President Donald Trump heralded Chinese President Xi Jinping‘s second state visit to the U.S. as a success, with one day remaining in their three-day summit. “Very productive meeting with President Xi for both the U.S.A. and China,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday. “Tremendous things will be happening. Like almost everyone else, he seemed […]

The Cook Political Report is projecting Democrats will win control of the House in November, after 15 House races shifted toward Democrats as new polling and advertising spending reshape battleground races. Following the changes, Democrats are favored in 208 House races rated Solid, Likely, or Lean Democratic, compared with 205 races favored for Republicans, according […]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is launching a new political action committee aimed at helping Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico in his bid to flip the reliably Republican Texas Senate seat in November. The PAC, called Texas Forever, is affiliated with Schumer’s Senate Majority PAC, the main super PAC aligned with Senate Democrats. Talarico […]

President Donald Trump is trying to thread the political needle of addressing economic concerns while keeping important and powerful constituencies happy before November’s midterm elections. Proposals, from a temporary, limited beef tariff suspension to a U.S. diesel export ban, are an attempt to decrease consumer prices amid polling that indicates inflation is voters’ top priority […]