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.
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson (D) and former Rep. Dave Reichert (R) have advanced from the state’s nonpartisan gubernatorial primary, Decision Desk HQ projects. The longtime Democratic attorney general and the Republican ex-lawmaker are vying to replace retiring Gov. Jay Inslee (D), who announced last year that he wouldn’t seek a fourth term. Inslee’s exit made...
President Biden spoke to Olympians Katie Ledecky and Noah Lyles Tuesday and congratulated them on their recent gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to the White House. “This afternoon, the President called Team USA Olympic Athletes Katie Ledecky and Noah Lyles,” White House deputy press secretary Emilie Simons said in a statement. “The...
Axios is laying off approximately 50 people across the digital news company, CEO Jim VandeHei announced in an email to staffers on Tuesday. In his email, obtained and reported by The New York Times and Deadline, VandeHei said the changes are not “a reflection on anyone’s work — it’s because of changes in the media...
Rep. Dan Newhouse will face off against Republicans, Democrats and Independents in a nonpartisan primary for Washington's 4th District congressional seat on Tuesday. Newhouse is the incumbent in the race who has served the district since 2015. Follow Decision Desk HQ’s live results here.
Heavily populated and low-lying counties of South Carolina and Georgia are bracing for deadly floods as Tropical Storm Debby lumbers across the Southeast. Since making landfall Monday morning in Florida, where it killed five people and left more than a 100,000 households without power, Debby has been downgraded from hurricane status. But the storm remains...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an emergency order Tuesday to remove from the market a pesticide linked to fetal damage, its first such action in nearly four decades. In a statement, the EPA said exposure to the pesticide, dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate, also known DCPA or dacthal, can affect fetal thyroid hormone levels. These changes are...
Kamala Harris has selected Tim Walz as her running mate, uniting progressives and conservatives in Washington, and providing a vision of the Democratic Party that harkens back to its core farmer-labor progressivism, while also offering voters a vision of a brighter, better future.
Fox News has promoted journalist Trey Yingst to chief foreign correspondent, the network announced Tuesday. Yingst, who has reported extensively from overseas conflicts and crisis centers over the past several years, is based in Jerusalem and was the first U.S. reporter on the scene on Oct. 7, 2023, following Hamas’s attacks on Israel, the outlet...
Vice President Harris announced her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Tuesday following a whirlwind process kicked off by President Biden leaving the presidential race only a few weeks ago. Democrats from all ends of the party’s spectrum have speedily coalesced around Walz as the pick, from members of the "squad," including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) an “exceptionally strong” running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday after he lost the battle to become his party's vice presidential candidate. “Vice President Kamala Harris has my enthusiastic support – and I know that Governor Tim Walz is an exceptionally strong...
Former first lady Michelle Obama applauded U.S. Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles for their "sisterhood and sportsmanship" after they both dropped down to one knee to honor Brazilian star Rebeca Andrade for her gold medal. Sharing the viral photo of the moment on the podium, Obama wrote, "I’m still not over this beautiful...
