the first lady are scheduled to greet Xi and Chinese first lady, Peng Liyuan, at 10 a.m. The two heads of state will deliver remarks at the White House’s Grand Foyer at 10:15 a.m., and after […]
It was a “pawty” like no other for Capitol Hill’s favorite canine. Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV) held an early birthday party for his beloved English bulldog, Babydog Justice, who turns 7 years old next month. “Babydog’s birthday isn’t for a few more weeks, but we had to celebrate a little early with our friends on […]
Reporters from all three outlets that a court ordered the Trump administration to reinstate press access for have said they are still being banned from the White House. Politico, CNN, and MS Now reporters have said they were denied access when they attempted to enter the White House on Thursday morning. CNN said that there […]
Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola’s campaign is defending her following a New York Times report detailing allegations from former staffers that she berated aides, used slurs, and shoved an employee. Peltola’s campaign attributed some of the reported behavior to the grief she experienced after losing both her mother and husband in 2023 in a statement […]
Big Oil’s long-running alliance with the Republican Party is hitting a major roadblock as a growing number of GOP candidates, and President Donald Trump himself, back a temporary ban on diesel exports. The rift, driven by the war in Iran and Ukrainian strikes on refineries in Russia, broke into public view this week when Sen. […]
A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump to temporarily restore White House access for CNN, Politico, and MS Now. Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., who was appointed by Trump, called the ban unconstitutional and ordered the White House to “immediately return, reinstate, and restore” the journalists’s press credentials. The […]
Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) wants the 2028 Democratic presidential nominee to be someone like him — a fellow governor. “I think Democratic governors should be the face of the Democratic Party,” Beshear, the head of the Democratic Governors Association, bluntly told Newsweek, touting their abilities to “get stuff done” in comparison to Washington lawmakers. In […]
EXCLUSIVE — The Senate Leadership Fund released a new advertisement on Thursday that took a shot at Ohio Senate hopeful Sherrod Brown over what it said is his continued support for transgender surgeries for minors. The 30-second ad features a 23-year-old detransitioner named Soren Aldaco, who recounts her personal experience with doctors practicing so-called gender-affirming […]
