Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has a simmering Latino revolt on his hands. Quelling it could come down to Texas.A group of Latino Democratic officials — including operatives and local...
James Talarico instantly named Alyssa Edwards as his favorite Texas drag queen, spotlighting a performer who has publicly discussed working with children.
An attorney helping President-elect Trump plan for the transition at the Justice Department said Monday that career employees opposed to his vision for the agency should leave. Mark Paoletta wrote on X that Justice Department employees would play a role in carrying out a variety of measures, from immigration enforcement to “soft on crime prosecutors” to helping...
Vice President Harris’s strategy of riding on a surge of female support ultimately fell flat, with hints that Election Day could see a historic gender gap failing to materialize. White women sided with President-elect Trump for the third straight cycle, and he also made inroads with Latina voters and young women. Trump improved on his...
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) on Sunday pledged to move forward with the state’s “fake electors” case against several allies of President-elect Trump, despite his recent victory in the 2024 election. The case, which is set to go to trial in January 2026, charges ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, former Trump personal...
Stephen Miller, who served as a top adviser during the first Trump administration, will return to the White House in January to serve in a top policy job, multiple officials confirmed Monday. President-elect Trump has chosen Miller to serve as deputy chief of staff for policy. Miller is expected to take on a leading role...
The G.I. Bill, which provided life-changing education and housing benefits to millions of World War II veterans, excluded nearly 1 million Black veterans, perpetuating the racial wealth gap and worsening health disparities.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk slammed actor Dana Carvey's impression of him on “Saturday Night Live” (SNL), saying the comedy show is “dying.” “SNL has been dying slowly for years, as they become increasingly out of touch with reality,” Musk posted to X, the social platform he owns. Musk criticized the show for its “last-ditch effort”...
Russia has prepared tens of thousands of troops for an offensive to retake the Russian region of Kursk, which Ukraine has held for months, according to Kyiv's commander-in-chief, Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi. Syrskyi said the threat of the Russian troops "cannot be underestimated," warning they were prepared to mount an attack on Kursk. "Now, following...
Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI), an artificial intelligence (AI) advocacy group, is calling on President-elect Trump to make Elon Musk a special adviser on AI in his second administration. The nonprofit launched the petition Monday, arguing that Musk is well-positioned to help ensure that the U.S. continues to lead on AI. “There’s no one better...
Democratic strategist James Carville said Vice President Harris had “every advantage” in the presidential race but lacked a motivating reason behind her campaign. Carville unpacked Harris’s defeat in an interview released Saturday on “The Bulwark Podcast” with Tim Miller. “By the way, she had every advantage. We had a united party, from Dick Cheney to...
President-elect Trump’s niece Mary Trump said that her uncle’s victory last week was the “worst possible scenario that we could have expected.” “As far as I’m aware, the House still hasn’t been called, but leaving that aside to the extent that we can, the results we received on Tuesday were the worst, literally the worst...
Pundit George Conway, an outspoken Republican critic of President-elect Trump, said he’s not taking the election results “as badly as people might think.” “The disturbing thing about this election isn’t new, and that sort of maybe is why I’m not taking this as badly as people might think,” Conway said on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.” Conway...
