Our White House correspondent Sophia Cai, a member of the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network, has been covering World Cup politics in regular video dispatches for our sister publication...
Micah Jones, a former Democrat turned Republican, aims to flip Massachusetts's sixth congressional district in what he calls a once-in-a-lifetime race.
Iran on Sunday launched retaliatory strikes on Kuwait and Bahrain as it threatens to enforce a "complete halt" to all negotiations that would end the conflict with the U.S. Kuwait's military said it detected and intercepted Iranian drones and two ballistic missiles. Strikes in Bahrain destroyed the top floor of an 8-story building near the...
Postmaster General David Steiner stoked fears among Democrats and voting rights groups this week after confirming the U.S. Postal Service will no longer deliver mail ballots in states that refuse to provide sensitive voter data to the federal government. The Trump administration’s crackdown on mail-in voting is becoming a point of contention ahead of November’s general...
The divide over Israel is only deepening in the Democratic Party after New York City’s first democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, helped propel three primary candidates to victory last week, unseating two incumbent Democrats in the process. The New York City primaries were unusually focused on Israel, with Mamdani-backed candidates making the issue a central...
The U.S. military is sending additional resources to Venezuela, as the death toll continues to mount and tens of thousands of people are still believed to be missing following a pair of devastating earthquakes. U.S. South Command (Southcom) announced on Saturday that a specialized rapid response unit was on its way to Venezuela to assist...
Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.), buoyed by President Trump’s endorsement, is projected to defeat Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming in the GOP runoff for Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-La.) seat, according to Decision Desk HQ. Letlow and Fleming were forced into a runoff after the May 16 primary, which included Cassidy and businessman Mark Spencer, because no single candidate received more...
California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D), who earlier this month advanced to the November general election to succeed former House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), said on Saturday that he was “harassed, threatened, and physically intimidated” while attending a march for transgender rights in San Francisco a day earlier. “As I walked through Dolores Park...
U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said on Saturday that U.S. forces conducted additional strikes against multiple Iranian targets in response to an attack against a Panama-flagged tanker near the Strait of Hormuz. “CENTCOM forces launched strikes today in direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping,” Centcom said in a statement on the social platform...
Former NBC News chief political analyst Chuck Todd warned on Friday that President Trump is isolating some of his own party, after the president criticized GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska). “The more Trump goes after Murkowski, the more likely the real number Dems will need to take control of the Senate is ‘3’ not 4...
The captain of the Iranian men’s national football ripped FIFA and its president Gianni Infantino on Friday for its experience during the World Cup, as it awaits word on whether its tournament run has come to an end. “It’s a disaster World Cup,” Mehdi Taremi told reporters after Iran’s final group stage match against Egypt...
Voters in Louisiana are heading to the polls Saturday to weigh in on the Republican Senate runoff following Sen. Bill Cassidy's ouster last month. GOP Rep. Julia Letlow and state treasurer John Fleming advanced from the initial May primary after neither candidate secured over 50 percent of the vote outright. Cassidy placed in third place...
President Trump’s intense focus on passing the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act is threatening to put Republicans at risk ahead of the midterm elections as the party finds itself on uneven footing with voters on affordability. Trump sent shockwaves through Washington earlier this week when he canceled what would have been the highly...
President Trump announced his nomination of Lance Schroyer as the next director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Saturday. The president commended Schroyer’s experience as a former Oklahoma state trooper and U.S. Marine in a Truth Social post, calling him a “PATRIOT with real operational experience.” “Lance has firsthand experience getting Illegal Aliens OFF...
Louisiana Republicans will decide their nominee for Senate on Saturday in a runoff that has become another test of President Trump’s influence over the party. GOP voters in the Pelican State have already demonstrated their loyalty to Trump, crushing incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-La.) hopes for reelection in the initial primary six weeks ago. Cassidy...
