Dems will try to portray Kamala Harris as a mini Joe Biden, a moderate who can take on Donald Trump.
The truth? Harris is Bernie Sanders with lipstick.
Vance's populist message blaming China falls short of providing a comprehensive strategy for addressing America's domestic and international challenges.
Nearly a week into Vice President Harris’s unexpected campaign for the White House, she nailed down endorsements from major players, raised hundreds of millions in campaign dollars and closed some of President Biden’s gaps in the polls against former President Trump. But with 102 days until voters cast their ballot, can Democrats maintain their upward...
More than four years after the start of COVID-19 and despite millions of dollars in emergency funding, student learning loss is a major problem. New research from NWEA, a nonprofit research organization, shows students going into high school are a full year behind academically, a disappointing but unsurprising development for experts who have been tracking...
A number of House Republicans are privately bashing former President Trump’s selection of Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate, warning that the pick will not help — and could hurt — the party’s chances of winning in November. The Republicans — speaking to The Hill on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive...
Vice President Harris’s ascendance as the likely Democratic nominee has sent a wave of excitement through environmental advocates and climate hawks in Congress, who point to her history of investigating the oil industry and support for the Green New Deal in the Senate. Environmental issues have not been a major part of Harris’s portfolio as...
House Republicans are turning their focus to a debate over whether to fund the government through December or into next year after their hopes of passing 12 full-year funding bills before the August recess collapsed. With no one expecting the annual funding process to be complete by a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline, hard-line conservatives are...
Although Sens. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) finally reached an agreement on energy permitting reform this week, their effort still faces an uphill climb. They’ll need to convince leadership and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and in both chambers to support their deal — and to give them floor space at the end...
A conservative political treasurer associated with former Rep. George Santos’s (R-N.Y.) campaign was accused of wire fraud by a GOP super PAC in Nevada, according to a Justice Department complaint. The Conservative Nevada Leadership PAC (CNLP) demanded the Justice Department investigate Thomas Datwyler, who has headed up the financial operations of dozens of Republican candidates...
The Biden administration is putting $575 million toward making coastal and Great Lake communities more resilient to climate change. The funds, from the Democrats’ climate, tax and healthcare bill, will pay for 19 projects in 15 states, as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands and Micronesia. The projects are divided into two types: 11 smaller...
Former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama gave their highly-anticipated endorsement for Vice President Harris on Friday. The Harris campaign released a one-minute video entitled “Endorsement” featuring a phone call, during which the Obamas gave their support to Harris. “We called to say Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and...
Future Forward, the most powerful Democratic-leaning super PAC, has plans to launch a $50 million advertising campaign in several states to introduce voters to Vice President Harris as the party's likely nominee ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) next month, The Associated Press reported. "We're ready to hit the ground running to make sure...
Former first lady Michelle Obama said she raised her daughters intentionally as they navigated life under the watchful eye of the public as their father, former President Obama, served in the White House. Obama joined Melinda French Gates on her podcast "Moments that Make Us," where she opened up about her experience raising Malia and Sasha....
The Ohio Supreme Court decided Thursday that “‘boneless’” chicken wings do not have to be bone-free, ending a lawsuit filed after a man suffered medical issues after consuming a chicken bone while eating a boneless wing. According to the court’s opinion, “Michael Berkheimer sued a restaurant, its food supplier, and a chicken farm after he...
