EXCLUSIVE — The National Republican Senatorial Committee is targeting five Democratic Senate candidates with new messaging guidance over their alleged opposition to corruption despite their own mounting ethics questions and ties to corporate special interests. According to a memo obtained by the Washington Examiner, the NRSC is targeting Democrats who “claim the moral high ground […]
A former police officer from North Carolina was released from custody after being accused of plotting to kill black people in a mass shooting in New Orleans. Christopher Gillum is no longer facing charges after a Louisiana grand jury in June declined to indict him on a state terrorism charge that could have carried up […]
The Trump administration on Wednesday slammed Washington, D.C.‘s council members for seeking to end the National Guard‘s mobilization in the district, accusing them of making “politically motivated demands.” The Department of Justice said the Council of the District of Columbia sent letters to 10 governors whose National Guard members are deployed to the capital, requesting […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday followed the lead of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in distancing himself from left-wing positions that trended among progressives at the start of the decade. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests that marked 2020, many Democrats espoused left-wing views on race, defunding the police, censorship, […]
Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) on Wednesday was hit with a lawsuit by his ex-wife over a photo of their toddler that was published online. The lawsuit is the latest challenge Miller’s reelection campaign has faced from his ex, Emily Moreno, over allegations that he abused her and their 2-year-old daughter. Miller has rigorously denied domestic […]
The FBI ran a secret operation to discredit corruption allegations against the Biden family as “Russian disinformation,” including allegations that Hunter Biden accepted money from Ukrainian interests in exchange for influence, according to intelligence documents declassified by the Trump White House. A newly released summary report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence […]
President Donald Trump’s announcement that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is departing the administration at the end of the month has sparked speculation regarding a possible replacement. Although Trump could decide to do something nontraditional and not replace Leavitt, as the White House did not replace her during her maternity leave this summer, here […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is flexing her political muscle beyond her own House seat, hitting the campaign trail and backing Republican candidates in contests across the country during the monthlong August recess. Luna has issued a slew of endorsements this cycle, wading into competitive general elections, open-seat primaries, and even races pitting fellow Republicans […]
Two media groups on Wednesday sued to block President Donald Trump’s social media company from offering high-paying clientele real-time access to posts on the platform, alleging the subscription plan is unconstitutional. Truth Social began offering Truth API, or application programming interface, on Aug. 1 to users who pay up to $100,000 a month for instant […]
JP Cooney and Molly Gaston, who previously worked for former special counsel Jack Smith at the Department of Justice, are bringing their legal expertise against President Donald Trump to Democracy Forward. The legal advocacy organization hired the two veteran federal prosecutors to build a team focused on fighting the Trump administration’s “corruption and weaponization of […]
