Federal prosecutor Bill Essayli began the week on the defensive, facing criticism from Democrats over comments he made about California’s then-still-uncounted primary election results. The First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California suggested federal election fraud charges could be forthcoming, even as vote counting continued across parts of the state. “We will […]

Conventional wisdom in presidential politics long relied on the “lane theory” to game out how a winning candidate could capture their party’s nomination by appealing to a certain specific subset of voters. If that theory still holds, putative 2028 Democratic candidate Rahm Emanuel has an early advantage — in the bike lane. Emanuel, on June […]

The Interior Department recently held its first lease sale of President Donald Trump’s second, nonconsecutive term in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, selling off tracts of land for possible drilling in an area that has been virtually untouched by the oil and gas industry. And following this month’s sale, it will very likely stay that way. The […]

The second round of June Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in four days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on June 17. The first round went out on June 10 to those born on or before […]