Councilwoman Tiffany Caban and her comrades insist that Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz is out of line for charging Chakraborti with assault after he...
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) rightfully called Tuesday’s Republican losses “close to an extinction-level event.” There is little comfort to offer a party that lost Congress, fell short in Michigan and Georgia, and surrendered Senate seats in states including Republican strongholds Texas, Kansas, and South Carolina. But the victors are hurtling toward a primary their historic […]
The 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration is a binding treaty governing the United Kingdom’s transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong to China. Under the ironically timed treaty’s terms, the Chinese Communist Party committed to protecting Hong Kong’s democratic character and associated rule of law until 2047 (50 years after sovereignty was transferred in 1997). China has […]
Senate Republicans returning to the Capitol on Monday are furious with President Trump, whom they blame for last week's big losses in Senate and House races. The anger is raising the chances that the party could pivot away from the lame-duck president in the lead-up to the 2028 presidential election, say GOP aides and strategists....
Elon Musk poured millions of dollars into boosting Republicans in the midterm elections, but the tech mogul's vast wealth was no match for the blue wave that battered the GOP on Tuesday night. Despite spending more than $442 million this cycle — a massive sum that eclipsed his support for President Trump in the 2024 election — Republicans...
A dominant performance by Democrats in last week's midterm elections is expected to severely slow the progress of — if not entirely kill off — congressional efforts to regulate the big business of college sports. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), who is expected to become the first Black Speaker in January, has backed the...
Democrats charting America’s foreign policy in the next Congress are charged with answering Americans’ demands to bring down soaring prices linked to the war in Iran and President Trump’s tariffs. At the same time, they’re focused on reversing what they view as Trump’s destructive policies: gutting America’s diplomatic corps, slashing foreign assistance and freewheeling spending...
The AI safety community is feeling optimistic after the Democrats’ midterms sweep elected several candidates promising stricter regulations on the technology. After years of stalled AI regulation in Congress, advocates for stricter guardrails on the technology are hopeful the new class of House and Senate members could turn the tide in their favor. While AI...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is flying high following a midterm landslide that gives Democrats a huge majority next year and makes him a shoo-in for the Speakership. But first, he’s facing some tough choices in the lame-duck session. Congress returns to Washington this week with several high-profile topics on the docket that are...
Historic Republican losses on Tuesday have blurred the picture of the party’s presidential field about 15 months before the GOP primaries begin. Vice President Vance’s path to succeeding President Trump has become rockier, while figures including outgoing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R), both former presidential candidates, are quickly carving out...
