President Donald Trump is leaning into transactional politics in the final month of the 2026 midterm campaign, tying his administration directly to economic benefits in states that could determine control of Congress. This week alone, Trump has promoted billions of dollars in proposed investments in Alaska and Iowa, redirected $20 million in Department of Homeland […]
The city of Boston pays dozens of diversity, equity, and inclusion bureaucrats six-figure salaries totaling more than $3.6 million, despite its all-Democrat City Council recently dipping into emergency reserves to resolve a multimillion-dollar budget deficit. Thirty-one DEI administrators occupying senior government posts at Boston City Hall make a minimum of $100,000 annually, according to a […]
There have been countless comparisons between the late President Richard Nixon and President Donald Trump, due to their cunning, guile, and Machiavellian approaches to politics. Nixon himself, in a 1987 letter to Trump, a then-celebrity businessman, saw a political future for the younger man in response to a Phil Donahue Show television appearance. But there’s […]
Massachusetts Republicans could have their best chance in decades at winning House seats under a “good government” proposal that California political operatives want to reverse in their state. Massachusetts GOP candidates haven’t gained popularity in the Democratic-dominant state, home to liberal icons such as the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who held his seat for […]
A new ad from Iowa Democratic candidate Christina Bohannan features a voter identified as a Republican supporting the nominee, despite voting records showing he’s a registered Democrat. The advertisement, posted by the 1st Congressional District candidate on Tuesday, includes a testimonial from a Republican resident from Le Claire, Iowa, named Dale, who says in the […]
Democrats are increasingly optimistic about former state Sen. Troy Jackson’s chances of ousting Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in November, a race that could prove critical to the party’s hopes of taking control of the Senate. That outlook would have been difficult to imagine just four months ago, when Graham Platner suspended his campaign amid allegations […]
Sometimes, in the dark nights of this film critic’s soul, I wonder if I am being too harsh on Robert De Niro. You see, I am a fan neither of De Niro’s muddled, inarticulate acting style nor his career-long attraction to grotesque parts — Travis Bickle and the like. But whenever I wonder if I […]
Some Republicans are stepping out of line with the Trump administration’s immigration agenda just weeks ahead of the midterm elections, criticizing how the White House has deployed Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Over the past week, House and Senate lawmakers have privately and publicly spoken out against or questioned President Donald Trump’s all-out approach to deportations. […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) appointed New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor for the reopened gang rape case at Cornell University on Thursday. The governor made the move days after Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten revived the case based on new evidence filed by the alleged sexual assault victim. With her […]
During a congressional hearing this week, Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) claimed former special counsel Jack Smith once attended an NBA game in Georgia to tie him to Fulton County’s prosecution of President Donald Trump, but according to a report, the texts the senator cited did not reference any basketball team names. Schmitt accused Smith of […]
