Washington Examiner executive editor Bob Cusack said Republican candidates face a conundrum in the midterm elections: They need President Donald Trump’s base to turn out, but his “abysmal” numbers make him a liability. “If he goes to Maine, the chances of Susan Collins winning plummets,” Cusack said Tuesday on CNN’s Laura Coates Live. “That’s why […]

President Donald Trump is seeking to turn his Palm Beach, Florida, golf course into a presidential retreat for use by future presidents, modeled in part on the famed Camp David compound. The proposal calls for a portion of Trump International Golf Club to be designated as a permanent presidential retreat and provide lodging for foreign […]

Former President Barack Obama endorsed Deb Haaland in the New Mexico gubernatorial race, in which she is running against Republican Gregg Hull. Obama is typically reserved in his campaign endorsements, but has a long track record of boosting Haaland. Haaland has openly boasted about her start in politics organizing for Obama’s 2008 campaign, something she […]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged “the horrific war crimes” of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel on its third anniversary, but added that “the suffering did not begin nor end that day” while calling Israel’s actions in Gaza “genocide.” “On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. […]