Farm-state Republicans don’t support President Donald Trump’s move to import cheap beef — but they’re still getting grilled for it.Trump’s plan to combat sky-high beef prices by introducing discounted,...
Sen. John Kennedy and Sen. Cory Booker sit on opposite sides of the dais, but that hasn't stopped Mr. Kennedy, Louisiana Republican, from admiring his New Jersey Democratic colleague.
President Trump has asked a judge to remove his blockade and allow the full shutdown and renovation of the Kennedy Center, saying he's fixed the problems that led to the court issuing an injunction earlier this year.
The Trump administration has started building the border wall through a west Texas section of the Big Bend region, marking the first major construction in an area of the U.S.-Mexico border where the administration's plans have met heavy opposition.
The 2024 presidential election is likely to be turbulent due to the expectation that the election will be rigged, the dangerous prospect of a contested election, the normalization of Jan. 6, and the Supreme Court's ruling that nearly everything is an official act.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in a podcast interview released Thursday that she has “never been that impressed” with President Biden’s “political operation.” “I’ve never been that impressed with his political operation,” Pelosi said of Biden in an interview with The New Yorker’s David Remnick on a Thursday episode of “The New Yorker...
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a 2023 law allowing people convicted of felonies to vote once they are released from prison, a ruling that could impact more than 50,000 Minnesotans just a month before early voting for the November election is set to begin in the state. The court rejected a challenge from...
The White House condemned Rep. Cori Bush's (D-Mo.) "inflammatory" rhetoric Wednesday, after she vowed to retaliate against a top pro-Israel lobbying group for backing her challenger's successful effort to unseat her in the primary race. “As much as I love my job, all they did was radicalize me, and now they should be afraid,” Bush...
Former President Trump will hold a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Thursday as he and his campaign seek to pressure Vice President Harris into taking questions from the media. Trump said he would do a “general news conference” on Thursday afternoon, and he attacked Harris over the lack of interviews she’s done since...
Many Americans in a new survey said they believe democracy could be at risk depending on who wins the presidential election in November. The latest poll from The Associated Press-NORC Research Center, published Thursday, found 59 percent of Americans believe democracy could be on the ballot at the election, including 67 percent of Democrats and...
Democrats should not abolish the filibuster as it gives moderate Democrats a veto over the Republican legislative program, and has historically served their interests in the long run by allowing them to pass liberal legislation that reshapes American society.
The Boeing Starliner crew may have to wait until 2025 to return from the International Space Station (ISS), NASA officials said Wednesday. The administration suggested at a press conference that they may need to use Boeing’s competitor, SpaceX, to return astronauts Suni Wiliams and Butch Wilmore back to Earth. The officials said that if Starliner...
Members of Congress spend their August breaks working in their districts, attending fundraisers, town-halls, and political rallies. During election years, leaders fully expect their party colleagues will work every nook and cranny of their sometimes sprawling congressional districts to milk every vote possible.
Can Vice President Harris keep the momentum going into November? Her presidential campaign, two weeks in the making, has ignited Democrats, opening fundraising coffers and resulting in a bump in the polling against former President Trump. The vice president’s Tuesday announcement of her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, further energized the party, with Harris’s...
Yahya Sinwar has been elevated to political chief of Hamas after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, and his rise to power may be an attempt by Iran to gain full control over the West Bank.
The return of Donald Trump's Jan. 6 prosecution to District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan has ignited a flurry of activity in the once-dormant case, reviving a high stakes court battle after a series of legal wins for the former president. The case is back in Chutkan’s hands after the Supreme Court formally sent the case...
