California’s wealthiest donors are overwhelmingly backing San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan (D) in the heavily contested governor’s race. An analysis published Thursday by the San Francisco Chronicle shows that more than 30 billionaires, most of them based in the state, have poured close to $9 million into the election, either by donating directly to candidates […]

Sabato’s Crystal Ball moved six gubernatorial midterm election races to favor Democrats, though Republicans are still slated to win the majority of them. The Center for Politics at the University of Virginia’s election monitor moved the ratings for Arizona, Georgia, Ohio, Minnesota, New York, and Rhode Island. The latter three went from “likely Democratic” to […]

EXCLUSIVE — Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told the Washington Examiner he opposes a vote on “nuking” the filibuster, warning that putting Senate Republicans on the record would only stoke GOP divisions over President Donald Trump’s marquee election bill. “I don’t think that serves anybody’s interest,” Thune said in a sitdown interview at his […]

Hungary is once again playing spoiler for the European Union after reneging on an agreement to furnish Ukraine with a massive loan. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked the alliance from providing a $100 billion loan to Kyiv meant to replenish its dwindling coffers amid the ongoing Russian invasion — a seismic flip-flop on the issue […]