Ed Martin, the Trump administration’s pardon attorney at the Justice Department, will remain in that role for now despite no longer serving as the chief of the department’s Weaponization Working Group. Since President Donald Trump‘s return to the Oval Office last year, Martin has been leading the administration’s effort to restore balance to the DOJ following […]
Former Texas Democratic Rep. Colin Allred weighed in on the Texas Senate race he withdrew from with an endorsement for Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX). Allred announced his endorsement for Crockett in a video posted to X in which he blasted Texas state Rep. James Talarico for allegedly calling him a “mediocre black man.” “I understand […]
An incumbent president’s party usually loses seats in the House and Senate during midterm elections, but President Donald Trump is sitting on a $375 million political war chest that Republicans believe could blunt — or even upend— that pattern if he spends it aggressively. Trump’s fundraising committees and allied PACs have stockpiled the massive sum […]
The European Union’s top diplomat poured cold water on hopes of a single European army on Monday, warning that the possibility would be “dangerous.” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas spoke against the possibility at a security conference in Norway, arguing that the proposal wasn’t practical. “Those who say that we need a European army, […]
President Donald Trump is calling on the House to pass the government funding deal without any changes, a blow to conservatives who were pushing to attach legislation requiring proof of citizenship to vote. In a post to Truth Social, Trump said he will work with Democrats and Republicans in “good faith” to “address the issues […]
The Chinese Communist Party is furious that the Dalai Lama took home a Grammy over the weekend, calling the award a political stunt. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, won big at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday in the category of best audiobook, narration, and storytelling recording with Meditations: The Reflections of His […]
President Donald Trump floated the idea that Republicans could consider a more centralized role in administering elections, musing on Monday that the party should “nationalize the voting” as he argued that some states cannot be trusted to oversee elections fairly ahead of the midterm contests. Trump made the remarks during an appearance on former FBI Deputy Director […]
Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) is leading Kentucky’s 2026 Senate candidates in end-of-year cash on hand as former state Attorney General Daniel Cameron continues to outperform his GOP competitors in primary polls. Barr, Cameron, and businessman Nate Morris are locked in a heated primary to secure the GOP nomination in the race to replace retiring Sen. […]
The Justice Department has removed thousands of documents from the Epstein files database on its website due to concerns over the inadvertent inclusion of victim-identifying information. The move comes after the DOJ released its latest mass trove of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday. The release uploaded over 3 million more […]
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is one of the first Democrats in California‘s crowded governor’s race to voice what others have only been hinting at: Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) got it wrong. With the primary election less than four months away, a packed field of Democratic contenders has mostly tiptoed around Newsom, offering tepid policy […]
