President Donald Trump has a constitutional obligation to check his ego at the door when it comes to military readiness. Increasingly, he is failing to do so, and it is having deleterious consequences for the Navy. Trump reacted petulantly to concerns about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. Operating in the Arabian Sea, […]
A progressive scored an unexpected upset in Florida’s Democratic primary for Senate, a left-wing breakthrough in President Trump’s home state that tees up a tough, GOP-favored fight this fall. Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon, who is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) but was not endorsed by the national organization, toppled Alex Vindman, whose star rose as a witness in...
Independent Bill Hill has advanced in the race for Alaska’s at-large House seat, challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Nick Begich III, Decision Desk HQ projects. Hill, a Bristol Bay fisherman, advanced alongside Begich in Alaska's open primary system — in which the top four vote-getters advance from the primary, regardless of party, to a ranked-choice general...
Former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan are advancing to the general election Senate in Alaska, Decision Desk HQ projects. It’s the third cycle under Alaska’s new voting system, in which the top four candidates will advance from the primary, regardless of party affiliation, to a ranked-choice general election. Alaska has been...
Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray (R) is projected to win the GOP primary for his state’s at-large House seat, according to Decision Decision HQ. According to the nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report, the seat leans solidly Republican. If he wins later this year, he will succeed Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.), who is running...
President Trump said late Tuesday that he paused the 50 percent tariffs on a slew of Canadian goods for three days, saying the U.S. and Canada are finalizing a deal. The announcement comes just a few hours before the tariffs were supposed to go into effect at midnight. “I have paused the 50% Tariffs against...
President Trump's pick to succeed term-limited Gov. Mark Gordon (R) is projected to lose the Republican primary, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). GOP state Sen. Eric Barlow is set to defeat Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder and three other Republican candidates, including 2022 gubernatorial contender Brent Bien. Degenfelder was also backed by...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) on Tuesday signed an executive order that could limit AI data center development in the Keystone State. The executive order, which implements his Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) requirements, requires prospective developers to provide a notice of intent to comply with the safeguards — which include requiring that firms pay...
Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman (R) and former state Rep. James Byrd (D) are projected to face off in the November race to replace retiring Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wy.), according to Decision Desk HQ. Hageman launched her Senate bid in December, just days after Lummis announced her retirement from Congress. President Trump was quick to back...
Retiring Rep. Daniel Webster's pick to succeed him the House is projected to lose his GOP primary in Florida, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Businessman Joe Strada is set to defeat Baker, who previously served in the state Senate and Florida House, and a handful of other candidates in the primary for the 11th...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday accused several House Democrats, including Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), of having "disrupted operations" during a visit to one of its detention centers in Lumpkin, Ga. Jayapal wrote on the social platform X that she brought a delegation of five lawmakers to conduct an oversight visit of Stewart Detention...
Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) faced off on the debate stage Tuesday, a day before early voting begins in the runoff to determine which of the two will be South Carolina’s GOP nominee for Senate. Graham, whom South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) appointed to succeed to her brother, the late...
Fox News host Jesse Watters on Tuesday acknowledged that President Trump has said "so much more sleazy things" than Sen. Jon Ossoff's (D-Ga.) quip about White House executive assistant Natalie Harp. "To suggest that Trump surrounds himself with attractive women –– yeah, I think he's done that his whole life," Watters said on Fox's "The...
Miami-Dade County, Fla., Commissioner Oliver Gilbert (D) is expected to advance to the November general election after winning the Democratic primary for Florida's 24th Congressional District seat currently held by retiring Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), according to preliminary results from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Gilbert defeated six other Democratic candidates who all vied to succeed...
Former Capitol Hill staffer Austin Rogers is projected to win the Republican primary in Florida’s 2nd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Rogers, who was Sen. Rick Scott’s (R-Fla.) general counsel from June 2025 until this past February, defeated a crowded GOP field en route to the nomination in the battle to succeed retiring...
