Corey Lewandowski, who has drifted in and out of former President Trump's orbit, is joining the Trump campaign ahead of November's election. A campaign official confirmed to The Hill that Lewandowski is advising the campaign on the delegate and convention process. A second official said Lewandowski is "engaged on the convention team." The Republican National...
Georgia Supreme Court Justice Andrew Pinson won reelection Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ. Pinson staved off a challenge from former Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.), who challenged Pinson for his spot on the state’s high court. He was one of four justices up for reelection on the nine-member bench, but he was the only one...
Singer Kid Rock faced heat this week after a Rolling Stone journalist claimed the singer brandished a gun and repeatedly used the N-word during an interview for the magazine. Kid Rock, born Robert James Ritchie, recently sat for an interview with David Peisner, who published an expansive profile on the musician Sunday night. The profile,...
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, the judge overseeing former President Trump’s Georgia election interference case, has won his race for reelection, according to Decision Desk HQ. McAfee fended off a challenge from civil rights attorney Robert Patillo II, retaining his seat on the Superior Court. He’s overseeing a case launched by Fulton County...
The LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD gave failing grades to several major social media platforms for how well they protect the safety, privacy and expression of the LGBTQ community online. As part of the fourth annual Social Media Safety Index, GLAAD examined hate, disinformation, predominant anti-LGBTQ tropes, best policy practices, the suppression of LGBTQ content,...
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who’s probing former President Trump and his allies’ efforts to overturn the Georgia 2020 election results, has won her Democratic primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. Willis faced a challenge from Democrat Christian Wise Smith, a former prosecutor in the Fulton County district attorney’s office. Willis also beat him...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has survived a primary challenge for his seat in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Massie fended off challenges from Republicans Michael McGinnis and Eric Deters. In 2023, Deters ran and lost to state Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) in the GOP primary for the Kentucky gubernatorial race....
Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) has won the Democratic nomination for another term representing Georgia in the House, according to Decision Desk HQ. McBath faced two opponents in her effort to win the Democratic primary: state Rep. Mandisha Thomas and Cobb County Commissioner Jerica Richardson. The potential existed for the race to go to a runoff...
House Democrats are bashing Israel’s wartime strategy in Gaza, warning that the military approach adopted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will only empower the Hamas militants he’s targeting at the expense of Israel’s long-term security. The criticisms echo those coming from the Biden administration, which has recently ramped up concerns that Israeli leaders are doing...
Doctors working in emergency departments might soon be able to use artificial intelligence to help determine which patients should be admitted to the hospital, according to a new study published Tuesday in the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association. As part of the study, researchers used OpenAI’s GPT-4 to analyze medical records from more...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s requests for arrest warrants for himself alongside Hamas officials to charging former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and former United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill. “I think these charges are exactly as President Biden called ‘em, they’re outrageous,” Netanyahu said in a Tuesday interview...
Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) will undergo surgery to remove a tumor near his brain, the lawmaker announced Tuesday. Murphy, 61, said following a series of tests and scans, he was diagnosed with a pituitary macroadenoma, or a tumor at the base of his skull. It is believed to be a benign tumor, but its close...
President Biden said that former President Trump’s language isn’t representative of the United States after the former president shared a video on social media referencing a “unified Reich.” Biden’s reelection campaign released a video that displays the president watching and reacting to the video Trump shared to his Truth Social page Monday night that featured hypothetical...
