There have always been two ways to look at the midterm elections: the national environment heavily favors Democrats, but the congressional map gives Republicans a glimmer of hope to hold their majorities or at least avoid getting hammered by a historic blue wave. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) often points to the 21 seats in […]

Recent election filings and financial disclosures showed that Elon Musk’s America PAC has spent over $800,000 on political campaign materials for multiple congressional elections in the 2026 midterm elections.  The total amount revealed to have been spent by America PAC on the congressional campaigns, as of Sept. 3, was $800,475.74. There were 44 separate expenditures […]

Democrats are taking a mixed approach to countering the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention next week, conversations with the Washington Examiner revealed.  Unlike presidential election-year conventions when Democrats typically counterprogram the GOP event, or even after the State of the Union address when more than one Democrat will normally rebut the president’s speech, Democrats are […]

Russia announced that it would close all German Goethe-Institut cultural centers throughout the country in retaliation for Germany closing the Russian House cultural center in Berlin earlier this week. That closure happened after Germany deemed Russia responsible for an explosive-laden drone and detonator discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport. It is believed that Moscow was planning to […]