Democrats are looking to restart the abortion conversation around the third anniversary of the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. That Supreme Court decision in June 2022 turned abortion into one of the most powerful positions Democrats could run on. They saw major victories on the issue in the 2022 midterms and Virginia’s off-year...
Social media accounts for the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) urged Democrats to vote for his former chief of staff James Walkinshaw in the party’s upcoming special election, in posts Tuesday. “Early voting starts TODAY in VA-11! This is our first chance to stand up for our workers, our schools, our democracy, and everything Gerry...
Podcaster Joe Rogan pressed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday about another presidential bid in 2028. “Are you going to run for president again?" Rogan asked during a Tuesday episode. Sanders, who launched White House campaigns in 2016 and 2020, responded by noting his age. “I am 83 years of age. I'm not sure the...
President Trump’s strategy of playing both sides is coming into question as he fumed over Israel and Iran’s continued fighting while demanding peace in the region. The president was so frustrated Tuesday morning he dropped an expletive on the White House lawn on his way to the NATO summit, contending that the two adversaries “don’t...
McDonald’s has issued a response to a call for customers to boycott restaurants over its rollback of previous DEI initiatives, among other criticisms lodged by an activism group known as The People's Union USA.
President Trump’s net approval rating has hit a new low in the latest Economist/YouGov polling, taken as he moved to involve the U.S. in conflict in the Middle East. The poll, which was in the field when Trump announced that the U.S. had bombed three Iranian nuclear sites, found Trump’s job performance 14 percentage points...
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has accepted a revised Republican proposal to shift some costs for food assistance to states after rejecting the initial draft of it over the weekend, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman (R-Ark.) said. The Senate Republican plan would require states for the first time to pay a sizeable share of food...
Presented by Jewish Federations of North America — President Trump arrived at the NATO summit with the Israel-Iran ceasefire holding, for now. {beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP arrived in the Netherlands to meet with world leaders at the NATO summit Tuesday, with a fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran holding, for now. Early Tuesday, it...
Tuesday is the last day voters can cast their ballots in the increasingly dramatic Democratic primary contest for New York City mayor. The race has emerged as a nail-biter between former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and state Assembly member Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist. New York City uses a ranked-choice voting system, which...
White House budget chief Russell Vought will testify before senators Wednesday as they consider a special request by the Trump administration to lock in upwards of $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting funds. Vought will appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee as lawmakers face a ticking clock to act on the...
The eight victims who died after a 27-foot boat capsized on Lake Tahoe over the weekend have been identified, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office.
An early intelligence assessment reportedly found that Tehran’s nuclear program was set back by only months after U.S. military strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities this past weekend, findings that the Trump administration is pushing back against. A preliminary classified U.S. report found that the bombing did not destroy the main components of Iran’s nuclear program...
