Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is set to introduce New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Thursday as Republicans aim to paint him as the leader of the Democratic Party. The GOP has persisted in its efforts in recent months to tie Democrats to the socialist who won the high-profile New York mayoral race last month. […]
Former President Joe Biden and his allies defended his use of an autopen during his presidency, but the practice largely drew scrutiny. Biden confirmed to the New York Times in July that he authorized the autopen. He said he used the machine, which allows someone to duplicate the signature of the commander in chief on […]
Democrats capped off a year of encouraging election results on Tuesday with victory in a closely watched Iowa special election. That result, coupled with gains earlier this year, as well as historic trends, points to them enjoying wider success in the 2026 midterm elections. However, strategists in both parties have cautioned against reading too much […]
TEL AVIV, Israel – President Donald Trump’s willingness to sit down with any world leader, even dictators, has allies, such as Israel, on edge. Trump’s untraditional approach to diplomacy has been criticized for rewarding bad behavior from the likes of Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the pair meeting last summer in Alaska, to North Korean […]
Few names have accrued as much infamy among Washington, D.C., conservatives as Arabella Advisors. The consulting firm, which, until recently, ran a sprawling network of liberal nonprofit organizations, has acquired a similar status to the likes of megadonors George Soros and Bill Gates in certain right-wing circles. Among other things, conservatives accused the consultancy of […]
The Supreme Court and lower federal courts had many clashes in 2025, highlighting tensions between federal judges and the courts above them. In an eventful year in the courts, the record number of stays the Supreme Court granted on its emergency docket fueled clashes between the high court and lower courts in hotly contested legal […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), whose administration is accused of allowing Somali fraudsters to target Minnesota’s child care subsidies program, received nearly $10,000 in campaign contributions from supporters connected to Somali-operated day care centers. The Democratic donors involved in Somali day cares and home health services have written considerable checks to Walz’s gubernatorial campaign, according to […]
The revelation of widespread fraud committed by members of Minnesota’s Somali community is a political gift for President Donald Trump, allowing him to elevate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as a sorely needed foil for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. But veteran campaign operatives for both parties expect that Walz’s status as a Democratic boogeyman […]
The Chinese Communist Party can’t stop talking about how a “multipolar world” is on the horizon. References to “multipolarity” and its inescapable reality in the immediate future can be found peppered everywhere from documents at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the speeches of paramount leader Xi Jinping. A “multipolar” world is one with many […]
An appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration must return control of the California National Guard to the state after the administration federalized and deployed troops. President Donald Trump announced earlier Wednesday that he would withdraw the National Guard from Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said Trump has “admitted defeat.” […]
