District Attorney Scott Colom, a U.S. Senate candidate, said that lawyers will protect the "integrity" of the midterm election as counting continues in the Mississippi race on Wednesday.
Russian forces struck a train platform at Dnipro’s main railway station in central Ukraine last week, killing at least 15 people and wounding at least 14 others. Russia targeted the train with its potent new weapon, a jet-powered drone. For almost five years, Russia has relied on the Shahed, a cheap Iranian-designed attack drone, to […]
Iran’s Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is the ultimate linchpin binding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ wartime command network, its post-war construction monopoly, and the legislative machinery anchoring both. While dominating Tehran as mayor from 2005 to 2017, Ghalibaf systematically funneled no fewer than 23 parcels of land and buildings to the Guard Intelligence Unit under a […]
President Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed golden age is over. He ended it himself. Starting in January, the president will deal with large Democrat majorities in the House and the Senate — featuring Democrat senators from Texas, Kansas, South Carolina, and possibly Mississippi — kicking off two straight years of investigations, impeachment efforts, and brinkmanship government. The […]
The United States must accelerate its pivot away from Western Europe toward Asia and Australia. Excluding China, the nations of Asia believe in capitalism, hard work, and personal responsibility. Their economies are dynamic, and their demographics are not yet a dead weight on economic growth. In stark contrast, Europe is sliding into economic stagnation driven […]
For the first time in 20 years, corruption was the top issue on voters’ minds this election year. President Donald Trump rightly deserves blame for making it a top-tier issue. The day before Republicans suffered historic losses in the House and Senate, turning both chambers over to the Democrats, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) told radio […]
Pass the salt. It’s time for me to eat my words. A month ago, I argued in this space that the Republicans would hold both houses of Congress because massive numbers of quiet, pollster-ignoring Republicans would vote in a loud red wave. As Maxwell Smart used to say, “Missed it by that much.” Or Bob […]
The center-left technology policy group Chamber of Progress is laying out its policy priorities for Democrats, as the party prepares to take back control of the House and Senate next year. In a memo sent Wednesday and first reported by The Hill, Chamber of Progress urges Democratic lawmakers to focus on consumer protection, economic opportunity...
Voters sent a strong rebuke of the GOP health agenda on Tuesday night as Democrats took control of both chambers of Congress, rejecting Republicans who pushed sweeping healthcare cuts. Here are four takeaways from the results: Health affordability was a winning message Democratic candidates made healthcare affordability a key part of their messages. They...
The Mississippi Senate race could be headed for the courts, as two candidates are locked in a tight contest with no recount procedure on the books. The election between Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom remained too close to call as of Wednesday evening, with Colom leading by less than a quarter of...
President Trump’s redistricting campaign backfired on House Republicans in spectacular fashion Tuesday, helping Democrats achieve massive gains en route to flipping control of the lower chamber in the next Congress. The rare, mid-decade redistricting push was hardly the only factor challenging Republicans on Election Day, when GOP candidates were dragged down by the volatile economy,...
Democrats made clear after Tuesday’s stunning midterm victories that they will use their historic gains in Congress to flex their investigative muscles, swiftly issuing warnings to Trump administration officials they say have thus far dodged their oversight. “Lawyer up,” was the two-word statement issued by incoming House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Robert Garcia...
A series of reported secret U.S. military attacks carried out against Iran in the lead up to Tuesday's midterm elections is raising alarms around public transparency. The United States's Monday strike on Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz — including an anti-aircraft facility on the strategic Qeshm Island — marked the latest in a...
Fierce pushback to data centers helped carry Democrats to victory in key races across the nation this week, and where the centers were explicitly on the ballot, they lost overwhelmingly. Midterm voters both rejected industry-backed candidates and overwhelmingly backed resolutions to halt data center construction, dealing a major blow to the sector. Election Day marked...
