Washington Examiner Senior Writer Joe Concha agreed with Jennifer Lawrence that celebrities’ political opinions “do not make a difference whatsoever.” Lawrence sat down with the New York Times over the weekend to express her regret for being so outspoken about politics. The actress opposed President Donald Trump during his first term in office. Lawrence remained […]
The last poll of New Jersey voters suggests that Democrat Mikie Sherrill will win a commanding victory over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in today’s gubernatorial election. The John Zogby Strategies survey, completed yesterday afternoon, has Sherrill with 55% to 43.4% for Ciattarelli. Another 1.6% chose minor party candidates. Pollster John Zogby, who partners with Washington Secrets […]
President Donald Trump has begun tying his desire to repeal the Senate‘s filibuster rule to next year‘s midterm elections and the 2028 presidential contest, contending that Republicans will perform better if they can ram their legislative agenda through the upper chamber. The Senate filibuster rule, which tends to frustrate the party in the majority and […]
Head Start programs have begun to close around the country while the government shutdown extends into its second month. Programs across 15 states and Puerto Rico have either fully or partially closed as of Monday afternoon, jeopardizing educational, nutritional, and developmental services for thousands of children across the United States. Head Start programs provide educational […]
WATCH LIVE: SPEAKER JOHNSON HOLDS NEWS BRIEFING AS SHUTDOWN NEARS RECORD, VOTERS HEAD TO POLLS House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is holding a press conference on Tuesday morning with Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and other GOP leaders on day 35 of the government shutdown. Johnson will speak to reporters about the shutdown at 10 a.m. […]
Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from his family. “For decades, […]
President Donald Trump never accepted his loss in Georgia during the 2020 election, a state he won in 2016 and still views today as a symbol for a national epidemic of election irregularities. Prior to former President Joe Biden‘s 2020 inauguration, he defeated Trump in Georgia by 11,779 votes, flipping the state for the first time since 1992. Subsequent reviews from […]
Republicans are bracing for Tuesday’s off-year gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia to be a rebuke of President Donald Trump before next year’s midterm contests. But Tuesday’s New York City mayoral race will likely provide Trump and Republicans with political fodder as the GOP prepares to defend its congressional majorities in 2026. Virginia Democratic […]
John E. Sununu, the former New Hampshire Republican senator seeking to reclaim his seat from retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), has a mixed voting record on supporting Israel that could reignite Jewish criticism and present an obstacle in a contested GOP primary. Sununu, an Arab-American with Palestinian and Lebanese heritage and elder brother of former […]
Democrats hope to get back into the win column in Tuesday’s elections, even if the party’s brand hasn’t recovered since last year’s defeats. Based on the polling, Democrats have a decent shot. They are favored in the governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey and heavily favored in the New York City mayoral election, where […]
