In today's issue: ▪ Zelensky raises pressure ▪ No Kings protest as early vote starts ▪ Experts see weak measles messaging ▪ Trump endorses Netanyahu Republicans are growing increasingly frustrated over President Trump’s recent moves that have advantaged Russia on the battlefield at the cost of the U.S.’s ally Ukraine, but whether they can force the...
Outside good-government groups are scrambling this month to secure the midterm results, bracing for the possibility that the Trump administration will interfere in the process to keep Republicans in power. The campaign, which features a who’s who of pro-democracy advocates, comes in direct response to vows by President Trump and top Cabinet officials that the...
Early childhood educators are sounding the alarm at changes proposed by the Trump administration to loosen regulations on the industry such as staff-to-child ratios. Advocates are on the edge of their seats after the public comment period closed on a proposal from the administration that would take a unified Head Start, a program that...
Libertarian candidates have the rare opportunity to tip the balance in several closely contested Senate races this cycle, as Republicans struggle to defend their majority in a political environment that heavily favors Democrats. In Texas, Kansas and Iowa, Libertarian candidates are polling in the low single digits, but their appeal to disaffected Republican voters could...
Senate Democrats are quietly floating the ouster of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after the Nov. 3 election as the political price for cooperation on key defense-related issues in the post-election lame duck session, and they may have some GOP support to shake-up the Pentagon’s leadership, according to Senate sources. The Defense Department has set...
A federal judge on Monday will hear testimony from officials in President Trump’s Department of Interior about the administration’s plans for East Potomac Park, a sprawling piece of National Park land that hosts D.C.’s most popular public golf course. Tensions were at an all-time high at East Potomac last week after hundreds of trees were...
Democrat Troy Jackson said on Sunday he does not regret telling his opponent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to “shut up” during a candidate debate that was interrupted by an anti-data center protester. During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union," host Dana Bash asked Jackson whether he regretted the comment. “No, you know she...
Compass Datacenters CEO Chris Crosby says the data center boom is fueling blue-collar jobs for electricians, mechanics and technicians in Red Oak, Texas.
The money spigot is sputtering in Georgia's Senate race amid growing expectations that Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff will win reelection.The Senate Leadership Fund, Republicans’...
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and the threat foreign hackers pose to American businesses is higher than ever. When Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the White House in 2015, the two governments announced an understanding: neither would conduct nor knowingly support the cyber theft of commercial secrets. Eleven years later, American businesses are still fighting […]
It is arguably the biggest political issue facing our nation, but not a single candidate with a chance of winning an election is talking about it on the campaign trail. According to the latest Congressional Budget Office report, the federal government’s budget deficit reached almost $2 trillion in fiscal 2026. This is a problem that […]
Kentucky Democrat Zach Dembo faces scrutiny after billionaire Reid Hoffman, whose past ties to Jeffrey Epstein have drawn controversy, gave $500,000 to a super PAC backing his congressional bid.
